mshm227 Two lectures on the Bayeux tapestry, 1857. Finding Aid Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

South Hadley, MA

Finding aid generated in MARC format from database, then encoded using Perl scripts and XSL stylesheet. 2004-04-06 Finding aid written in English. 2005-09-23 mshm227 converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02-5c.xsl (sy2003-10-15). Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections Two lectures on the Bayeux tapestry, 1857. Finding Aid MS 050 Encoding funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation.

Collection Overview Lower, Mark Antony, 1813-1876. Two lectures on the Bayeux tapestry 1857. MS 050 [78] leaves Mount Holyoke College Archives and Special Collections

South Hadley, MA

Lower, Mark Antony, 1813-1876, school master and historian. Text of two public lectures on the Bayeux tapestry. English. Biographical Note

Mark Antony Lower was born in Heathfield, England in July 1813, the son of Richard Lower. He was a school master from the 1830's through the 1860's, including 32 years at Lewes. He was a founding member of the Sussex Archaeological Society and the author of "Patronymica Britannica" and of several scholarly books on the history of Sussex. He died in London in 1876.

Scope and Contents of the Collection

Two lectures read at the Mechanics Institute in Lewes, Sussex, England on the famous Bayeux tapestry, which depicts the conquest of England by William the Conquerer. With this is included a "Specimen of the Bayeux Tapestry from Dr. Bruce's work", i.e., John Collingwood Bruce's book "The Bayeux Tapestry Elucitated] and a transcript of the lectures made by David Hill.

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Mark Antony Lower lectures, Mount Holyoke College, Archives and Special Collections, South Hadley, MA.

Search Terms Hill, David, 1937 July 15- . Two Victorian facsimiles of the Bayeux tapestry. Bayeux tapestry. Essays.