Who made the tapestry? Did women design the scenes or were they given patterns to follow by male supervisors? Was there one person in charge of the entire design, or did the tapestry narrative evolve over time? Women sewing linen from the Tacuinum Sanitas of Vienna, late 14th century.
The main scenes are heroic and historic, but what about the events taking place in the top and bottom margins?
Was it made in Norman France, where William came from, or was it made in Anglo-Saxon England, famous for high quality embroidery production? By looking at other media in Medieval art, such as manuscript illuminations and luxury goods, we can speculate about the roles of women as artists and about the type of society that would have produced such a visually rich object. Harold swearing the oath of loyalty to William.
Harold impaled by an arrow to the eye on left and then slain by a knight on horseback. Considering the various audiences and actors in the years following the Battle of Hastings, the Tapestry proves to be a complex mix of historical fact, narrative license and, perhaps, political propaganda.
The short distance separating the 3 museums of the city makes it possible to reach them on foot. The Museum of the Bayeux Tapestry is open 7 days a week and is accessible to people with reduced mobility wheelchair loan. Plan your visit Getting here Opening hours Prices Waiting time. The Tapestry is displayed in a large oval hall in the Bayeux Tapestry Museum right in the center of the charming town of Bayeux , 30 kilometers northwest of Caen , in Normandy map.
The Bayeux Tapestry Museum. Lighting in the hall is kept low to protect the artwork, but the light is adequate. An audio guide is included in the price of admission, and the narrator explains the 58 scenes that depict the Norman Conquest. It culminates in the Battle of Hastings in , and those scenes realistically include severed limbs and other evidence of battle. Many of the scenes are believed to have been adapted from images in manuscripts illuminated at Canterbury. The main events of the story are contained within the larger middle zone.
At times the images in the borders interact with and draw attention to key moments in the narrative as in the image below of the battle. The seventy-five episodes depicted present a continuous narrative of the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings and the battle itself. A continuous narrative presents multiple scenes of a narrative within a single frame and draws from manuscript traditions such as the scroll form.
Servants preparing food detail , Bayeux Tapestry, c. We also see examples of armor used in the period and battle preparations. To the left of the dining scene, servants prepare food over a fire and bake bread in an outdoor oven above.
Immediately after dining, William and his half-brothers Odo and Robert meet for a war council. Preparations for battle flank both sides of the first meal episode. A motte-and-bailey is a fortification with a keep tower situated on a raised earthwork motte , surrounded by an enclosed courtyard bailey. Images of battle horns, shields, and arrows as crucial ammunition shed light on military provisions and tactics for the time period.
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