Plans to redisplay the Bayeux Tapestry raise anew the questions as to where and how it was originally intended to be displayed. Analysis of the linen fabric provides new insights into the tapestry’s design and manufacture, and enables its original length to be calculated. Re-examination of the (largely destroyed) 11th-century cathedral at Bayeux and of its liturgical layout demonstrates that the tapestry would have fitted neatly into the nave west of the choir screen. Its narrative falls into three discrete sections that reflect the way in which it would have been hung within the building, and the arrangement of the scenes takes account of the uneven bay-spacings of the nave arcades and the positions of the doorways. It can therefore be concluded that the tapestry was designed for a particular location within the nave of Bayeux cathedral. The cathedral’s liturgical traditions shed light on the way in which the tapestry would have been viewed in the Middle Ages, and the wider implications for the way in which it could and should be viewed today are briefly considered.

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不时查看Bayeux挂毯

重新显示Bayeux挂毯的计划提出了有关最初打算在何处以及如何显示的问题。亚麻织物的分析为挂毯的设计和制造提供了新的见解，并能够计算出其原始长度。重新检查巴约的11世纪大教堂（毁坏严重）及其礼堂布局表明，挂毯将整齐地装在合唱团屏风以西的中殿。它的叙述分为三个独立的部分，反映了它在建筑物中的悬挂方式，场景的安排考虑了中殿拱廊的不均匀间隔和门口的位置。因此可以得出结论，挂毯是为巴约大教堂中殿内的特定位置设计的。