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The Entire Bayeux Tapestry - Part III


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 13: Hero, Harold pulled them from the quicksand

THEY CROSSED RIVER COUESNON DUKE HAROLD PULLED THEM FROM QUICKSAND THEY HAVE

Men-at-arms lift shields above their heads as they cross the estuary. Suddenly, treacherous quicksand clutches at the feet of men and horses. Harold comes to the rescue. In a heroic feat long-remembered, Harold carries one man on his back and drags another to safety on the shore.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 14: Conan slithers down a rope from Dol Castle

COME TO DOL CONAN HAS TURNED IN FLIGHT RENNES HERE THE SOLDIERS OF DUKE WILLIAM

Panicked at word of the approaching Normans, Conan slithers down a rope from Dol Castle - even though he never in fact captured the fortress. Wearing helmets with nose pieces and knee-length hauberks of chain mail, the knights give chase past the city of Rennes.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 15: Conan surrenders the keys to William on the tip of his lance

FIGHT AGAINST THE MEN OF DINAN AND CONAN HAS HELD OUT THE KEYS

They run the slippery Conan to ground at the castle of Dinan. When spears and missiles prove ineffective, the Normans resort to fire. Torches of pinewood and resin set the fortifications burning. A despairing Conan surrenders the fortress keys to William on the tip of his lance.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 16: William sets a helmet on Harold's head

HERE WILLIAM HAS GIVEN HAROLD ARMS HERE WILLIAM HAS COME TO BAYEUX

Arms for a valiant soldier: William sets a helmet on Harold's head and dresses him in a new tunic of mail. Having already rescued him from Count Guy, William by this act forges yet another link in the chain of obligations that binds the Englishman to him.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 17: Harold swears on bones of saints to help William

WHERE HAROLD TOOK THE OATH TO DUKE WILLIAM HERE DUKE HAROLD

At Bonneville sur Touques, or at Bayeux as the tapestry maintains, the enthroned duke calls his barons together for a momentous event. Harold, between two shrines, swears on hallowed relics, bones of saints, to aid William in securing the English throne. Homeward bound, Harold stands beside the mast of his ship.


Bayeux Tapestry, panel 18: King Edward welcomes Harold to Westminster

HAS RETURNED TO ENGLISH SOIL AND HAS COME TO KING EDWARD

Sail ho! A lookout spies Harold's vessel. Anxious faces peer from windows of a seaside manor. In London the aged and bearded King Edward welcomes Harold to the palace of Westminster. Nearby stands the new Westminster Abbey of St. Peter.


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