The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument To A Norman Triumph

The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph

Grape, Wolfgang. The Bayeux Tapestry. Munich / London / New York, Prestel, 1994. 24 cm x 28 cm. 174 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only very minor signs of external wear. Includes for example the following essays: Errors in Restoration? / A Single Designer? / Knowledge of Warfare and Weaponry? / Fantasy Architecture / Observation of Everyday Life / Details of Combat / Horses and Riders / The 'Last Supper' in the Norman Camp / Hunting Scenes / Drolleries / Shields on the Gunwale / Shields at Stem and Stern / Animal Heads / Pagan Customs / Harbour Works? / Turold / The Aelfgyva Mystery / Borders as Glosses? / Calendar Motifs, Pattern Books, Eroticism / A Winchester Relief / Anglo Saxon Continuity / Figures in Catalan Art / The Stylistic Arguments Summarized: A Norman Work / The Patron: Bishop Odo / William's Tactical Delay / Divergences from the Sources / Text and Image / A Number of Scribes? / Yarn Colours / Connections with Norse Textiles / Stylized Trees / Narrative Continuity / Trees as Participants / Critics within the Church etc. A theory that the Bayeaux tapestry originated in Bayeaux itself. (Amazon)