Monday 10 July 2017

Simultaneity and the Bayeux Tapestry


I wasn't allowed to photograph the tapestry itself so to show you that this is about time, I photographed my watch outside. Here's the bit I liked the most http://www.bayeuxtapestry.org.uk/bayeux13.htm It says that Edward the Confessor "defunctus est". Well, he died - but I like the idea of him being defunct. However, the order of the pictures is reversed. On the left he is being carried to his funeral to be buried. Then in the next picture he dies. Then Harold becomes king. In Einstein's Physics, the order of events depends on the viewpoint of the observer. In Einstein' Physics, it depends on the speed of movement of the observer. But History also depends on the viewpoint of the writer of history. I was told that here the key thing required was the emphasis on the death of Edward.