The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings - Peregrinations
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings - Peregrinations
The Bayeux Tapestry and the Vikings - Peregrinations
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artistic license exercised in <strong>the</strong>ir depictions, <strong>the</strong> ships in <strong>the</strong> <strong>Bayeux</strong> <strong>Tapestry</strong> were<br />
remarkably au<strong>the</strong>ntic.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Danish stamp issued in 1970 appropriated <strong>the</strong> ship-building scene in <strong>the</strong><br />
<strong>Bayeux</strong> <strong>Tapestry</strong>.<br />
Figure 22: Danish stamp.<br />
It links <strong>the</strong> legendary maritime skills of <strong>the</strong> Danish <strong>Vikings</strong> <strong>and</strong> that of <strong>the</strong>ir Norman<br />
cousins. In 1982, <strong>the</strong> Viking Ship Museum in Roskilde undertook <strong>the</strong> building of a<br />
replica of a Viking ship. <strong>The</strong>y chose a small cargo ship about fourteen meters long from<br />
<strong>the</strong> Skuldelev group.<br />
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