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Original embroidery · Scene 12
Public domainEmbarkation of the Expedition
Embroidered Latin titulus: « HIC TRAHUNT NAVES AD MARE / ISTI PORTANT ARMAS AD NAVES ET TRAHUNT CURRUM CUM VINO »
Military logistics swung into motion: soldiers carry heavy chainmail hauberks suspended on poles, load helmets, swords, bundles of lances, and haul a sturdy wagon laden with casks of wine.
This fragment belongs to a continuous narrative: the upper and lower registers extend the main story with a bestiary, decorative motifs and symbolic echoes.