Ba|yeux Tapestry

Ba|yeux Tapestry
Ba|yeux Tapestry «bay YOO; French ba YER»,
a long strip of linen (actually not a tapestry) on which are embroidered representations of events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England. It was probably made in the 1100's. According to tradition it was done for Bishop Odo of Bayeux by the wife of William the Conqueror.
╂[< Bayeux, a town in northern France, where it is preserved]

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