Guide to the Bayeux tapestry.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Category
Books
Date
1914
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Castle Drogo, Devon
NT 3202677
Summary
Bibliographic description
42 p., [12] leaves of plates :. ill. ;. 8vo. Provenance: Purchased from A. Drewe. Signed in pencil on p. [1]: 'Joseph B[...?]13 Sep 1916'. With inserts: six postcards (loose), measuring 900 x 140 mm, depicting various scenes from the Tapisserie de la Reine Mathilde or the Queen Mathilda Tapestry (Bayeux Tapestry) - no. 106, He is driven by the winds unto the dominions of Count Guy of Ponthieu; no. 109, The attendants of Guy seizing Harold; no. 116, Guy brings Harold to William; no. 132, Death of Edward the Confessor; no. 144, The fleet sails for England; no. 155, William marches to meet Harold. Binding: Publisher's pale blue paper wrappers.
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