Near fine copy in the original title-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Previous owner's bookplate. Physical description; 234 p. (1 folded) : chiefly ill. (some col.), 1 geneal. table, 1 map ; 36 cm. Subjects; Bayeux tapestry. Hastings, Battle of, 1066, in art. 3 Kg.

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Title: The Bayeux Tapestry : the complete tapestry in colour / with introduction, description and commentary by David M. Wilson
Publisher: London : Thames and Hudson
Publication Date: 1985
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0500234477
ISBN 13: 9780500234471
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: First Edition.
Weight: 3 kilograms

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The Bayeux Tapestry is one of the most numinous monuments of European history. This unique embroidery is one of the most interesting and reliable sources on the telling of the events which lead up to the Norman Conquest and the Battle of Hastings in text and picture. It is presented with lively imagination and an originality which still teases the eye and adds enlightenment to the most traumatic events in English history. A running text in simple Latin identifies the various scenes.

The purpose of this book is to produce a complete color reproduction of the Tapestry to the highest present-day standards and to summarize the state of knowledge concerning it. The book is avowedly synthetic, particularly as the notes and record photographs taken by the Sous-Direction des Monuments Historiques at the time of the re-hanging in 1982 have not yet been made publicly available.

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David MacKenzie Wilson is a British archaeologist, art historian, and museum curator.

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