I should note at this point, with regard to copyright issues, that this software has been developed by us solely for our personal use and investigation and not for commercial production at the moment. Thus, use of copyrighted materials falls under the fair use clause of copyright law. The tapestry itself is under the copyright jurisdiction of the City of Bayeux, France. That being said, let us turn to the tapestry. Users can scroll along the tapestry in small sections using arrow buttons.
Users can also jump to specific locations using the locator bar below the tapestry.
If the user finds something interesting that merits closer examination, we have provided two levels of zoom, at which point, on the second level of zoom, the individual stitches are discernible. The tapestry can be navigated along at either level of zoom. Considered in this manner, the Digital Facsimile of the Bayeux Tapestry is focused at communicating information to students. This has been a primary focus of computing in the visual arts so far - and in the humanities as well. Provide lots people lots of access to lots of images, so Mr. Dobbs can indeed download those film clips of the Hadrianic Baths at Lepcis Magna.