On Roman Remains Recently Discovered at Headington near Oxford

Plans to redisplay the Bayeux Tapestry raise anew the questions as to where and how it was originally intended to be displayed. Analysis of the linen fabric provides new insights into the tapestry’s design and manufacture, and enables its original length to be calculated. Re-examination of the (largely destroyed) 11th-century cathedral at Bayeux and of its liturgical layout demonstrates that the tapestry would have fitted neatly into the nave west of the choir screen. Its narrative falls into three discrete sections that reflect the way in which it would have been hung within the building, and the arrangement of the scenes takes account of the uneven bay-spacings of the nave arcades and the positions of the doorways. It can therefore be concluded that the tapestry was designed for a particular location within the nave of Bayeux cathedral. The cathedral’s liturgical traditions shed light on the way in which the tapestry would have been viewed in the Middle Ages, and the wider implications for the way in which it could and should be viewed today are briefly considered.     

陈寅恪与牛津大学

陈寅恪曾被牛津大学聘为汉学教授 ,却终未到任。中国中英文化协会和英国利用庚子赔款建立的大学中国委员会在聘任过程中扮演了重要的角色。陈寅恪赴英受阻是由于战争令交通中断的说法并不准确 ;令陈滞留香港的很可能是当时一些中国外交官掺杂了政治和外交因素的做法。英国汉学家修中诚与陈寅恪商定在牛津大学开展中国历史研究的计划和有关信件 ,展示了陈寅恪的学术抱负。