The Bayeux tapestry : a stripped narrative for their eyes and ears

Author

Brilliant, Richard

Document type

Article (journal)

Language

English

Source

Word & image. 1991, Num. 2, Vol. 7, p. 98-126, 9 ill.; 1 diagram

ISSN

0266-6286

Abstract (en)

Reconstructs the Bayeux Tapestry, the 12th c. embroidery now thought to have been made in England for Norman patrons (Bayeux, Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux), as it might have hung in an Anglo-Norman baronial hall; and analyzes the visual narrative and its organization in relation to the Latin text. Proposes that these must have been accompanied by an oral text in the vernacular that would have been chanted by a jongleur as spectators looked at the scenes, which show the Edward the Confessor, Harold, and William the Conqueror and the events of the Norman Conquest of England and the Battle of Hastings (1066).

Subject (en)

• General history of art -- 300-1400 -- Decorative arts -- Textiles and costume -- United Kingdom
• Bayeux Tapestry
• Embroidery
• Great Britain
• 1000-1100
• Tapisserie de Bayeux||Bayeux (FRA)
• Narrative
• Inscriptions
• Poetry
• William I, king of England, ca.1027-1087
• Edward the Confessor, S., king of the English, ca.1003-1066
• Harold II, king of England, ca.1022-1066
• Iconography
• Norman Conquest (1066)
• Battle of Hastings (1066)
• Textiles
• Reconstruction [hypothetical]

Subject (fr)

• Histoire générale de l'art -- 300-1400 -- Arts décoratifs -- Textiles et costume -- Royaume-Uni
• Tapisserie de Bayeux
• Broderie
• Grande-Bretagne
• 1000-1100
• Tapisserie de Bayeux||Bayeux (FRA)
• Narration
• Inscription
• Poésie
• William I, roi d'Angleterre, v.1027-1087
• Edward the Confessor, saint, roi des Anglo-Saxons, v.1003-1066
• Harold II, roi d'Angleterre, v.1022-1066
• Iconographie
• Conquête normande (1066)
• Bataille d'Hastings (1066)
• Textiles
• Restitution intellectuelle

Origin

DatabaseBHA (Inist-CNRS/GRI)

Identifier19920401-00423154

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