The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1875)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 76
dining-halls were hung with magnificent tapestries, TAPESTRY. 45 giving additioual splendour to the interludes {entremets, or intermedes) per-formed during the repast. The champions in the lists saw glittering aroundthem, suspended from the galleries, fabrics on which heroic deeds wereembroidered.… … Fig. 28.—A portion of the Bayeux Tapestrj, representing two mounted men of Duke Williams army armecf from head to foot, and in the act of fighting. should bear their respective armorial devices, the object being, no doubt, thatit might be known to whom they belonged when used on the occasion of…
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