Every time the World Cup is held, at least since England first and last won it 60 years ago, the topic is whether to ‘bring it home’. The idea, of course, is that football (called soccer in some countries where this year’s games are being played) was invented in England. But the decisive clash with Norway will take place this Sunday, and indeed, depending on how the remaining World Cup matches unfold in the following weeks, the Bayeux Tapestry, which is of much older and undisputed origin, will be returned to Blighty. It’s the Bayeux Tapestry, which has been kept in the eponymous Normandy town since at least the 1470s, and probably centuries before that.
This large, intricately embroidered piece of fabric depicts the events leading up to the incident. Battle of Hastings in 1066The decisive event of Norman conquest of England. Today, it can be read as a narrator, as a kind of “medieval comic”. This new animated video from the UK museum The Bayeux Tapestry reveals “medieval life in astonishing detail” while also “hinting at the secrets of the border”.
Despite all the academic and public attention it has received, the work still does not provide answers to nearly all of its mysteries, nor does its familiarity make it any less appealing. After all, there are so many images to get used to first.
Seeing the Bayeux Tapestry in images, even in high resolution, is one thing, and seeing it in real life is quite another. Since Victorian times, Britons have been able to come pretty close to the latter experience with the help of a life-size replica made in 1885. This replica is currently on display at the Reading Museum in Berkshire, and has previously been featured here on Open Culture. But this September, work on the original Bayeux Tapestry will begin. British Museum residencewhich coincided with the renovation of the Bayeux Museum. (France receives a loan of treasure from France) Ship buried at Sutton Hoo and lewis chess pieces.) If you have a chance to see it before it’s returned the following year, don’t turn it down. As the World Cup has shown, you never know when your next trip home will be.
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