Bayeux Tapestry: scene 17: and here they crossed the Couesnon River, Here Duke Harold dragged them from the sand

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Title Bayeux Tapestry: scene 17: and here they crossed the Couesnon River, Here Duke Harold dragged them from the sand
Location Country probably Southern England
Style Period Medieval Art
Subject Costumes and Textiles; Historical Art
Creation Date c. 1070s CE
Form textile
Medium woolen yarn embroidery on linen
Dimensions L: approx. 231', H: approx. 1' 8"
Inscription/Marks ET hIC: TRANSIERVNT: FLVMEN: COSNONIS: / hIC: hAROLD: DVX: TRAhEBAT: EOS:∙ / DE ARENA
Repository Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux, Bayeux (France)
Source The Bayeux Tapestry: Monument to a Norman Triumph, by Wolfgang Grape. Prestel Verlag, Munich, 1994.
Work ID 21892
Rights Digital Image Copyright University of Utah
ARK ark:/87278/s6d259vr
Setname uu_aah_art
ID 47759
Reference URL https://collections.lib.utah.edu/ark:/87278/s6d259vr
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