Both the tapestry and Norman sources named Stigand, the excommunicated Archbishop of Canterbury, as the man who crowned Harold, possibly to discredit Harold's kingship ; English sources suggested that he was crowned by Ealdred, Archbishop of York and favoured by the papacy, making Harold's position as legitimate king more secure.

In common with other embroidered hangings of the early medieval period, this piece is conventionally referred to as a " tapestry ", although it is not a true tapestry in which the design is woven into the cloth ; it is in fact an embroidery.

At this point the lower border of the tapestry shows a fleet of ghost-like ships thus hinting at a future invasion .< sup >( scene 33 )</ sup > The news of Harold's coronation is taken to Normandy, whereupon we are told that William is ordering a fleet of ships to be built although it is Bishop Odo shown issuing the instructions .< sup >( scene 35 )</ sup > The invaders reach England, and land unopposed.

The inventory listing of 1476 shows that the tapestry was being hung annually in Bayeux Cathedral for the week of the Feast of St. John the Baptist and this was still the case in 1728 although by that time the purpose was merely to air the hanging which was otherwise stored in a chest.

III 466 ), although Ancient and Medieval literature ( e. g. Icelandic sagas and Middle High German epics ) record specific martial deeds and military knowledge ; in addition, historical artwork depicts combat and weaponry ( e. g. the Bayeux tapestry, the Morgan Bible ).

Reflecting upon his career, in 1999, Wainwright stated " you could characterize the catalog as somewhat checkered, although I prefer to think of it as a tapestry.

Select customs were observed by English importers of Dutch textiles: although all cloths were bought by the Flemish ell, linen was sold by the English ell, but tapestry was sold by the Flemish ell.

The Vulcan Presenting Venus with Arms for Aeneas is a template for a tapestry made by this factory.

Part of the Battle of Blenheim tapestry at Blenheim Palace by Judocus de Vos.

In the 19th century a substantial textile and tapestry industry emerged, aided by a railway link to Amsterdam in 1874.

Agamemnon initially rejects the hubris of walking on the fine purple tapestry, an act suggested by Clytemnestra, in hopes of bringing his ruin.

This act may be seen as a desecration of a divinely woven tapestry, as a general flouting of the strictures imposed by the gods, or simply as an act of extreme pride and lack of humility before the gods, tempting them to retribution.

Reported acts of violence conducted by an uneasy tapestry of independence activists and opponents of foreign domination steadily increased by the end of 2006.

In September 2000, the Louvre Museum dedicated the Gilbert Chagoury and Rose-Marie Chagoury Gallery to display tapestries donated by the Chagourys, including a 16th-century six-part tapestry suite, sewn with gold and silver threads representing sea divinities, which was commissioned in Paris for Colbert de Seignelay, Secretary of State for the Navy.

Leather was even more protection against draughts and dampness than tapestry and unaffected by insects.

When his business was enlarged in 1881 by the establishment of a tapestry industry at Merton Abbey Mills, in South West London, Morris found yet another means for expressing the medievalism that inspired all his work, whether on paper or at the loom.

The Bayeux Tapestry has been claimed to show Harold's death by an arrow to the eye, but that may be a later reworking of the tapestry to conform to 12th-century stories in which Harold was slain by an arrow wound to the head.

According to Ovid, the goddess was so envious of the magnificent tapestry and the mortal weaver's success, and perhaps offended by the girl's choice of subjects ( the loves and transgressions of the gods ), that she destroyed the tapestry and loom and slashed the girl's face.

The " Raphael Cartoons ", as tapestry designs, were fully coloured in a glue distemper medium, as they were sent to Brussels to be followed by the weavers.

Ably assisted by Maximilien de Béthune, duc de Sully, Henry reduced the land tax known as the taille ; promoted agriculture, public works, construction of highways, and the first French canal ; started such important industries as the tapestry works of the Gobelins ; and intervened in favor of Protestants in the duchies and earldoms along the German frontier.

Developed throughout the mid to late 20th century, The Standard Model is truly “ a tapestry woven by many hands ”, sometimes driven forward by new experimental discoveries, sometimes by theoretical advances.

French legend maintained the tapestry was commissioned and created by Queen Matilda, William the Conqueror's wife, and her ladies-in-waiting.

The reasons for the Odo commission theory include: 1 ) three of the bishop's followers mentioned in the Domesday Book appear on the tapestry ; 2 ) it was found in Bayeux Cathedral, built by Odo ; and 3 ) it may have been commissioned at the same time as the cathedral's construction in the 1070s, possibly completed by 1077 in time for display on the cathedral's dedication.

Assuming Odo commissioned the tapestry, it was probably designed and constructed in England by Anglo-Saxon artists ( Odo's main power base being by then in Kent ); the Latin text contains hints of Anglo-Saxon ; other embroideries originate from England at this time ; and the vegetable dyes can be found in cloth traditionally woven there.

In a series of pictures supported by a written commentary the tapestry tells the story of the events of 1064 – 1066 culminating in the Battle of Hastings.

The end of the tapestry has been missing from time immemorial and the final titulus " Et fuga verterunt Angli " (" and the English left fleeing ") is said to be " entirely spurious ", added shortly before 1814 at a time of anti-English sentiment.

King Edward the Confessor, king of England and about sixty years old at the time the tapestry starts its narration, had no children or any clear successor.

It was only on 22 August that the SS attempted to take possession of the tapestry by which time the Louvre was again in French hands.

Note the 19th-century Neuilly tapestry symbolizing the Cher, on which a Venetian gondola is portrayed ; the gondola was actually brought to Chenonceau in the 19th century, with its gondolier, by Madame Pelouze, the owner at that time.

" If such a tapestry had been made at the time, then it could explain how the battles were remembered in such great detail over the 400 or so years between the siege of Troy and the age of Homer.

It is shown on the oldest representation of La Hulpe, a Brussels tapestry from the Hunts of Maximilian suite kept in the Louvre Museum, showing a hunting scene emblemmatic of a month in Charles V's time.

Indian architecture is that vast tapestry of production of the Indian subcontinent that encompasses a multitude of expressions over space and time, transformed by the forces of history considered unique to the sub-continent, sometimes destroying, but most of the time absorbing.

Only Tzeentch can see the tapestry of potential futures weaving forward in time like multicoloured threads.

Ten tapestries from the royal tapestry collection were still there in 1616, left from the time the infant Prince Charles resided at the Palace.

This gap appears to be bigger than the gap between any of the other Redwall novels, with the exception of the gap between Salamandastron and Redwall, which is an indefinite period of time in which all bloodline links to the earlier past and most physical links, with the exception of Martin's tapestry and sword, are lost.

In September, he took up residence in Aubusson with Gromaire and Dubreuil in order to renovate the art of tapestry, which at the time had fallen to a low point.

The Unicorn in Captivity is part of a series consisting of seven tapestry panels known as The Hunt of the Unicorn by Franco Flemish from this time period.

At the same time period in the Middle East, fiber artists did not make tapestry or wall hanging weavings, but instead created beautifully crafted rugs.

Batadrowa gave birth to the famous Vaishnavite reformer Sankardeva, who brought about a Renaissance in Assamese society, at the same time the call of the azzan also blends equally well into the unique mosaic and cultural tapestry of Nagaon.

While in the past Dor is accompanied by a ( not normally ) giant spider named Jumper, who had been drawn into the tapestry with him, and meets his current governess Millie the ghost, a short time before her unfortunate demise.

A tapestry map woven about the time of the Spanish Armada ( 1588 ) shows the huge iron basket on top of Beacon Hill where two men kept watch night and day.

Jibanananda's poetry, with his characteristic rich tapestry of imagery, repeatedly portrays the image of human fulfillment personified by a woman — in this poem Banalata Sen. For a long time it has been held that no-one like Banalata Sen actually existed in Jibanananda ’ s life.