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HIC EST WILLEL[MUS] DUX: Here is Duke William: 56: E[USTA]TIUS: Eustace: Higher resolution detail: HIC FRANCI PUGNANT ET CECIDERUNT QUI ERANT CUM HAROLDO: Here the French do battle and those who were with Harold fell: 57: HIC HAROLD REX INTERFECTUS EST: Here King Harold was slain: Higher resolution detail: 58: ET FUGA VERTERUNT ANGLI [nb 16]
A scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting Bishop Odo rallying Duke William's army during the Battle of Hastings in 1066. The Bayeux Tapestry [a] is an embroidered cloth nearly 70 metres (230 feet) long and 50 centimetres (20 inches) tall [1] that depicts the events leading up to the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, led by William, Duke of Normandy challenging Harold II, King of England ...
Battle of Hastings Part of the Norman Conquest Harold Rex Interfectus Est: "King Harold is killed". Scene from the Bayeux Tapestry depicting the Battle of Hastings and the death of Harold. Date 14 October 1066 Location Hailesaltede, near Hastings, Sussex, England (today Battle, East Sussex, United Kingdom) Result Norman victory Belligerents Duchy of Normandy Kingdom of England Commanders and ...
The annotation above states [Hic] Harold Rex interfectus est, "[Here] King Harold is killed". In the panel of the Bayeux Tapestry with the inscription "Hic Harold Rex Interfectus Est" ("Here King Harold is killed") a figure standing below the inscription is currently depicted gripping an arrow that has struck his eye.
INRI is the abbreviation for the above-mentioned Latin translation. See INRI and Titulus Crucis . At the recovery of the coffin of King Arthur at Glastonbury Abbey , at an opportune moment after a devastating fire in the 12th century, a lead cross of Arthur was alleged to have borne the explicit titulus " HIC JACET SEPULTUS INCLITUS REX ...
Preceded in some earlier monuments by hic situs est (H. S. E.), "he lies here". disce aut discede: learn or depart / learn or leave: Motto of Royal College, Colombo and of King's School, Rochester. disce ut semper victurus, vive ut cras moriturus: Learn as if [you will] live forever; live as if [you will] die tomorrow.
Harold's brother Tostig Godwinson, formerly Earl of Northumbria, now appeared on the scene; hoping to regain his titles and lands, he reportedly approached both William and Sweyn Estridsson for their support. However, since Northern England was the most suitable landing place for a Norwegian invasion, he was more valuable to Harald.
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