The Bayeux Tapestry is believed to be commissioned as an apology gift for the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The tapestry captures how people and events looked in medieval Europe in stylized detail. For the first time, enthusiasts and curious minds alike can view and zoom through a digital version of the artwork at the Bayeux Museum’s website, as Open Culture details:
The museum “worked with teams from the University of Caen Normandie to digitize high-resolution images of the tapestry, which were taken in 2017,” says Medievalists.net.
“A simple interface was created to access the digital version, which allows users to zoom in and explore it in great detail with access to Latin translations in French and English.” Made of 2.6 billion pixels (which brings it to eight gigabytes in size), the online Bayeux Tapestry lets us zoom in so far as to examine its individual threads — the same level at which it was inspected in real life earlier last year in anticipation of its next restoration.
Image via Wikimedia Commons
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I went to visit it last summer. It'amazing. The first comic strip really. If you go there, go early, since the admissions are limited. And bring a book, the waiting line can be long. Totally worth the wait ;)
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