Bayeux, the screen of Bayeux
(probably late 11th century): Not exactly a screen but a linen strip of cloth (length of 70 meters and width of 50 cm), embroidered with colored wool. It depicts events from Harold’s of England life and the Norman Conquest (1066), in a series of 79 scenes related by comments in Latin and framed by decorations (with scenes from both legends and everyday life). It was ordered, probably by Odo, Bishop of Bayeux, half brother of William the Conqueror, but it is unknown whether it is a project of Saxons or Normans artists. It is the only specimen of that kind of art that has survived (now on display in Bayeux).