M0013993: Bayeux Tapestry: a comet pointed out to King Harold

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Reproduction of a photograph of a section of the Bayeux Tapestry depicting a comet (later identified as Haley's Comet) being pointed out to King Harold, published in MacLagan, Eric: <i>The Bayeux tapestry</i>, London : Penguin, 1943

M0013993: Bayeux Tapestry: a comet pointed out to King Harold

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