<P> The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes with Latin tituli , embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns . It is likely that it was commissioned by Bishop Odo , William 's half - brother , and made in England -- not Bayeux -- in the 1070s . In 1729 the hanging was rediscovered by scholars at a time when it was being displayed annually in Bayeux Cathedral . The tapestry is now exhibited at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux , Normandy , France ( 49 ° 16 ′ 28 '' N 0 ° 42 ′ 01 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.2744 ° N 0.7003 ° W ﻿ / 49.2744 ; - 0.7003 ) . </P>
<P> The tapestry consists of some fifty scenes with Latin tituli , embroidered on linen with coloured woollen yarns . It is likely that it was commissioned by Bishop Odo , William 's half - brother , and made in England -- not Bayeux -- in the 1070s . In 1729 the hanging was rediscovered by scholars at a time when it was being displayed annually in Bayeux Cathedral . The tapestry is now exhibited at the Musée de la Tapisserie de Bayeux in Bayeux , Normandy , France ( 49 ° 16 ′ 28 '' N 0 ° 42 ′ 01 '' W ﻿ / ﻿ 49.2744 ° N 0.7003 ° W ﻿ / 49.2744 ; - 0.7003 ) . </P>
who asked for the bayeux tapestry to be made
who asked for the bayeux tapestry to be made
Bishop Odo
Bishop Odo