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The 19 pages that link to Bayeux Tapestry, each with the reason it gives.

• EmbroideryBroader topic: Despite its name, it is a major surviving work of embroidery.

• Historical sourceBroader topic: Its narrative images offer evidence while reflecting a particular perspective on the conquest.

• Battle of HastingsBroader topic: Its scenes provide the most celebrated visual account of the battle and its surrounding events.

• Sequential artBroader topic: Its continuous scenes combine image and inscription to narrate historical events.

• NormandyBroader topic: It preserves a visual account of a conquest launched from Normandy.

• Medieval artBroader topic: It is a celebrated example of medieval narrative textile art and political storytelling.

• Textile conservationBroader topic: Its scale, age, and national significance make display conditions and ongoing care especially consequential.

• TapestryBroader topic: Its narrative use illustrates how a textile can recount political and military history.

• Narrative artBroader topic: Its long sequence presents a historical campaign across a continuous visual field.

• AppliquéBroader topic: Despite its name, it uses embroidered and laid-on details rather than woven tapestry construction.

• Textile artBroader topic: Its narrative embroidery shows the long history of textiles as image-making.

• NeedleworkBroader topic: This medieval work shows needlework used for monumental historical storytelling.