Le panneau manquant

The English break and run — 'et fuga verterunt Angli' — and then the tapestry simply stops, its end lost or never sewn. The record's thesis lives in that torn edge: the vanquished get to embroider, but not to finish.

The Missing Panel

A spectral coda, the needle stopping mid-stitch, the last chord left unravelling into bare linen.

Note

'Ici les Anglais courent encore, ici le fil s'arrête au bord.' Here the English are still running; here the thread stops at the edge.