Angers - Tenture de l'Apocalypse
A specially built modern glass gallery houses one of the great masterpieces of medieval tapestry, the Tenture de l'Apocalypse, woven by the Paris weaver Nicolas Bataille in 1375-1380 after drawings by Hennequin of Bruges. 168 m/550ft long and 5 m/16ft wide, it originally consisted of seven parts, of which 70 complete scenes have survived. The theme is the Revelation of St John.
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The gallery also displays reproductions of the scenes and the relevant passages from the Bible.
At the far end of the exhibition hall, below floor level, the apse of a Romanesque church has been exposed.
At the far end of the exhibition hall, below floor level, the apse of a Romanesque church has been exposed.
