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Bayeux Tapestry on CD ROM

Martin K Foys

 
What's on the CD

The Tapestry itself

  • View images of the entire Tapestry, as a single scrolling panel.
  • Magnify images, so that individual stitches can be seen.
  • Go to a particular scene by clicking on an outline view.
  • View with translation of inscriptions, and with a full commentary.

Other images

  • Full reproductions of the Reading, Montfaucon and Stothard facsimiles.
  • 'Museum': close-ups of the Tapestry, and related materials from manuscripts, buildings, archaeology, all with commentary.

Related primary texts

  • 'Library': full texts, in modern authoritative translations of sixteen primary sources.
  • Commentary on these, with links to the Tapestry.
  • Texts may be copied and printed.

The battlefield; maps

  • Panoramic videos of the battlefield, with maps.
  • Maps showing the events of 1064 to 1066.

Commentaries and discussions

  • Full commentary on every panel and scene.
  • Genealogies; glossaries of people, places, events, details.
  • Full editorial introduction: date, origin, manufacture, history, restorations.
  • Help documentation, slideshow and search system.
Bayeux Tapestry screenshot

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