The Bayeux tapestry; a history and description . PREFACE. jT is nearly a quarter of a centurysince the following comments onthe Bayeux Tapestry were pub-lished. Their adoption, unknownto me, by the Conservateur duDepdt Legal au Ministere de 1Instruction Pub-lique et des Beaux-Arts, M. Jules Comte, asthe basis of his Tapisserie de Bayeux, was aflattering recognition of my labours. My originalwork, which contained a series of illustrativeappendices, was costly, and, being no longer ob-tainable, it is sought to supply its place. Thepresent volume, confined to a history of the tapes-try, and to an
The Bayeux tapestry; a history and description . PREFACE. jT is nearly a quarter of a centurysince the following comments onthe Bayeux Tapestry were pub-lished. Their adoption, unknownto me, by the Conservateur duDepdt Legal au Ministere de 1Instruction Pub-lique et des Beaux-Arts, M. Jules Comte, asthe basis of his Tapisserie de Bayeux, was aflattering recognition of my labours. My originalwork, which contained a series of illustrativeappendices, was costly, and, being no longer ob-tainable, it is sought to supply its place. Thepresent volume, confined to a history of the tapes-try, and to an explanation of the incidents whichit depicts, appears in a more accessible form. In preparing the plates, advantage has beentaken of a method of photographic reproductionrecently invented by Count Ostrorog. This vi Preface. method avoids the employment of a mesh,and consequently obviates the well-known che-quered appearance in the picture which is in-separable from the ordinary process-block. Frank Rede LIST OF PLATES. I. King Eadward. II. Harolds Ride to Bosham. III. The Church at Bosham. IV. Harold crosses the Sea. V. Harold comes to Count Guys Land. VI. Harold crosses the Sea. VII. Guy seizes Harold. VIII. Guy takes Harold. IX. Harold led to Beaurain. X. Harold and Guy converse. XI. Duke Williams Messengers: Turold. XII. Duke Williams Messengers. XIII. A Messenger comes to Duke William. xv > Guy conducts Harold to William. XVI. Harold taken by William to his Palace. XVII. Harold brought by William to his Palace. XVIII. A Certain Clerk and ^Elfgyva. XIX. Duke William starts for Mont Saint-Michel. XX. They cross the River Couesnon. XXI. Harold drags them from the Quicksand. XXII. Rennes. XXIII. Siege of Dinan. XXIV. Conan handing over the William gives Arms to Harold. XXVI. William comes to Bayeux. XXVII. Harold swears Allegiance to William. XXVIII. Harold returns to England. XXIX. Harold comes to Eadward. XXX. The Church of St. Peter, Westminster. XX
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