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A primary source is like a diary of somebody that has experienced something or the person them self (autobiography) A secondary source is when somebody has heard the story and retells it or writes about it. (biography) A primary source is the most reliable because information can be lost or changed by a secondary source so historians favor primary sources.
Historians will examine a second hand source of a historical event. If the second hand source matches up to other sources of information, then each source in a certain manner adds to the credibility of the historical event.
A tapestry could be used as a primary source. The fabric used and the theme can tell historians a lot, but not the entire story. Example is the Unicorn Tapestries are among the most beautiful and complex works of art from the late Middle Ages. There is a lot of symbolism in the work and yet historians have to guess at meanings and who made it. To understand sources historians have to understand what happened in history the Bayeux tapestry does exactly that .
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