1070Bayeux StitchOdo of Bayeux
Couching stitch, now often called Bayeux stitch, filled large coloured surfaces in the embroidery.
Historical records for France in 1070, rendered directly from the World History Database and ordered by month, day and event.
Couching stitch, now often called Bayeux stitch, filled large coloured surfaces in the embroidery.
The embroidery portrays castles, churches, halls, and other buildings from the conquest narrative.
The surviving narrative contains more than six hundred human figures.
The surviving embroidery measures approximately sixty-eight metres in length.
Woad, madder, and weld supplied blue, red, brown, orange, and yellow colours for the wool.
Decorative borders contain real animals, mythical creatures, fables, and scenes related to the central narrative.
The embroidery depicts more than two hundred horses and mules.
The embroidery was made on nine joined panels of woven linen cloth.
Coloured wool thread was embroidered onto linen to create the narrative scenes.
Most historians consider Odo the probable patron who commissioned the embroidery for his cathedral.
Succeeds as Count of France
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