Medieval History
Girona Creation Tapestry
The Girona Creation "tapestry" (embroidery) has been restored and is on view again! See:
http://www.catalannewsagency.com/news/culture/girona-recovers-one-its-romanesque-jewels-tapestry-11th-century
Best,
Genevra
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Is This How The Bayeux Tapestry Would Have Ended?
The Alderney Bayeux Tapestry The famous Bayeux Tapestry ends with the defeat of King Harold's army and the flight of the Anglo-Saxon soldiers. However, most scholars believe that the original tapestry would have ended with the coronation of William...
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What To Do If You Have 10,000 Hours Of Free Time?
Andy Wilkinson has recreated a miniature version of the Bayeux Tapestry - the eleventh-century embroidery that depicts William the Conqueror's invasion of England and victory at the Battle of Hastings. It took him 18 years to sew the 40 foot-long...
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Warwick Library Hosts Medieval Tapestry Conservation Program On March 20
The Albert Wisner Public Library will present the ?Restoration of the Cloisters? Redemption Tapestry? on Sunday March 20, at 2 p.m. in the Community Room. Warwick resident Tina Kane will discuss the landmark medieval tapestry conservation project she...
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Potenza, Italy International Congress
Dear colleagues, please find below the information about the International Congress "The Image of Alphonse the Magnanimous in the literature and the historiography, between the Crown of Aragon and Italy", which will be held at Potenza (Italy) on 4-5 December...
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Smattering Of 12th Century Art From Norway
Church W. portal - decoration on right jamb. Al, Norway, 12th century. Tapestries are my favorite art form, of all time. Love love love. This is the Baldishoel Tapestry: fragment: detail of April and May. "The two months of April and May - the part of...
Medieval History