‎Sylvette Lemagnen, Gale Owen-Crocker (eds)‎
‎Collaborative Tapestry in Honour of Shirley Ann Brown / Une fresque brodée en l'honneur de Shirley Ann Brown. The Bayeux Tapestry Seen by her Colleagues and Friends / La Tapisserie de Bayeux vue par ses collègues et amis‎

‎, Brepols, 2026 Hardback, 292 pages, Size:245 x 297 mm, Illustrations:7 b/w, 126 col., 3 maps b/w, Languages: English, French. ISBN 9782503609669.‎

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‎Summary These 16 essays in honour of a distinguished Bayeux Tapestry scholar consider the contexts of the Tapestry's creation and preservation; new studies of its fabric, also its images; plus accounts of new creative and commemorative works inspired by it. David Bates emphasises the cross-Channel, indeed the European, culture underlying the Tapestry's creation. Pierre Bouet and François Neveux seek to recognise the role of the Bretons in 11th-century Norman history and the conquest of England. Elizabeth Carson Pastan discusses the lost relics of Bayeux inventoried alongside the Tapestry. Ulrich Kuder and Michael Lewis revisit and evaluate theories about aspects of the Tapestry's images. Alexandra Lester-Makin uses microscopic images of a single scene to reveal details of how the embroidery was worked. Sarah Keefer explores the liturgy which Harold might have heard when he attended church before setting out to sea. Gale Owen-Crocker analyses the role of boundaries, and the breaking of them, in the Tapestry's images and Malcolm Thurlby considers its buildings in terms of contemporary architecture. Michael Herren discusses the verisimilitude of art works in classical and medieval poetry and shows how they differ. Anna Henderson and Lise Gjedssø Bertelsen examine recent, Bayeux-inspired historical needlework in the British Isles and Denmark respectively, Bruce Bobick traces the history of an American facsimile. Sylvette Lemagnen addresses novels written under the influence of the Bayeux Tapestry, and Daisy Black the evolution of her own play. Clémentine Paquier-Berthelot considers the various ways in which scholars have attempted to reference precise points in the Tapestry. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction in English / Introduction en français Curriculum vitae and publications of Shirley Ann Brown Contributors / Auteurs Summaries of articles in English / Résumés analytiques des articles en français List of illustrations Part I: The Physical and Visual Alexandra Lester-Makin, The Bayeux Tapestry as never seen before: what microscopic imaging can tell us about the hanging's creation Gale R. Owen-Crocker, Pushing the boundaries: interaction with frames and borders in the Bayeux Tapestry Sarah Larratt Keefer, 'Guide in prosperity the journey of Thy servant': Harold's voyage and mid-eleventh century liturgy Malcolm Thurlby, Observations on architectural representations in the Bayeux Tapestry Ulrich Kuder, Valuable discoveries, plausible explanations, transient hypotheses: looking back on Bayeux Tapestry studies Michael Lewis, The Ælfgyva of the Bayeux Tapestry Panorama Part II: Context David Bates, The cross-channel world of the Bayeux Tapestry Elizabeth Carson Pastan, 'Fuga sacra': inventory and legacy at Bayeux Cathedral Pierre Bouet & François Neveux, Normands et Bretons au XIe siècle. De la confrontation à la collaboration Part III: Inspiration Michael W. Herren, Extracting truth from poetry: revisiting Baudri of Bourgueil and the Bayeux Tapestry Anna Henderson, Tapestries for our times: The Bayeux Tapestry's modern British counterparts and their stitchers Lise Gjedssø Bertelsen, From the Bayeux Tapestry to the Swedish Pilgrim Tapestry to the Danish Elsinore Tapestry Bruce Bobick, The University of West Georgia replica of the Bayeux Tapestry: its conception, creation and dedication Sylvette Lemagnen, La Tapisserie de Bayeux à la source d'une littérature Romanesque Daisy Black, The Bayeux Tapestry: New Yarns Part IV: Documentation Clémentine Pasquier-Berthelot, Se repérer dans la Tapisserie de Bayeux: sources, références et méthodes de localisation Bibliography‎