{"id":48423,"date":"2026-10-23T15:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48423"},"modified":"2026-10-23T15:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T14:15:09","slug":"ihbc-features-heritage-from-the-global-doorstep-what-the-bayeux-tapestry-reveals-about-medieval-buildings-on-both-sides-of-the-channel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/?p=48423","title":{"rendered":"IHBC features \u2018Heritage from the Global doorstep\u2019: What the Bayeux tapestry reveals about medieval buildings on both sides of the Channel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_(cropped).jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"617\" src=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/960px-Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_28cropped29.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-48424\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.556420233463035;width:800px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/960px-Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_28cropped29.jpg 960w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/960px-Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_28cropped29-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/960px-Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_28cropped29-768x494.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-gray-color has-text-color has-link-color has-small-font-size wp-elements-1 wp-block-paragraph\"><em>image: <a href=\"https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_Scene_01_(cropped).jpg\">Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the architectural historian, it is the 33 buildings represented on the Bayeux embroidery that catch the eye, argues <em>The Conversation<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><u>The Conversation<\/u><\/em>\u2019s Senior Arts + Culture Editor Anna Walker writes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 These buildings range from palaces and religious buildings to two-storeyed houses and simple dwellings. They give the beholder some idea of what the 11th-century built environment looked like&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This\u2026 familiarity with the scriptorium and the stonemason\u2019s yard implies that the Bayeux tapestry\u2019s designs were created by a trained artist and then used by the embroiderers\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Abstraction over naturalism<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 Westminster Abbey, by far the largest building shown on the tapestry\u2026 had not yet been completed\u2026 we see Edward\u2019s funeral procession approaching the church from the right\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In general terms this is what a great church would have appeared like to the public \u2013 a stone building with high towers, a two-storeyed elevation and tiled roofs\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026 these renderings do give the onlooker an idea of how the 11th-century audience of the tapestry would use elements of existing architecture to picture\u2026 even the humble dwelling of an Anglo-Saxon farmer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theconversation.com\/what-the-bayeux-tapestry-reveals-about-medieval-buildings-on-both-sides-of-the-channel-288405\">Read more here<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image: Bayeux Tapestry Museum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons For the architectural historian, it is the 33 buildings represented on the Bayeux embroidery that catch the eye, argues The Conversation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[666,48,718,845],"class_list":["post-48423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ihbc-newsblog","tag-architectural-history","tag-architecture","tag-buildings","tag-medieval"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48423","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48425,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48423\/revisions\/48425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsblogs.ihbc.org.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}