Illustrations of the

Bayeux Tapestry

3rd & 4th quarters

ISTI PORTANT ARMAS AD NAVES ET HIC TRAHVNT CARRVM CVM VINO ET ARMIS + HIC VVILLELM DVX IN MAGNO NAVIGIO MARE TRANSIVIT ET VENIT AD PEVENESAE HIC EXEVNT CABALLI DE NAVIBVS ET HIC MILITES FESTINAVERVNT HESTINGA VT CIBVM RAPERENTVR HIC EST VVADARD HIC COQVITVR CARO ET HIC MINISTRAVERVNT MINISTRI HIC FECERVN[T] PRANDIVM ET HIC EPISCOPVS CIBV[M] ET POTV[M] BENEDICIT ODO EP[ISCOPV]S    ROTBERT ISTE IVSSIT VT FODERETVR CASTELLVM AT HESTENGA CEASTRA HIC NVNTIATVM EST VVILLELM[O] DE HAROLD[O] HIC DOMVS INCENDITVR HIC MILITES EXIERVNT DE HESTENGA ET VENERVNT AD PR[O]ELIVM CONTRA HAROLDVM REGE[M] HIC VVILLELM DVX INTERROGAT VITAL[EM] SI VIDISSET HAROLDI EXERCITV[M] ISTE NVNTIAT HAROLDVM REGE[M] DE EXERCITV VVILELMI DVCIS HIC VVILLELM DVX ALLOQVITVR SVIS MILITIBVS VT PREPARARENT SE VIRILITER ET SAPIENTER AD PR[O]ELIVM CONTRA ANGLORVM EXERCITV[M] HIC CECIDERVNT LEVVINE ET GYRD FRATRES HAROLDI REGIS HIC CECIDERVNT SIMVL ANGLI ET FRANCI IN PR[O]ELIO HIC ODO EP[ISCOPV]S BACVLV[M] TENENS CONFORTAT PVEROS HIC EST VVILEL[MVS] DVX E[VSTA]TIVS

 HIC FRANCI PVGNANT ET CECIDERVNT QVI ERANT CVM HAROLDO HIC HAROLD REX INTERFECTVS EST ET FVGA VERTERVNT ANGLI
VVILLELM
37 These men carry arms to the ships and here they drag a cart with wine and arms 37a image 38 Here Duke William in a great fleet crossed the sea and came to Pevensey 39 Here the horses leave the ships 40 and here the knights have hurried to Hastings to seize food 41 Here is Wadard 42 Here the meat is being cooked and here the servants have served (it) 43 Here they made breakfast 43a And here the bishop
blesses the food and drink		 44 Bishop Odo, William, Robert 45 He ordered that a motte should be dug at Hastings 45a The camp 46 Here it was announced to
William concerning Harold		 47 Here a house is burned 48 Here the knights have left Hastings 48a and have come to the battle against King Harold 49 Here Duke William asks Vitalis if he has seen Harold's army 50 This man tells King Harold about Duke William's army 51 Here Duke William speaks to his knights to prepare themselves manfully and wisely for the battle against the army of the English 51a image 51b image 51c image 51d image 52 Here have fallen dead Leofwine and Gyrth, brothers of King Harold 53 Here English and French fell at the same time in battle 54 Here Bishop Odo, holding a club, gives strength to the boys 55 Here is Duke William 56 Eustace 56a Here the French are fighting and have killed those who were with Harold 57 Here King Harold is slain 58 and the English have turned in flight
Previous Go to the begining
The ships take on their supplies. The horses board, and the ships set sail. The fleet sails under the protection of the Pope's banner and lands at Pevensey. The Normans disembark and ride to Hastings. The cooks prepare food. William and his lords celebrate at a banquet. The Normans build their camp and prepare for battle. The Norman army assembles. The Normans ride out to meet the Anglo-Saxons. Harold is warned of the advance, and William gives an inspiring speech to his men. The Normans attack on horseback. The Anglo-Saxons meet their attack on foot. Harold's brothers are killed in the battle. The battle rages. The Anglo-Saxons defend the top of a hill, and William must prove to his men that he is still in charge. Newly encouraged, the Normans attack viciously. Harold is struck in the eye by an arrow and dies. The Normans are victorious.

Back to the Bayeux Tapestry contents