Tapestry

  • 91Bayeaux Tapestry — The Bayeaux Tapestry is really an embroidery but the word tapestry has stuck. The Bayeaux Tapestry is now on permanent public display in the city of Bayeaux in Normandy, France. It tells the story of the Battle of Hastings; why William felt he… …

    Medieval glossary

  • 92be all part of life's rich tapestry — be (all) part of life s rich pageant/tapestry literary if you say that a bad or difficult experience is all part of life s rich tapestry, you mean that you must accept it because it is a part of life that cannot be avoided. Having kids certainly… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 93be part of life's rich tapestry — be (all) part of life s rich pageant/tapestry literary if you say that a bad or difficult experience is all part of life s rich tapestry, you mean that you must accept it because it is a part of life that cannot be avoided. Having kids certainly… …

    New idioms dictionary

  • 94A Tapestry of Carols — Infobox Album Name = A Tapestry of Carols Type = studio Longtype = Artist = Maddy Prior Released = 1987 Recorded = 1987 Genre = Folk Christmas carols Length = 51:05 Label = Producer = Reviews = Last album = This album = Next album = A Tapestry of …

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  • 95Bayeux Tapestry — This remarkable work depicts events in England following a journey to France by Earl Harold with instructions by King Edward. In a sequence of scenes we see Harold in Normandy, and the infamous oath swearing, the death of Edward, Harold s… …

    Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases

  • 96Bayeux Tapestry —    This 70 meter (231 feet) foot long by 49.5 centimeter (19.5 inch) wide strip of embroidered linen records the invasion and conquest of England in 1066 by William the Conqueror. This is a very valuable document because of the weapons, clothes… …

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  • 97Ba|yeux Tapestry — «bay YOO; French ba YER», a long strip of linen (actually not a tapestry) on which are embroidered representations of events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England. It was probably made in the 1100 s. According to tradition it was done for… …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 98(the) Bayeux Tapestry — the Bayeux Tapestry [the Bayeux Tapestry] a finely decorated cloth wall covering made in the 11th century. It shows the events that led to the Battle of ↑Hastings (1066) between the ↑Normans under ↑William the Conqueror and the English under King …

    Useful english dictionary

  • 99Bayeux tapestry — Ba yeux tap es*try A piece of linen about 1 ft. 8 in. wide by 213 ft. long, covered with embroidery representing the incidents of William the Conqueror s expedition to England, preserved in the town museum of Bayeux in Normandy. It is probably of …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 100millefleurs tapestry — (French; thousand flowers ) Tapestry characterized by a background motif of many small flowers. Most millefleurs tapestries show secular scenes or allegories. They are thought to have been made first in the Loire district of France in the mid… …

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