Michael Linton's Bayeux Tapestry: 1066 - A Medieval Mosaic and Puzzles

Medieval Match

Medieval Match Jigsaw Puzzle

Place the 70 pieces into a uniform rectangle, with matching edge colours placed next to each other. Red to red, green to green etc. The final shape should be either 5 x 14 or 7 x 10 pieces along each edge.

The first 60 pieces can be placed in a matter of minutes, but expect to do a lot of rearranging to get the final 10 pieces to fit.

This puzzle is based on the mathematical concept of how many different ways can 4 colours be placed on a square. There are in fact, only 70 ways to arrange the colours.

Reading clockwize, R=red G=green, B=blue and Y=yellow, here is a list of the 70 possible pieces.