The Bayeux Tapestry: what’s all the fuss about? with Gale Owen-Crocker (part 1)

With the interests of MEDATS members as the key, the author of the upcoming book The Design of the Bayeux Tapestry will give two informal talks. The first will focus on the textile itself, which is almost 1,000 years old, describing how it must have been spun, woven, cut, embroidered, seamed together and finished. The second will show how the Bayeux designer uses dress to characterise actors in the story depicted, demonstrate where he gets some of his ideas from, and discuss how they have sometimes been misunderstood.

Gale R. Owen-Crocker is Professor Emerita of the University of Manchester where she was formerly Professor of Anglo-Saxon Culture and Director of the Manchester Centre for Anglo-Saxon Studies.

Part 2 will take place on Sunday, 7 June. Both sessions will be recorded and made available to members following the event. This event is free to attend for members of the Medieval Dress and Textile Society. Membership is open to all and costs only £15 per year.

Image source: Official digital representation of the Bayeux Tapestry – 11th century. Credits: City of Bayeux, DRAC Normandie, University of Caen Normandie, CNRS, Ensicaen, Photos: 2017 – La Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie