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Original embroidery · Scene 19
Public domainHastings: William Lifts his Helmet
Embroidered Latin titulus: « HIC EST WILLELM DUX / HIC FRANCI PUGNANT »
The turning point of the day: as panic spreads that Duke William has fallen, he pushes back his nasal helmet to reveal his face, rallying his fleeing troops with the cry that he is alive and victory remains within reach.
This fragment belongs to a continuous narrative: the upper and lower registers extend the main story with a bestiary, decorative motifs and symbolic echoes.