Student Frescoes

Bayeux Tapestry

Here's the picture we saw in class today.

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Here's the link to where I got the the picture in case you can see it better that way.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fe/Tapisserie_de_Bayeux_31109.jpg/16324px-Tapisserie_de_Bayeux_31109.jpg

The pictures in the scenes depicted show:

• 623 people
• 202 horses
• 55 dogs
• 506 other birds and animals (some mythical)
• 49 trees
• 41 ships
• 37 buildings
• 57 Latin inscriptions containing nearly 2000 letters
  
  
  More fun facts about the tapestry can be found here:
  
  
   http://www.middle-ages.org.uk/bayeux-tapestry.htm
   

Pilgrimage Badges (medieval souvenirs)

Here is the link to the video we watched in class today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VIJlFBAAjvE

Next week we'll be learning about religion.

The work of budding stonemasons

Here is the recipe web site I found last term to use a resource for our end of term pot luck.
http://recipes.medievalcookery.com/

Here's one for adventurous cooks.  It just translates the recipes so you still have to figure out the measurements for yourself.
http://www.godecookery.com/mtrans/mtrans.htm

I'll keep looking for more sources.

Welcome to a new term.  This is the movie we watched this week if anyone wants to show it to their families and/or friends.  I got it through CADL or you can watch it online here: http://video.pbs.org/video/1619317222/