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Original embroidery · Scene 03
Public domainHarold's Capture in Ponthieu
Embroidered Latin titulus: « HIC APPREHENDIT WIDO HAROLDUM ET DUXIT EUM AD BELREM »
After crossing the English Channel, Harold's fleet is driven off course onto the hostile coast of Ponthieu. Upon disembarking, Count Guy of Ponthieu arrests Harold and his men to claim a ransom, leading them as captives to his castle of Beaurain.
This fragment belongs to a continuous narrative: the upper and lower registers extend the main story with a bestiary, decorative motifs and symbolic echoes.