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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.'-- (10/01/2011)

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.'-- (10/01/2011) 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- (10/01/2011)

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 (10/1/2011 12:00:00 AM)

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Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was previously Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

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