The Study of the Bayeux Tapestry
Published on 22. May 1997
Book
Hardback
230 pages
978-0-85115-664-4 (ISBN)
Description
Key articles on the Bayeux tapestry collected in one volume, providing a comprehensive companion to its study.
This volume presents a selection from the classic literature on the tapestry, providing a comprehensive companion to its study. The articles have been carefully chosen in order to provide a strong, balanced coverage of most aspects of the tapestry; all the major themes - the material fabric of the artefact, its origin, its relation to other early sources, its visual language, the form and function of the inscriptions, the work's general meaning and purpose, and the way it was perceived - are discussed in authoritative contributions collected here. The volume also includes substantial new essays by the editor on studying the Bayeux tapestry, and on its origin, art, and message.
Contributors: RICHARD GAMESON, CHARLES STOTHARD, EDWARD FREEMAN, W.R. LETHERBY, CHARLES PRENTOUT, SIMONE BERTRAND, RENELEPELLEY, C.R. DODWELL, N.P. BROOKS, H.E.J. COWDREY, H.E. WALKER, RICHARD BRILLIANT, SHIRLEY ANNE BROWN, MICHAEL HERREN
This volume presents a selection from the classic literature on the tapestry, providing a comprehensive companion to its study. The articles have been carefully chosen in order to provide a strong, balanced coverage of most aspects of the tapestry; all the major themes - the material fabric of the artefact, its origin, its relation to other early sources, its visual language, the form and function of the inscriptions, the work's general meaning and purpose, and the way it was perceived - are discussed in authoritative contributions collected here. The volume also includes substantial new essays by the editor on studying the Bayeux tapestry, and on its origin, art, and message.
Contributors: RICHARD GAMESON, CHARLES STOTHARD, EDWARD FREEMAN, W.R. LETHERBY, CHARLES PRENTOUT, SIMONE BERTRAND, RENELEPELLEY, C.R. DODWELL, N.P. BROOKS, H.E.J. COWDREY, H.E. WALKER, RICHARD BRILLIANT, SHIRLEY ANNE BROWN, MICHAEL HERREN
Reviews / Votes
This admirable collection of essays contains a well-chosen group of articles from the past two centuries devoted to the interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry... As a general editor who has selected well and guided astutely, and as an original contributor with a well-founded and persuasive opinion on many themes, Dr Gameson's achievement is a notable one. HISTORY Eleven `classic' studies...allow the reader to trace the development of opinion on, for example, the tapestry's accuracy of historical witness and its relation to other records of the Conquest. The sweep of these essays also makes visible the ways in which scholarly protocols for approaching the enigmatic object have changed over time... Useful archive. * MEDIUM AEVUM Excellent volume. NOTES AND QUERIES *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Woodbridge
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
27 b/w, 4 line illus.
Dimensions
Height: 260 mm
Width: 183 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-85115-664-4 (9780851156644)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Richard Gameson
Content
Studying the Bayeux Tapestry, Richard Gameson; some observations on the Bayeux Tapestry, Charles Stothard; the authority of the Bayeux Tapestry - the Aelfgyva of the Bayeux Tapestry, Edward Freeman; the perjury at Bayeux, W.R. Lethaby; an attempt to identify some unknown characters in the Bayeux Tapestry, Charles Prestout; a study of the Bayeux Tapestry, Simone Bertrand; a contribution to the study of the inscriptions in the Bayeux Tapestry - "Bagias" and "Wilgelm", Rene Lepelley; the Bayeux Tapestry and the French secular epic, C.R. Dodwell; the authority and interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry, N.P. Brooks and H.E. Walker; towards an interpretation of the Bayeux Tapestry, H.E.J. Cowdrey; the Bayeux Tapestry - a stripped narrative for their eyes and ears, Richard Brilliant; the "Adeleae Comitissae" of Baudri of Bourgeuil and the Bayeux Tapestry, Shirley Ann Brown and Michael Herren; the origin, art and the message of the Bayeux Tapestry, Richard Gameson.