Bayeux Tapestry, Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Normandy
Harold Godwinson, sent as a messenger to William duke of Normandy by King Edward the Confessor in 1064, landing in Normandy, detail from the Bayeux Tapestry, a 70m long embroidery, commissioned 1070s, depicting the Norman Conquest in 58 scenes with medieval latin tituli or captions, in the Bayeux Museum, or Musee de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, in Bayeux, Calvados, Normandy, France. The tapestry was made in England by embroidering woollen yarn on linen, commissioned by bishop Odo of Bayeux. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
14110538
Media ID
45963857
Size
8268px x 3976px
(19.0MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2009
