The Basiliscoe Mercury 312

The Basiliscoe Mercury 312


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


A shorter, later Bazzy, due to travelling in recent weeks. But there are some Spanish medieval swords, 17th century fortifications from Hull, India and Sri Lanka, a whole saga of the missing Pembroke cannon and some interesting online publications.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Investigating a BronzeAge hoard

https://museumcrush.org/saving-a-rare-south-west-hoard-of-ritually-killed-bronze-age-treasures/


Impressive Trajan statue found in Turkey

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/unique-roman-emperor-statue-revealed-in-denizli-142263


Interesting research into swords in graves

https://www.miragenews.com/killing-legend-of-buried-viking-swords/

http://clok.uclan.ac.uk/26287/?utm_source=miragenews&utm_medium=miragenews&utm_campaign=news


Recreating a medieval sword in Spain in 3D

https://www.archaeology.org/news/7506-190328-nasrid-sword-photogrammetry


Battles, towers and forts


Feature on Hadrian’s Wall, on the back of Game of Thrones

https://www.historyextra.com/period...of-thrones-jon-snow-watcher-english-heritage/


Interpreting Wallsend

https://museumcrush.org/how-segedunum-defended-the-north-eastern-tip-of-hadrians-wall/


Through the gunloop…


Update on Hull’s excavations

https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/new...s/hulls-secret-past-unearthed-ancient-2696896


Exploring another Dutch fort

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2019/03/24/spectrum/dutch-fort-amidst-14-islands


Interesting piece about Serampore

https://www.outlookindia.com/outloo...ng-the-danish-legacy-of-serampore-west-bengal


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Teutonic knights and cannon

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03...in-prussia-gun-barrels-and-metal-projectiles/


Surprisingly large cast-iron cannon stolen in South Wales

https://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/news/pembrokeshire_news/17521387.cannon-stolen-police-appeal/


and returned…..

https://www.milfordmercury.co.uk/ne...534815.stolen-cannon-returned-thanks-to-pcso/


..then the hotel burns down…(but the cannon is ok)

https://www.westerntelegraph.co.uk/...e-damages-the-cleddau-bridge-hotel-overnight/


Café Basiliscoe


1,500 year oldwinepress

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/ar...scovered-in-korazim-national-park/2019/03/18/


Nautical news


Cleopatra’swarships revealed

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...a-nicopolis-history-archaeology-a8843886.html


Viking ship burial located in Vestfold, Norway

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03/viking-ship-discovered-in-norway/


Short piece on the Esmerelda

https://timesofoman.com/article/1055242


Feature on slave voyages data base

https://phys.org/news/2019-03-intra-american-journeys-slave-voyages-database.html


More grenades wash ashore from the Schiedam

https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/exceptional-low-tide-reveals-grenade-2686426


Investigating the Thames’ Old Brig

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/mar/23/thames-shipwreck-secrets-old-brig-seasalter-kent


Still no firm news on the Bonhomme Richard

https://news.usni.org/2019/03/29/u-...s-warship-bonhomme-richard-experts-arent-sure


Update on this season’s HMS Erebus

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/fr...rctic-dive-artifacts-ice-gjoa-haven-1.5072435


Chinese Jingyuanwarship, sunk 1894/5, excavated

http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/1143871.shtml



Museum news and exhibitions


News


2018 world exhibitionsattendance figures - with Japanese swords creeping in at 20!

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/analysis/fashion-provides-winning-formula


New Museums


Expansion planned at Wilson’s Creek visitor centre

https://eu.news-leader.com/story/ne...-visitor-center-remodel-expansion/3275970002/


National Museum of Qatar

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/doors-open-on-qatar-museum


Museum musings


What attendance says about your museum

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/it-s-not-just-about-the-numbers


Slow museum movement

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/slow-down-relax-and-immerse-yourself


Exhibitions


Wellington in India at Apsley House, London

http://artdaily.com/news/112304/Exhibit-highlights-Wellington-s-formative-Indian-years#.XJnuNzFCd9A

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...-dishes-up-indian-whip-round-gift-for-display



Jolly Rogers at Portsmouth

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/p...e-hate-history-with-the-jolly-roger-1-8858547


Homer in Lens

http://artdaily.com/news/112455/One...r-devoted-to-Homer-opens-in-Lens#.XKHHeDHsZ9A


Women war photographers in Dusseldorf

https://www.theguardian.com/media/g...rontline-female-war-photographers-in-pictures


Tintoretto in Washington

http://artdaily.com/news/112265/Tintoretto-s-bold-innovations-highlighted-in-US-show#.XJiXRDFCd9A


Chinese empresses in Washington

http://artdaily.com/news/112413/Vei...s-Freer--9474-Sackler-exhibition#.XKB5RTHsZ9A


Artefacts including weapons from Blackbeard’s ship go on tour

https://www.wral.com/weapons-from-blackbeards-ship-show-violence-on-high-seas/18289529/


British royal portraits in Bendigo

http://artdaily.com/news/112263/A-m...ndon-s-National-Portrait-Gallery#.XJiX2DFCd9A


Books


Ralph Percy, Duke of Northumberland: Lions of the North: The Percys and Alnwick Castle. A Thousand Years of History

https://www.scalapublishers.com/lions-of-the-north/


Books from Basiliscoe Press

http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html


Online Book


Zoe Hazell & Emma Aitken: Wood identifications and recording of wooden remains recovered from the London wreck between 2014 and 2016

https://research.historicengland.or...&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&rn=15&ry=2019&ns=1


Popular culture


What military historiansthinkwill happen in Game of Thrones

https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/...-who-will-win-game-of-thrones-the-iron-throne


Events


Diary Dates


Events in Scotland 2019

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03/where-to-find-the-middle-ages-in-scotland-in-2019/


19 – 22 April jousting in Leeds

https://royalarmouries.org/event/international-jousting-tournament-2019/


Conferences


10 May 2019 Leeds

The heart of the art of combat - exploring medieval manuscript I.33

https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/


Calls for papers


September 2019 Kyoto

ICOMAM 2019 Conference, Kyoto (Japan) http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/ima...8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o


Sales, fairs and auctions


Thomas del Mar dates for 2019

25 June & 4 December 2019

http://www.http://network.icom.museum/icomam/


And magazines here:

http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/


1066 etc Byzantine battles, Jewish knights and Henry V at the movies

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03...ly-brought-the-byzantine-empire-to-its-knees/http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03/why-is-this-knight-different-than-other-knights/

http://www.medievalists.net/2019/03...ence-oliviers-charismatic-version-of-history/


Finally


We are starting to gather material for the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE so please get yourcontributions ready- particularly looking for Japanesethemeditems…


This fortnight I tweeted museums in Toledo and Spain

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –2 April 2019


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