King & Conqueror - TV series and follow up

I've been watching the King and Conqueror series with half an eye - I know "they" do it for atmosphere, but it would help if there was more light on the subject.  Anyway, whinge over, it made me think about the Bayeux Tapestry which is available to view online via high definition photography .
https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/
Interested in embroidery?  only 4 stitches involved (a great surprise).  Interested in Medieval manuscripts?  Top and bottom borders feature existing and fanciful animals and birds, and similar portrayals of daily life (ploughing the fields) and remember those cheeky marginal illustrations on manuscripts? well, some have made into the borders.  Check out the aftermath of the battle which sills over into the lower border. . .  Not to take away from the main events, starring in the much larger middle section
All natural dyes, wool embroidery on linen - faded over time, but easy to see just how vibrant it would have been when just completed.
Hope you enjoy it as much I did.

Thanks for the link Jill (I'm going to go searching for field peas!)

Apparently the tapestry is to be lent to the British Museum next year, hopefully along with a previously mislaid fragment recently found in Germany. That will be the first time it is on British soil in neary 1000 years (1000 years! ) Imagine being responsible for moving that treasure!



Press release from the British Museum

I feel a trip down South may be on the agenda next year, or maybe the year after, as they intimate that the loan may be for the duration of the French museum home refurbishment.

I was so happy to find that the tapestry was here on the internet to see in its entirety!   This is the closest I'm getting to it though.

I couldn't find any peas, although the cooking and ploughing scenes were interesting - lots of things cooked on skewers like kebabs

I couldn't find field peas either - in the tapestry or online, have you considered buying a pack of dried peas and going from there.  No species name, but a good chance of getting peas that dry well.  I think my mother used to grow "marrowfat" peas in the UK. Dried, these are the ones traditionally used to make "mushy peas"