Photo by Emil P. Albrecht 

 A PINK OLD TIMBER AND STONE STRUCTURE OP THE ElPTEENTH CENTURY: ST. P0, 



NORMANDY 



In olden times a hospital, but now devoted to trade. The upper stories project one over the 

 other ; the beams are all admirablv carved 



little city of Bayeux, one of William the 

 Conqueror's towns. Bayeux's quaint old 

 houses cling about the handsome cathe- 

 dral as barnacles grow upon a rock, and 

 through the meadows all about meanders 

 a sleepy little stream gemmed with lilies. 

 But ;t is the "tapestry" in the museum 

 that makes Bayeux a magnet. No more 

 original or curious history of a war was 

 ever wrought than this seamless strip of 



plain linen — not tapestry at all — 230 feet 

 long by 20 inches wide, covered with 

 vivid sketches in worsted embroidery of 

 eight colors. Clearly and in great detail 

 the 58 scenes tell the story of the prep- 

 aration of William the Conqueror's fleet 

 and the Battle of Hastings. The needle 

 sketches are rude and simple, hardly 

 more than mere artistic shorthand sug- 

 gestions ; but they were done with such 



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