Overview

The Bayeux Tapestry, perhaps the most famous, yet enigmatic, of medieval artworks, was the subject of an international conference at the British Museum in July 2008. This volume publishes 19 of 26 papers delivered at that conference. The physical nature of the tapestry is examined, including an outline of the artefact's current display and the latest conservation and research work done on it, as well as a review of the many repairs and alterations that have been made to the Tapestry over its long history. Also examined is the social history of the tapestry, including Shirley Ann Brown's paper on the Nazis' interest in it as a record of northern European superiority and Pierre Bouet and François Neveux's suggestion that it is a source for understanding the succession crisis of 1066. Among those papers focusing on the detail of the Tapestry, Gale Owen-Crocker examines the Tapestry's faces, Carol Neuman de Vegvar investigates the Tapestry's drinking vessels and explores differences in its feast scenes and Michael Lewis compares objects depicted in the Tapestry and Oxford, Bodleian Library, Junius 11. The book also includes a résumé of four papers given at the conference published elsewhere and a full black and white facsimile of the Tapestry, with its figures numbered for ease of referencing.

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The papers demonstrate what a rich source the Tapestry is for all sorts of studies.' -- Christopher Catling SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter No. 251, March 2011 This collection really offers something for everyone. [...] all of the contributors bring new ideas and fresh eyes to both the tapestry and scholarship on it.' -- Catherine E. Karkov, University of Leeds The Medieval Review October 2011

The papers demonstrate what a rich source the Tapestry is for all sorts of studies.' -- Christopher Catling SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter, No. 251 March 2011 This collection really offers something for everyone. [...] all of the contributors bring new ideas and fresh eyes to both the tapestry and scholarship on it.' -- Catherine E. Karkov, University of Leeds The Medieval Review October 2011

The papers demonstrate what a rich source the Tapestry is for all sorts of studies.' -- Christopher Catling SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newsletter, No. 251, March 2011 This collection really offers something for everyone. [...] all of the contributors bring new ideas and fresh eyes to both the tapestry and scholarship on it.' -- Catherine E. Karkov, University of Leeds The Medieval Review

This collection really offers something for everyone. [...] all of the contributors bring new ideas and fresh eyes to both the tapestry and scholarship on it.' -- The Medieval Review The Medieval Review The papers demonstrate what a rich source the Tapestry is for all sorts of studies.' -- SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newslett SALON - The Society of Antiquaries Online Newslett

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Gale Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Her chief research interests are Anglo-Saxon literature and culture and medieval dress/textiles. Her many publications include Brill Encyclopaedia of Medieval Dress and Gale Owen-Crocker is Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture at the University of Manchester. Her chief research interests are Anglo-Saxon literature and culture and medieval dress/textiles. Her many publications include Brill Encyclopaedia of Medieval Dress and Textiles of the British Isles c. 450-1450 (chief editor, 2012) and The Bayeux Tapestry: Collected Papers (2012).

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