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The Entire Bayeux Tapestry - Part IV


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 19: The body of King Edward is carried to the church of St. Peter

HERE THE BODY OF KING EDWARD IS BEING CARRIED TO THE CHURCH OF ST. PETER THE APOSTLE

Completion of the abbey consumed the interest of the king in his last days. The Hand of God, descending from a cloud, symbolizes the consecration of the church on Holy Innocents' Day - December 28, 1065. Bearers carry Edward's enshrouded body to the abbey.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 20: Harold listens to King Edward's last words

KING EDWARD IN BED ADDRESSES HIS LOYAL
FRIENDS. AND HERE HE IS DEAD.

HERE SITS HAROLD AS KING OF THE ENGLISH.
THEY HAVE GIVEN HAROLD THE ROYAL CROWN.

Before his death "the wise ruler entrusted the realm to a man of high rank, to Harold himself," reads the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. Harold listens to the king's last words at the foot of the bed. Breaking his oath to William, he accepts the crown.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 21: Harold is proclaimed King of England

ARCHBISHOP STIGAND THESE MEN WONDER AT THE STAR HAROLD

Archbishop Stigand proclaims him king. "Then over all England there was seen a sign in the skies such as had never been seen before. Some said it was the star 'comet' which some call the star with hair," records the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle. In the spring, Halley's comet blazed across Europe. A courtier hastens to tell Harold of the omen.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 22: Messenger sails to inform William that Harold is King

AN ENGLISH SHIP HAS COME INTO DUKE WILLIAM'S LAND HERE DUKE WILLIAM HAS ORDERED

Sinister, ghostly ships in the tapestry border hint at coming disaster. Meanwhile, a messenger sails to inform William, probably at Rouen, that Harold has been crowned king. Enraged at such perfidy, William resolves to invade England and take the throne.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 23: William orders that new ships be built

HERE DUKE WILLIAM HAS ORDERED THE BUILDING OF SHIPS

Crash of giant oaks resounds as woodsmen fell trees for the fleet. Carpenters shape planks while shipwrights with adz and hammer construct long, narrow ships. Using block and tackle, men launch them at Dives. Arms and provisions accumulate. But for a month, an adverse wind blows from the north.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 24: New ships are ready for voyage across the Channel

HERE THE SHIPS ARE BEING DRAGGED TO THE SEA

William, with superb leadership, so controlled his men that "the flocks and herds of the peasantry pastured unharmed," recorded a Norman. Then a westerly permits the duke to move his fleet to St. Valéry for a shorter voyage across the Channel.


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