Book of The Season

How many ships are there on The Bayeux Tapestry? It depends on if you count only complete ships, or also add the half-ships. Do you count the one that may be a boat, as it doesn't have a mast? How about the little ones, sailing at borderland height? You'd better do the counting yourself. They are all mentioned in this book. Well, perhaps not all of the borderland ones, but they barely count anyway.

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How is a Bayeux Tapestry ship made? It depends on if you mean the construction of the actual ship depicted on the masterpiece or the creation of the embroidered vessel. Both versions are covered in this book.

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This is Part four of Mia's Bayeux Tapestry Musings - Ships. We have now left the basic behind us and from now on, the series will look at the images in themed volumes, starting with the sea vessels.

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In this book, we will study each and every ship on The Bayeux Tapestry in detail, zooming in and out and discover details that may have been hidden for hundreds of years. We are going to look, really LOOK at things.

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I will talk you through the process of creating these ships, from pins on a blank stretch of fabric, to a fully-fledged ship with a flag at the top of the mast. By the way, did you know that one of those flags is in the shape of a bird?

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There is so much that I would like to tell you about the ships and about this book, but I'm going to let you find out in your own time. All I'm going to say is, enjoy!