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

TO
HER MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY
OUR SOVEREIGN LADY QUEEN VICTORIA,

The Lives of
The Queens of England

ARE BY GRACIOUS PERMISSION.
Inscribed,
WITH FEELINGS OF PROFOUND RESPECT AND LOYAL AFFECTION, BY HER MAJESTY'S FAITHFUL SUBJECT AND DEVOTED SERVANT,
AGNES STRICKLAND.

"Knights of the Holy Ghost Departing for the Crusades"
After a minature from the Statutes of the Order of the Holy Ghost, at Naples. Manuscript of the XIVth Century, in the Louvre. This voyage was never undertaken; but the cheviliers were ordered to hold themseves ready in the event of their departure being resolved upon in Rome. The artist has sketched all the preparitives for embarking; the crusaders, on horseback, have the bow upon their breastplates; the vessels awaiting them are decked with banners upon which are blazoned the arms of the Pope, of the Emperor, of France, of England, of Anjou-Sicily, of Tarentum, etc.

COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL RECORDS AND OTHER AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS, PRIVATE AS WELL AS PUBLIC, BY AGNES STRICKLAND.
PRECEDED BY A BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION BY JOHN FOSTER KIRK. IN SIXTEEN VOLUMES. WITH PLATES.

VOLUME I

Philadelphia: Printed only for Subscribers by George Barrie & Son.

Agnes Strickland.
Etched by Ch. Thevenin after the Painting by J. Hayes now in the National gallery, London.

This electronic edition
was prepared by
Michael A. Linton, 2006
www.1066.co.nz