The Design of the Bayeux Tapestry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Owen-Crocker, Gale.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (434 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Boston : BRILL, 2026.

Summary:

Lavishly illustrated and clearly written, this book offers new insights into how the Bayeux Tapestry was conceived and created. It reveals the designer as a highly educated intellectual, with bitter contempt for the Norman Conquerors.

Contents:

Front Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

CONTENTS

LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLES

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND PERMISSIONS

INTRODUCTION

I THE CONTENT AND COMPOSITION OF THE WORK

1 THE MAIN REGISTER: THE STORY AND CHARACTERS

2 THE MAIN REGISTER: NARRATIVE AND VISUAL TECHNIQUES

3 THE BORDERS

4 THE TEXT

II ANCESTRY, SOURCES AND INFLUENCES

5 TEXTILES

6 CONTINUOUS NARRATIVE

7 BOOK ART

8 WRITTEN HISTORY AND LITERATURE

III MAKING THE TAPESTRY

9 MATERIALS AND WORKSPACE

10 DRAWING, WRITING, EMBROIDERING AND COMPLETION

11 CONCLUSIONS

THE COMPLETE TAPESTRY

APPENDIX

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Owen-Crocker, Gale The Design of the Bayeux Tapestry

ISBN:

9789004755741

OCLC:

1593362079