BAYEUX  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-western See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France, See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of an See also:

• ARRONDISSEMENT (from arrondir, to make round)

arrondissement in the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of See also:

• CALVADOS

Calvados, 18 m . N.W. of See also:

• CAEN

Caen on the Western railway . Pop . (1906) 6930 . Bayeux is situated on the Aure, 5 M. from the See also:

• ENGLISH

English Channel . Its majestic See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral was built in the 13th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century on the site of a Romanesque See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, to which the lateral arcades of the See also:

• NAVE

nave and the two western towers with their high See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone See also:

• SPIRES (Ger. Speyer or Speier)

spires belonged . A third and still loftier See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, the upper See also:

• PART

part of which, in the florid See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style, is See also:

• MODERN

modern, surmounts the See also:

• CROSSING

crossing . The See also:

• CHANCEL (through O. Fr. from Lat. plur. cancelli, dim. of cancer, grating, lattice, probably connected with an Indo-European root Kar-, to bend; cf. circus, curve, &c.)

chancel, surrounded with radiating chapels, is a See also:

• FINE

fine example of See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early Gothic . Underneath it there is a See also:

• CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt of the rrth century restored in the 15th century . The See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak stalls in the See also:

• CHOIR (0. Fr. cuer from Lat. chorus; pronounced quire, and until the end of the 17th century so spelt, the spelling being altered to agree with the Fr. chceur)

choir are fine examples of See also:

• LATE

late 16th-century See also:

• CARVING

carving . The former See also:

• BISHOP (A.S. bisceop, from Lat. episcopus, Gr. irio-Korros, " overlooker " or " overseer ")
• BISHOP, ISABELLA (1832-1904)
• BISHOP, SIR HENRY ROWLEY (1786-1855)

bishop's See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace, parts of which are of See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

age though the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• BUILDING

building is of the 18th century, serves as See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law-See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court and hotel de ville . Bayeux possesses many See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint, timbered houses and stone mansions in its quiet streets .

The museum contains the celebrated Bayeux See also:

• TAPESTRY

tapestry (see below) . The town is the seat of a bishop and of a sub-See also:

• PREFECT (prefet)

prefect; it has tribunals of first instance and of See also:

• COMMERCE
• COMMERCE (Lat. commercium, from, cum, together, and rnerx, merchandise)

commerce, an ecclesiastical See also:

• SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary, a communal See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college and a chamber of arts and manufactures . See also:

• DYEING (0. Eng. dedgian, dealt ; Mid. Eng. deyen)

Dyeing, See also:

• LEATHER (a word which appears in all Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Leder, Dutch leer or leder, Swed. leder, and in such Celtic forms as Welsh llader)
• LEATHER, ARTIFICIAL

leather-dressing, See also:

• LACE (corresponding to Ital. merletto, trina; Genoese Pizzo; Ger. spitzen; Fr. dentelle; Dutch kanten; Span. encaje; the English word owes something to the Fr. lassis or laces, but both are connected with the earlier Lat. laqueus; early French laces were

lace-making and the manufacture of See also:

• PORCELAIN

porcelain for See also:

• HOUSEHOLD, ROYAL

household and laboratory purposes are carried on . Till the 4th century Bayeux See also:

• BORE

bore the name of Augustodurum, but afterwards, when it became the capital of the two tribes of the Baiocasses and Viducasses, took the name of Civitas Baiocassiuni . Its bishopric See also:

• DATES

dates from the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 4th century . Before the See also:

• NORMAN
• NORMAN, SIR HENRY WYLIE (1826-1904)

Norman invasion it was governed by See also:

• COUNTS

counts . Taken in 890 by the Scandinavian See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief, Rollo, it was soon after peopled by the See also:

• NORMANS

Normans and became a See also:

• RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of See also:

• NORMANDY

Normandy, one of whom, See also:

• RICHARD
• RICHARD (d. 1184)
• RICHARD, FRANCOIS MARIE BENJAMIN (18,9-1908)
• RICHARD, HENRY (1812-1888)
• RICHARD, ST

Richard I., built about 96o a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle which survived till the 18th century . During the quarrels between the sons of See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William the Conqueror it was pillaged and sacked by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry I. in 1 ro6, and in later times it underwent See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege and See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture on several occasions during the See also:

• HUNDRED

Hundred Years' See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

War and the religious See also:

• WARS

wars of the 16th century . Till 1790 it was the capital of the Bessin, a See also:

• DISTRICT

district of See also:

• LOWER

lower Normandy .