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rampartd

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2. it must have been magnificent

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #1)

Fri Jul 10, 2026, 10:06 AM

Friday

priceless as well

must look up a few details
70 meters by 1/2 meter so they have got to roll that sucker like a scroll?
embroidered wool on linen so they have got to roll that sucker very carefully.

it must need environmental control
and the security.

i had forgotten the bishops name, william's 1/2 bro. odo

that spectacular embroidery was done by the saxon widows. (stray thought) maybe as a form of torture.

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It is remarkable. CanonRay Friday #1

it must have been magnificent rampartd Friday #2

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