Halley's Comet (Isti Mirant Stella)

A terrifying flaming star with a streaming tail — Halley's Comet in April 1066 — blazes across the heavens. The crowd gazes in awe at this omen of doom while Harold listens to ominous warnings on his throne.

This fragment belongs to a continuous narrative: the upper and lower registers extend the main story with a bestiary, decorative motifs and symbolic echoes.