Tapestry

a pictorial history of the of England by the Normans, beginning visit to the Norman court. and ending a. SS SPECIMEN Of BAYEUX death at the battle of Hastings, is so because it was found originally in the of the town of Bayeux, where it is still in the public library. It is supposed to work of Matilda, wife of William the; though others claim it for the Empre daughter of Henry I.; and a third party was produced as a decoration for the of Bayeux by order of Odo, the Conhalf-brother. The tapestry is 214 feet long inches wide; divided into seventy-two which are mostly described by Latin in- In it are the figures of 623 persons, 162 dogs, etc., thirty-seven buildings, and forty- It has been reproduced several times, by and by photography. Islands, 2 small group in the Bay of were proclaimed as a British colony in in 1856 were ceded to Honduras. Amongst of the group is Guanaja, whence first discovered the American mainland.