The Bayeux tapestry is being loaned to United Kingdom

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Well, as we made it and the Normans purloined it, it is the least they can do.

We are reciprocating with stuff from the good ship Sutton Hoo.

How exciting! I saw an exact replica at Børglum Kloster, Jutland, North Denmark last year. No crowds and time to really take it all in.
It is such an amazing thing.

www.bayeuxtapetet.dk

I’m surprised they are moving the original it must be quite fragile after 1000 yrs.

A replica (without the naughty bits) can be seen at Reading Museum. It was embroidered by 35 skilled Victorian women embroiderers in 1885 and depicts the events leading up and includes to the Battle of Hastings in 1066.

The women who embroidered it were members of the the Leek Embroidery Society led by a woman called Elizabeth Wardle, a skilled embroiderer and wife of Staffordshire silk-dyer Thomas Wardle.

Thomas Wardle was part of the Arts and Crafts movement led by William Morris and he dyed many of the silks and other materials needed by William Morris for his works.

I was only there in Bayeux in April, it was being agreed at the time.
I can't remember, is it all of it, as they mentioned it was possibly only part of it?

Other rumours I heard (!!) was that the Excel Centre might get it. It costs a lot of money to kit the space out with humidifiers, lighting etc.

Also, when it returns to Bayeux I believe its going to go back to being in one long stretch instead of on the curve. I much prefer it in a line.

Sorry, about the split posts- it's what comes to me as I'm having a coffee.

keepingquiet

Bet it's going to be in London...?

Yes, I expect it will be

Yes it won't be in Scotland. 😞

For anyone who is into cross stitch, Bothy Threads has I think three or four kits with images from the Bayeux Tapestry. They are on my to be stitched list as a gift for my mother - she has a MA in French and has read the Bayeux Tapestry in a course on medieval French literature.

Are we getting Sutton Hoo in Bayeux? The David Hockney Normandie exhibition there was wonderful. In other news the Tour de France starts in Bayeux tomorrow. 😊

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Are you going Mamie?
DH is keen to go up to Mur de Bretagne on Friday, but with temperatures up to 33 degrees here, I might give it a miss.

When we took the DC many years ago en route to the ferry home, I bought a replica on paper with the intention of putting it on the wall of the study but it's so long I never did. (It's not the actual length of the tapestry!)
It's somewhere in its envelope after all these years.

An excellent cultural exchange. I believe we are loaning the Lewis chessmen as well as the Sutton Hoo treasure.

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Are you going Mamie?
DH is keen to go up to Mur de Bretagne on Friday, but with temperatures up to 33 degrees here, I might give it a miss.

I would have liked to have gone tomorrow as they are not far from here, but unfortunately I can't. We saw them live a few years ago. Am watching Caen on French telly at the moment. 😊

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

I thought it was fascinating, particularly the scenes involving the horses, so much movement.

Sago

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

Glad it's not just me.

I saw the original several years ago. I didn’t know about the naughty bits then . I’ll go back.

An exact replica was created and displayed in 1966, either in Hastings Museum or the Town Hall. I can't remember. When the exhibition was over, the copy tapestry was put into storage by the town council. The daughters of the instigator of the 1966 festival tried to have the tapestry put on display again. Allegedly, Hastings Town Council had lost it. Disgraceful tragedy.

Sago

I am embarrassed to admit that part from the arrow in Harold’s eye I thought the Bayeux tapestry was boring.

It's actually got some interesting historical bits, especially how the Normans made their boats and the tools they used (no saws) and the fact that the horse riders have stirrups. It's thought that before the 11th century stirrups weren't used, so armies might have used horses to reach their destination but fought on foot. Stirrups gave them more stability and leverage.

My 12 year old DGD was "doing" it in History last term, so I dragged her along to Bayeux. She really enjoyed it. The commentary on the headphones had her looking at all the details. In the shop she bought cards, a frieze, a cloth bag and a pen. She tool some bits into school. Look at her History grade! The teacher was obviously impressed! 😆 (E= excellent for homework and behaviour by the way).
I bought a tea towel. At 15 euros I'm not using it to wipe the dishes