Cock fight: professors dispute Bayeux Tapestry penis count

There are few images as unusual as that of two respected medieval historians fighting for the penis count that there is in the famous tapestry of Bayeux, that huge work of art of the 11th century (its first record is, however, of 1476) 69 meters long, which represents the events that led to the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Cock fight: professors dispute Bayeux Tapestry penis count

Impressively long if lacking girth, the Bayeux Tapestry narrates the Norman conquest of England. But how many penises are embroidered therein? Oxford professor George Garnett counts 93 cocks, 88 belonging to horses and the rest to humans. But now Bayeux tapestry scholar Dr Christopher Monk believes he has found a 94th. — Read the rest The post Cock fight: professors dispute Bayeux Tapestry penis count appeared first on Boing Boing.

There is a debate among historians about the number of penises on the Bayeux Tapestry. The medieval embroidery depicts the Battle of Hastings, but does it have 94 penises or 93 penises and a dagger?