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Original embroidery · Scene 16
Public domainScout Vital and Duke William
Embroidered Latin titulus: « WILLELM DUX INTERROGAT VITAL SI VIDISSET EXERCITUM HAROLDI »
On advanced reconnaissance near Senlac Hill, Duke William halts on his black stallion to interrogate his scout Vital, riding up with urgent intelligence on King Harold's troop deployments.
This fragment belongs to a continuous narrative: the upper and lower registers extend the main story with a bestiary, decorative motifs and symbolic echoes.