Hi Don,

I went to see the Bayeux tapestry in Bayeux, France with Tom Musco a few years ago and this is displayed in a horse shoe shaped artificially lit glass case which is located inside a dimly lit room. The last 5 - 10 meters of this tapestry is now missing and is thought to have been deliberatlely cut off and destroyed because it was thought to contain scenes that did not please the Normans. It contains surprising scenes of pre battle naked encounters between soldiers and lusty wenches leaving little to the imagination and along with Piers the Ploughman is one of the few visual record sources of early medieval life (and death). Just incase Will missed it I did post a relevant extract from the tapestry on page 1 of this thread.

Regards

Ken Hume