The Bayeux Tapestry: what’s all the fuss about? (part 1)

With Gale Owen-Crocker

Part 1: The Textile

With the interests of MEDATS members as the key, the author of the upcoming book The Design of the Bayeux Tapestry will give two informal talks. The first will focus on the textile itself, which is almost 1,000 years old, describing how it must have been spun, woven, cut, embroidered, seamed together and finished. The second will show how the Bayeux designer uses dress to characterise actors in the story depicted, demonstrate where he gets some of his ideas from, and discuss how they have sometimes been misunderstood.

Part 2 will take place on Sunday, 7 June. Both sessions will be recorded and made available to members following the event. The access code for both events was emailed to MEDATS members on 8 April.

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was formerly Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.