"If you look at what are incontrovertibly penises in the tapestry, none of them have a yellow blob on the end. What I've shown is that this is a serious, learned attempt to comment on the conquest, albeit in code."
"Previous commentators seemed to have missed the genitals of this running, club-wielding man, which raises questions about interpretations of nudity in medieval artwork."
A dispute has arisen between scholars regarding the number of penises depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry, with one claiming 93 and another suggesting a 94th based on a previously unnoticed appendage. George Garnett contends that the extra figure's item is a scabbard, while Christopher Monk argues it is a phallus. This debate illustrates differing interpretations of medieval art and nudity, revealing both scholars' views on the tapestry's narrative significance and artistic nuances.
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