Word: bayeux
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...even handsome. The show has ranged widely over the fields of archaeology, anthropology, astronomy, ecology, mammalogy, oceanography, paleontology, ichthyology, and as often as possible embryology, largely because the museum embryologist happens to be Dr. Evelyn Shaw, a very pretty redhead. This week Collingwood took a look at the magnificent Bayeux Tapestry (some 230 ft. long), and through it at the bloodstained hills of Hastings in 1066 and British national origins. As usual, Adventure was a lively adventure...
...broad transepts of Westminster Abbey, a thousand peers and ladies sat, clothed in velvet and miniver, dazzling in their show of decorations won in peace and war. In the nave, the chivalry of empire unrolled like a Bayeux tapestry. Music played, yet over 7,000 subjects, gathered to honor their Queen while worshiping their God, a hush of dedication hung like a prayer...