Master Wace, His Chronicle of the Norman Conquest From the Roman De Rou

INTRODUCTION

ILLUSTRATIONS--Frontispiece, the oath administered to Harold; from the Bayeux Tapestry. Title page vignette, including a coin of William, from Ruding, vol. iv. Dedication vignette, a group _after_ the Bayeux Tapestry.[1] Map of Normandy. Initial letter to introduction, from the Battle abbey chronicle, p. xv. The Tapestry roll, as preserved at Bayeux, p. xxix.

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