Look at the panels in colour -
http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/bayeux_cl_1.htm
Work in progress
http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/bayeux_dyeing.htm
http://www.battleoffulford.org.uk/Bayeux_training.htm
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As part of the Local Heritage Initiative funded, the plan is to create some
panels in the style of the Bayeux Tapestry. This will provide a preface to
the events depicted in this unique embroidery. The available
evidence suggests that it was made in the south of England about 1072. The
workforce were probably ‘nuns’ although this would have included many noble
women widowed by the events depicted.
- Chapter 1
- Working tips and instructions
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- The story behind the images Panel 1 Panel 2 Panel 3 Panel 4 Panel 5
Panel 6
- Chapter 4
- The history Why was it made? Who commissioned the tapestry? Who was
the Designer? The content When was it made? Where was it made? Who made
it? The subsequent history
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Fact and figures Vital statistics The text from the Bayeux Tapestry
- Chapter 8
- The Reading copy of the Bayeux Tapestry Some comments and lessons A
short history
- Chapter 9
- Design brief for those assembling the images on computer
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The Yorkshire Preface to the Bayeux Tapestry
The events of 1066 - depicted in a community Tapestry
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ISBN 1904623379 £10.00 $18
107 pages
by Chas Jones
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This book has been written to help the
wonderful team who are undertaking the embroidery to understand the context
in which the original Tapestry was made. Our aim is to produce the five
metres of embroidery that could sit alongside the Tapestry in Bayeux.
Our preface covers some of the events taking place in Yorkshire during the
momentous months of the autumn 1066 that so profoundly affected the history
of England. It is not clear why these northern events are not already part
of our national consciousness. Perhaps the preface will help to rectify this
omission and increase awareness of this neglected part of our heritage.
Identifying the location where a battle was fought 939 years ago is not
easy. Forensic science would have trouble proving that any killings happened
here so long ago. Early on Wednesday 20 September 1066, about ten thousand
men clad in iron arrived and bashed each other with iron weapons. Such
ephemeral events leave few traces as most material has been recycled by man
and nature.
Since 1999 a team of volunteers has been working to identify the site of
battle of Fulford. We can now be confident that we have located the site and
can interpret the course of the battle although absolute proof is likely to
remain elusive.
Sadly, the powerful people who we call ‘developers’ can insist on a level of
proof that is unachievable. Absence of proof is for them proof of absence. I
would encourage people to enjoy the unspoilt site of the battle of Fulford
before 700 houses and an access road destroy this forgotten part of our
heritage.
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