. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . 50 scene, where he sits with his brother, Duke William, and with his otherbrother, Robert, making council. The symbolism of the three figures isobvious; the portraiture of William reappears, the unarmed priest upon theleft, the vassal brother upon the right making ready to draw the sword. Inthe next panel (52) there is given the throwing up of earthworks for afortified camp at Hastings (the spade is half warfare), and here notice thefigure of Robert of Eu, for it exactly follows the account of Wace. Thefigure holds the lance, and in command of the building
. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . 50 scene, where he sits with his brother, Duke William, and with his otherbrother, Robert, making council. The symbolism of the three figures isobvious; the portraiture of William reappears, the unarmed priest upon theleft, the vassal brother upon the right making ready to draw the sword. Inthe next panel (52) there is given the throwing up of earthworks for afortified camp at Hastings (the spade is half warfare), and here notice thefigure of Robert of Eu, for it exactly follows the account of Wace. Thefigure holds the lance, and in command of the building of the camp is theman whom the Roman de Rou speaks of as commanding the same work. With this panel the preliminaries of the action may be said to end, andthe advance towards the battle itself to begin. There are two incidents inthe next panel introducing that advance : one in which a messenger fromHarold reaches William (whose portrait is again clearly marked), another in. 53
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