. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . taller figure on the left, to which it is attached. This name Turold will be familiar to the students of Normandy inanother famous connection, for it was a Turold (much at this time) who putat the end of The Song of Roland his inscription : This is the end ofwhat Turoldus wrote. After the arrival of the messengers the next three panels deal with Guysreluctant submission to his overlord ; then comes the handing over of Haroldto William. The Tapestry here closely follows Wace, save in one oddparticular—that it reverses the order of the scenes and does not ma
. The book of the Bayeux tapestry : . taller figure on the left, to which it is attached. This name Turold will be familiar to the students of Normandy inanother famous connection, for it was a Turold (much at this time) who putat the end of The Song of Roland his inscription : This is the end ofwhat Turoldus wrote. After the arrival of the messengers the next three panels deal with Guysreluctant submission to his overlord ; then comes the handing over of Haroldto William. The Tapestry here closely follows Wace, save in one oddparticular—that it reverses the order of the scenes and does not make quiteclear the insistence of William ; at least, that insistence and the importance ofthe urgent orders which William sent are not evident to a modern man look-ing at the document. But there is an element which might have made itclearer to a contemporary, and this is the accoutrement of the messengers. Ihave spoken about this in another aspect in the Preface. They are presumably.
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