The Bayeux tapestry; the story of the Norman Conquest: 1066. / Norman Denny & Josephine Filmer-Sankey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Denny, Norman, 1901-1982.

Filmer-Sankey, Josephine, author.

Contributor:

Maxey, Dale.

Tehon, Atha.

Atha Tehon Thiras Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bayeux tapestry--Juvenile literature.

Bayeux tapestry.

Bayeux tapestry (Title).

Hastings, Battle of (England : 1066) in art.

History.

Great Britain--History--William I, 1066-1087--Juvenile literature.

Great Britain.

Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art--Juvenile literature.

Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066, in art.

Hastings, Battle of, England, 1066.

Great Britain--History--William I, 1066-1087.

Genre:

History.

Juvenile works.

Penn Provenance:

Tehon, Atha (former owner) (Tehon Collection copy)

Tehon, Susan (donor)

Physical Description:

72 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 22 x 26 cm

Edition:

[First U.S.A. edition].

Manufacture:

New York, New York : Bound by H. Wolff.

Place of Publication:

New York : Atheneum, [1966]

Summary:

Explains the scenes depicted on the embroidered linen strip known as the Bayeux Tapestry which chronicle the events leading up to the battle between Harold of England and William of Normandy and the final conquest of England by the Normans.

Notes:

"First Edition."

"Endpapers designed by Dale Maxey"--t.p. verso.

Designed by Atha Tehon.

"The entire tapestry is here reproduced in its proper sequence with an accompanying text divided into two parts - the first explaining simply what is happening in each scene, the second describing the background more fully."--Dust jacket.

Local Notes:

Tehon Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2014 by Susan Tehon.

Tehon Collection copy: dust jacket retained.

Other Format:

Online version: Denny, Norman, 1901-1982. Bayeux tapestry.

OCLC:

711840