What a beautiful piece of work. Hours and hours of work to make such a masterpiece. Just a thought...as an embroiderer myself I can't help but think that the original Bayeux Tapestry/Embroidery could easily and welcomingly have been made by both male and female embroiderers. In Ken Follett's book The Morning and the Evening he says that Embroidery was a major occupation during the 10th and 11th centuries in certain areas of Europe at the time. So if embroideriy brought in money to the household I don't think if a man were a good embroiderer he wouldn't have been employed as such. Just a thought. Your narration was really good.
Very interesting..been fascinated by this since school..the colours are still somewhat bright[on original]..though I'm not sure if it's entirely original..this was very easy to listen to..very neatly done.
Fascinating to state the least. I didn't know the Victorians copied this priceless work of historical art, now on display in Reading. Although it is a copy, there have been minor changes, as you explain. You didn't say why these Victorians wanted to copy it. How did they copy it if the original was in France? This version too is a masterpiece.
