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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 345299, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 289</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Norway features in a couple of interesting stories. The usual graves, wrecks and queens are out in full force. Spring brings a number of tournament-related features, hopefully it will stop snowing soon, but a number of good books out to read if it doesn’t and is too cold to actually watch one…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and forts </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Article on the Rudham dagger</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/the-giant-bronze-age-ritual-dagger-found-in-a-field-in-norfolk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/the-giant-bronze-age-ritual-dagger-found-in-a-field-in-norfolk/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/the-giant-bronze-age-ritual-dagger-found-in-a-field-in-norfolk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rock art, rock shelters and rock music!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-echoes-thought-sites-prehistoric-art.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-echoes-thought-sites-prehistoric-art.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-03-echoes-thought-sites-prehistoric-art.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Officer’s house found in Rome, or possibly a spy…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-rome-subway-uncovers-2nd-century-military.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-rome-subway-uncovers-2nd-century-military.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-03-rome-subway-uncovers-2nd-century-military.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/08/2nd-century-007-archaeologists-discover-barracks-may-have-used/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/08/2nd-century-007-archaeologists-discover-barracks-may-have-used/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/08/2nd-century-007-archaeologists-discover-barracks-may-have-used/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Domesticating rabbits</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/rabbits-first-domesticated-early-middle-ages/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/rabbits-first-domesticated-early-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/rabbits-first-domesticated-early-middle-ages/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Burned to death by the pharaohs?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/three-skeletons-and-a-fiery-destruction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/three-skeletons-and-a-fiery-destruction" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/three-skeletons-and-a-fiery-destruction</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Three bodies from Trondheim- not the latest Scandi-noir, but medieval archaeology</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495345/pdf/pone.0180277.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495345/pdf/pone.0180277.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495345/pdf/pone.0180277.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the lists</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating the Field of the Cloth of Gold</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/lost-art-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/lost-art-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/lost-art-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>the Eglinton tournament</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/romance-past-nineteenth-century-medievalism-tournament/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/romance-past-nineteenth-century-medievalism-tournament/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/romance-past-nineteenth-century-medieva</a><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-02-archaeologist-uncovers-hidden-history-conquistadors.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-02-archaeologist-uncovers-hidden-history-conquistadors.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-02-archaeologist-uncovers-hidden-history-conquistadors.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Threats to 16th century Spanish fort in South Carolina</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2018-03-09/spanish-fort-in-south-carolina-threatened-by-erosion" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2018-03-09/spanish-fort-in-south-carolina-threatened-by-erosion" rel="nofollow">https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2018-03-09/spanish-fort-in-south-carolina-threatened-by-erosion</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting Culloden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Culzean’s cannons- don’t trust the dating in the text!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-blast-from-the-past" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-blast-from-the-past" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-blast-from-the-past</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finding Trinconamalee’s Armstrongs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180304/plus/a-boom-from-the-past-284140.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180304/plus/a-boom-from-the-past-284140.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180304/plus/a-boom-from-the-past-284140.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Fort Cornwallis cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/03/03/unearthing-stories-from-the-soil-discovery-of-twin-cannons-at-countrys-largest-standing-fort-stirs-i/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/03/03/unearthing-stories-from-the-soil-discovery-of-twin-cannons-at-countrys-largest-standing-fort-stirs-i/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/03/03/unearthing-stories-from-the-soil-discovery-of-twin-cannons-at-countrys-largest-standing-fort-stirs-i/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Now with extra cannonballs found now!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/04/9-cannonballs-unearthed-at-fort-cornwallis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/04/9-cannonballs-unearthed-at-fort-cornwallis/" rel="nofollow">http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/04/9-cannonballs-unearthed-at-fort-cornwallis/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And two more iron cannons located, this time in Aliabad</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/royal-cannons-in-graveyard-get-asi-lifeline/articleshow/63227413.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/royal-cannons-in-graveyard-get-asi-lifeline/articleshow/63227413.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/royal-cannons-in-graveyard-get-asi-lifeline/articleshow/63227413.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gunnade goes on view in Wrangell Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2018/03/08/news/old-cannon-poised-for-display-in-museum-collection/5658.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2018/03/08/news/old-cannon-poised-for-display-in-museum-collection/5658.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2018/03/08/news/old-cannon-poised-for-display-in-museum-collection/5658.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Smartening up Vicksburg’s cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2018/03/13/americorps-national-director-chips-in-locally/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2018/03/13/americorps-national-director-chips-in-locally/" rel="nofollow">http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2018/03/13/americorps-national-director-chips-in-locally/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The supergun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wonderfulengineering.com/saddam-husseins-supergun-made-iraq-center-space-exploration/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wonderfulengineering.com/saddam-husseins-supergun-made-iraq-center-space-exploration/" rel="nofollow">http://wonderfulengineering.com/saddam-husseins-supergun-made-iraq-center-spa</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/exploring-world-colourful-medieval-cuisine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/exploring-world-colourful-medieval-cuisine/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/exploring-world-colourful-medieval-cuisine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Where Roger Bacon ate</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oxford-university-archaeology-dig-secrets-medieval-beer-mugs-students-a8239266.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oxford-university-archaeology-dig-secrets-medieval-beer-mugs-students-a8239266.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oxford-university-archaeology-dig-secrets-</a><a href="http://museumcrush.org/how-beer-and-brewing-kept-the-country-house-running-at-temple-newsam/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/how-beer-and-brewing-kept-the-country-house-running-at-temple-newsam/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/how-beer-and-brewing-kept-the-country-house-run</a><a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/diet-of-the-ancient-mariner/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/diet-of-the-ancient-mariner/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/diet-of-the-ancient-mariner/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Discussing Christine de Pizan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/who-was-christine-de-pizan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/who-was-christine-de-pizan/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/who-was-christine-de-pizan/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreating fireworks for a Queen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/07/lucy-worsleys-fireworks-tudor-queen-review-perky-history-explosive/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/07/lucy-worsleys-fireworks-tudor-queen-review-perky-history-explosive/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/07/lucy-worsleys-fireworks-tudor-queen-review</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40275610" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40275610" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40275610</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the fate of Amelia Earhart</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-forensic-analysis-bones-amelia-earhart.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-forensic-analysis-bones-amelia-earhart.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-03-forensic-analysis-bones-amelia-earhart.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What you can learn from ballast- more fascinating than it sounds!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/how-bomb-debris-from-bristol-england-made-a-road-in-nyc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/how-bomb-debris-from-bristol-england-made-a-road-in-nyc/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/how-bomb-debris-from-bristol-england-made-a-road-in-nyc/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diving in Cornwall –it’s not all pirates and Poldark!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/remains-lost-forge-60-feet-1313759" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/remains-lost-forge-60-feet-1313759" rel="nofollow">https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/remains-lost-forge-60-feet-1313759</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Discussion of Admiral Zheng He’s expeditions</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/new-quest-for-chinese-navigator-zheng-hes-ancient-fleet-an-ominous-bid-for-validation-of-chinas-expansionist-claims/news-story/0ed1e754cd927a78569129bf83770478" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/new-quest-for-chinese-navigator-zheng-hes-ancient-fleet-an-ominous-bid-for-validation-of-chinas-expansionist-claims/news-story/0ed1e754cd927a78569129bf83770478" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/new-quest-for-chinese-navigator-zheng-hes-ancient-fleet-an-ominous-bid-for-validation-of-chinas-expansionist-claims/news-story/0ed1e754cd927a78569129bf83770478</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for the Cordelière and Regent, lost 1512</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/underwater-search-legendary-16th-century-warship-begins-france-834931" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newsweek.com/underwater-search-legendary-16th-century-warship-begins-france-834931" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/underwater-search-legendary-16th-century-warship-begin</a><a href="http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/smoking-pipes-sailors-betray-sunken-corsair-beach-el-burrero-de-ingenio/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/smoking-pipes-sailors-betray-sunken-corsair-beach-el-burrero-de-ingenio/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/smoking-pipes-sailors-betray-sunken-corsair-beach-el-burrero-de-ingenio/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>American Revolution-era wreck exposed by storms off southern Maine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/05/noreaster-winds-reveal-a-surprising-beach-discovery-the-remains-of-a-revolutionary-war-era-ship/?utm_term=.e4b053585d9f" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/05/noreaster-winds-reveal-a-surprising-beach-discovery-the-remains-of-a-revolutionary-war-era-ship/?utm_term=.e4b053585d9f" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/05/noreaster-winds-reveal-a-surprising-beach-discovery-the-remains-of-a-revolutionary-war-era-ship/?utm_term=.e4b053585d9f</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So not the Clotilda after all…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/03/wreck_found_by_reporter_not_th.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/03/wreck_found_by_reporter_not_th.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/03/wre</a><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43296489" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43296489" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43296489</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese Navy battleship Hiei found in the Solomon Islands</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/wreck-japanese-battleship-hiei-may-have-located-solomon-islands/amp/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/wreck-japanese-battleship-hiei-may-have-located-solomon-islands/amp/" rel="nofollow">https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/wreck-japanese-battleship-hiei-may-have-located-solomon-islands/amp/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Puerto Rican museums regroup after disasters</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-road-to-recovery-puerto-rican-museums-regroup-after-hurricane" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-road-to-recovery-puerto-rican-museums-regroup-after-hurricane" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-road-to-recovery-puerto-rican-museums-regroup-after-hurricane</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New charging at the Met goes into practise</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-met-s-new-admissions-fee-goes-into-effect" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-met-s-new-admissions-fee-goes-into-effect" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-met-s-new-admissions-fee-goes-into-effect</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>London museums visitor numbers drop</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-the-number-of-visitors-to-two-of-london-s-major-museums-has-plunged" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-the-number-of-visitors-to-two-of-london-s-major-museums-has-plunged" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-the-number-of-visitors-to-two-of-london-s-major-museums-has-plunged</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Costs and profits of touring exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/burrell-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/burrell-collection" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/burrell-collection</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Emptying the shelves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/the-mirage-of-riches-in-museums-vaults" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/the-mirage-of-riches-in-museums-vaults" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/the-mirage-of-riches-in-museums-vaults</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week in statues- remembering the memorials</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/05/historic-england-to-record-memorials-to-the-less-known-immortalised-project" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/05/historic-england-to-record-memorials-to-the-less-known-immortalised-project" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/05/historic-england-to-record-memorials-to-the-less-known-immortalised-project</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And students are doing it for themselves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/us-students-and-activists-take-creative-action-against-gun-violence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/us-students-and-activists-take-creative-action-against-gun-violence" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/us-students-and-activists-take-creative-action-against-gun-violence</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bayeux tapestry update</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bayeux-tapestry-conserved-in-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bayeux-tapestry-conserved-in-london" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bayeux-tapestry-conserved-in-london</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-britain-tried-and-failed-to-borrow-the-bayeux-tapestry-twice-before" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-britain-tried-and-failed-to-borrow-the-bayeux-tapestry-twice-before" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-britain-tried-and-failed-to-borrow-the-bayeux-tapestry-twice-before</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservingstandards of the Scots Guards</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/flags-flying-again" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/flags-flying-again" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/flags-flying-again</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving iron shot from the sea</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43334700" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43334700" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43334700</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How much of conservators’ work should be visible & how much hidden?: <a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/how-much-of-conservators-work-should-be-visible-and-how-much-should-be-hidden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/how-much-of-conservators-work-should-be-visible-and-how-much-should-be-hidden" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/how-much-of-conservators-work-should-be-visible-and-how-much-should-be-hidden</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval altarpieces from Norway and not Lubeck? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-reveals-middle-ages-altarpieces.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-03-reveals-middle-ages-altarpieces.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-03-reveals-middle-ages-altarpieces.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saving Syrian antiquities</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/we-need-to-invest-in-people" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/we-need-to-invest-in-people" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/we-need-to-invest-in-people</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Part of wheellock pistol found in Colorado</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/gun-western-slope-mesa-county/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/gun-western-slope-mesa-county/" rel="nofollow">http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/gun-western-slope-mesa-county/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Still life with armour for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/102998/Recently-rediscovered-memento-mori-painting-offered-at-Koller-Auctions-Zurich#.WqD84zEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/102998/Recently-rediscovered-memento-mori-painting-offered-at-Koller-Auctions-Zurich#.WqD84zEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/102998/Recently-rediscovered-memento-mori-painting-offered-at-Koller-Auctions-Zurich#.WqD84zEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pair of Whitehaven pistols</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Would-you-pay-2000-for-pair-of-guns-fit-to-fight-a-Cumbrian-Duel-ee03eb0e-87e3-43ed-a49b-0405ac382414-ds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Would-you-pay-2000-for-pair-of-guns-fit-to-fight-a-Cumbrian-Duel-ee03eb0e-87e3-43ed-a49b-0405ac382414-ds" rel="nofollow">http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Would-you-pay-2000-for-pair-of-guns-fit-to-fight-a-Cumbrian-Duel-ee03eb0e-87e3-43ed-a49b-0405ac382414-ds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>You can own the swivel gun of Maximus Decimus Meridius</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5502883/Strange-items-sale-Russell-Crowes-3-6-million-auction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5502883/Strange-items-sale-Russell-Crowes-3-6-million-auction.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5502883/Strange-items-sale-Russell-Crowes-3-6-million-auction.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ravilious in Compton Verney</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/103234/Compton-Verney-exhibition-focuses-on-Eric-Ravilious-and-his-relationships-with-luminary-British-artists#.Wqza6zHA99A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/103234/Compton-Verney-exhibition-focuses-on-Eric-Ravilious-and-his-relationships-with-luminary-British-artists#.Wqza6zHA99A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/103234/Compton-Verney-exhibition-focuses-on-Eric-Ravilious-and-his-relationships-with-luminary-British-artists#.Wqza6zHA99A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15th century manuscripts in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/103075/Exhibition-at-Chester-Beatty-Library-focuses-on-a-masterpiece-of-fifteenth-century-illumination#.WqT66TEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/103075/Exhibition-at-Chester-Beatty-Library-focuses-on-a-masterpiece-of-fifteenth-century-illumination#.WqT66TEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/103075/Exhibition-at-Chester-Beatty-Library-focuses-on-a-masterpiece-of-fifteenth-century-illumination#.WqT66TEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tintoretto in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/5173-tintoret-naissance-dun-genie/1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/5173-tintoret-naissance-dun-genie/1/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/5173-tintoret-naissance-dun-genie/1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>High society in Amsterdam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/103097/Exhibition-at-the-Rijksmuseum-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-informal-life-of-the-well-to-do#.WqZFizEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/103097/Exhibition-at-the-Rijksmuseum-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-informal-life-of-the-well-to-do#.WqZFizEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/103097/Exhibition-at-the-Rijksmuseum-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-informal-life-of-the-well-to-do#.WqZFizEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian renaissance at Worcester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/103090/Exploring-another-Leonardo-mystery--Worcester-Art-Museum-presents-exhibition-and-new-research-on-Italian-panel-paintings#.WqZGQzEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/103090/Exploring-another-Leonardo-mystery--Worcester-Art-Museum-presents-exhibition-and-new-research-on-Italian-panel-paintings#.WqZGQzEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/103090/Exploring-another-Leonardo-mystery--Worcester-Art-Museum-presents-exhibition-and-new-research-on-Italian-panel-paintings#.WqZGQzEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Murillo in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/102882/National-Gallery-marks-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-Bartolom--Esteban-Murillo#.WpqW6DEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/102882/National-Gallery-marks-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-Bartolom--Esteban-Murillo#.WpqW6DEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/102882/National-Gallery-marks-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-Bartolom--Esteban-Murillo#.WpqW6DEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rembrandt and India in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/103117/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--Rembrandt-and-the-Inspiration-of-India-#.WquUDTEiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/103117/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--Rembrandt-and-the-Inspiration-of-India-#.WquUDTEiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/103117/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--Rembrandt-and-the-Inspiration-of-India-#.WquUDTEiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bernt Rundberget: Tales of the Iron Bloomery Ironmaking in South-eastern Norway - Foundation of Statehood c. AD 700-1300</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.brill.com/products/book/tales-iron-bloomery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.brill.com/products/book/tales-iron-bloomery" rel="nofollow">http://www.brill.com/products/book/tales-iron-bloomery</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hans Lecküchner (trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng) The Art of Swordsmanship</p><p><br /></p><p>(new in paperback)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/i-the-art-of-swordsmanship-i-by-hans-leck-252-chner.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/i-the-art-of-swordsmanship-i-by-hans-leck-252-chner.html" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/i-the-art-of-swordsmanship-i-by-hans-leck-252-chner.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mike Loades: The Crossbow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-crossbow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-crossbow" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-crossbow</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Julian Hale: The RAF 1918–2018</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/non-fiction/history/heritage/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/non-fiction/history/heritage/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/non-fiction/history/heritage/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two books on the Indonesia massacres</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/killing-season-geoffrey-robinson-army-indonesian-genocide-jess-melvinreviews" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/killing-season-geoffrey-robinson-army-indonesian-genocide-jess-melvinreviews" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/killing-season-geoffrey-robinson-army-indonesian-genocide-jess-melvinreviews</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited by Margot Finn and Kate Smith: The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/the-east-india-company-at-home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/the-east-india-company-at-home" rel="nofollow">https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/the-east-india-company-at-home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Armed Man</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/100-Days-To-Peace-tickets/artist/5255853" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/100-Days-To-Peace-tickets/artist/5255853" rel="nofollow">https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/100-Days-To-Peace-tickets/artist/5255853</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tower of London poppies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/05/how-we-made-tower-of-london-poppies-paul-cummins-tom-piper" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/05/how-we-made-tower-of-london-poppies-paul-cummins-tom-piper" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/05/how-we-made-tower-of-london-poppies-paul-cummins-tom-piper</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Square – satire on the art and museum worlds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/19/the-square-review-ruben-ostlund-elisabeth-moss-cannes-2017" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/19/the-square-review-ruben-ostlund-elisabeth-moss-cannes-2017" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/19/the-square-review-ruben-ostlund-elisabeth-moss-cannes-2017</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting in Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://royalarmouries.org/events/events-at-leeds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://royalarmouries.org/events/events-at-leeds" rel="nofollow">https://royalarmouries.org/events/events-at-leeds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>English heritage at Easter</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences- calls for papers</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM IN Slovenia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hermann Historica preview </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>National Trust for Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-new-website-for-the-national-trust-for-scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-new-website-for-the-national-trust-for-scotland" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-new-website-for-the-national-trust-for-scotland</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Shipwrecks of St Malo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.epaves.corsaires.culture.fr/mobile/en/annexe/intro-Home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.epaves.corsaires.culture.fr/mobile/en/annexe/intro-Home" rel="nofollow">http://www.epaves.corsaires.culture.fr/mobile/en/annexe/intro-Home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc Castles, Templars, chivalry & medieval wars</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/idea-castle-medieval-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/idea-castle-medieval-england/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/idea-castle-medieval-england/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/templar-lands-lincolnshire-early-fourteenth-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/templar-lands-lincolnshire-early-fourteenth-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/templar-lands-lincolnshire-early-fourteenth-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/two-different-views-knighthood-early-fifteenth-century-le-livre-de-bouciquaut-works-christine-de-pizan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/two-different-views-knighthood-early-fifteenth-century-le-livre-de-bouciquaut-works-christine-de-pizan/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/two-different-views-knighthood-early-fifteenth-century-le-livre-de-bouciquaut-works-christine-de-pizan/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/medieval-geopolitics-two-types-warfare-medieval-europe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/medieval-geopolitics-two-types-warfare-medieval-europe/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/medieval-geopolitics-two-types-warfare-medieval-europe/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally don’t forget we are putting the next ICOMAM Magazine together soon- send in your contributions! You can see earlier issues here</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted pictures from my visit to London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –18 March 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 345299, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 289 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Norway features in a couple of interesting stories. The usual graves, wrecks and queens are out in full force. Spring brings a number of tournament-related features, hopefully it will stop snowing soon, but a number of good books out to read if it doesn’t and is too cold to actually watch one… Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms and forts Article on the Rudham dagger [URL]http://museumcrush.org/the-giant-bronze-age-ritual-dagger-found-in-a-field-in-norfolk/[/URL] Rock art, rock shelters and rock music! [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-03-echoes-thought-sites-prehistoric-art.html[/URL] Officer’s house found in Rome, or possibly a spy… [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-03-rome-subway-uncovers-2nd-century-military.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/03/08/2nd-century-007-archaeologists-discover-barracks-may-have-used/[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Domesticating rabbits [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/rabbits-first-domesticated-early-middle-ages/[/URL] Grave stories Burned to death by the pharaohs? [URL]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/winter-2018/article/three-skeletons-and-a-fiery-destruction[/URL] Three bodies from Trondheim- not the latest Scandi-noir, but medieval archaeology [URL]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5495345/pdf/pone.0180277.pdf[/URL] In the lists Recreating the Field of the Cloth of Gold [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/lost-art-field-of-the-cloth-of-gold[/URL] the Eglinton tournament [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/romance-past-nineteenth-century-medievalism-tournament/']http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/romance-past-nineteenth-century-medieva[/URL][URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-02-archaeologist-uncovers-hidden-history-conquistadors.html[/URL] Threats to 16th century Spanish fort in South Carolina [URL]https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/south-carolina/articles/2018-03-09/spanish-fort-in-south-carolina-threatened-by-erosion[/URL] Visiting Culloden [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Culzean’s cannons- don’t trust the dating in the text! [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-blast-from-the-past[/URL] Finding Trinconamalee’s Armstrongs [URL]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/180304/plus/a-boom-from-the-past-284140.html[/URL] Update on Fort Cornwallis cannon [URL]https://www.thestar.com.my/metro/metro-news/2018/03/03/unearthing-stories-from-the-soil-discovery-of-twin-cannons-at-countrys-largest-standing-fort-stirs-i/[/URL] Now with extra cannonballs found now! [URL]http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2018/03/04/9-cannonballs-unearthed-at-fort-cornwallis/[/URL] And two more iron cannons located, this time in Aliabad [URL]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/hyderabad/royal-cannons-in-graveyard-get-asi-lifeline/articleshow/63227413.cms[/URL] Gunnade goes on view in Wrangell Museum [URL]http://www.wrangellsentinel.com/story/2018/03/08/news/old-cannon-poised-for-display-in-museum-collection/5658.html[/URL] Smartening up Vicksburg’s cannon [URL]http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2018/03/13/americorps-national-director-chips-in-locally/[/URL] The supergun [URL='http://wonderfulengineering.com/saddam-husseins-supergun-made-iraq-center-space-exploration/']http://wonderfulengineering.com/saddam-husseins-supergun-made-iraq-center-spa[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/exploring-world-colourful-medieval-cuisine/[/URL] Where Roger Bacon ate [URL='http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oxford-university-archaeology-dig-secrets-medieval-beer-mugs-students-a8239266.html']http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oxford-university-archaeology-dig-secrets-[/URL][URL='http://museumcrush.org/how-beer-and-brewing-kept-the-country-house-running-at-temple-newsam/']http://museumcrush.org/how-beer-and-brewing-kept-the-country-house-run[/URL][URL]https://www.hakaimagazine.com/news/diet-of-the-ancient-mariner/[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Discussing Christine de Pizan [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/who-was-christine-de-pizan/[/URL] Recreating fireworks for a Queen [URL='https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/07/lucy-worsleys-fireworks-tudor-queen-review-perky-history-explosive/']https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/03/07/lucy-worsleys-fireworks-tudor-queen-review[/URL][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-40275610[/URL] Update on the fate of Amelia Earhart [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-03-forensic-analysis-bones-amelia-earhart.html[/URL] Nautical news What you can learn from ballast- more fascinating than it sounds! [URL]https://www.hakaimagazine.com/features/how-bomb-debris-from-bristol-england-made-a-road-in-nyc/[/URL] Diving in Cornwall –it’s not all pirates and Poldark! [URL]https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/remains-lost-forge-60-feet-1313759[/URL] Discussion of Admiral Zheng He’s expeditions [URL]http://www.news.com.au/technology/science/archaeology/new-quest-for-chinese-navigator-zheng-hes-ancient-fleet-an-ominous-bid-for-validation-of-chinas-expansionist-claims/news-story/0ed1e754cd927a78569129bf83770478[/URL] Searching for the Cordelière and Regent, lost 1512 [URL='http://www.newsweek.com/underwater-search-legendary-16th-century-warship-begins-france-834931']http://www.newsweek.com/underwater-search-legendary-16th-century-warship-begin[/URL][URL]http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/smoking-pipes-sailors-betray-sunken-corsair-beach-el-burrero-de-ingenio/[/URL] American Revolution-era wreck exposed by storms off southern Maine [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/retropolis/wp/2018/03/05/noreaster-winds-reveal-a-surprising-beach-discovery-the-remains-of-a-revolutionary-war-era-ship/?utm_term=.e4b053585d9f[/URL] So not the Clotilda after all… [URL='http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/03/wreck_found_by_reporter_not_th.html']http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2018/03/wre[/URL][URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-43296489[/URL] Japanese Navy battleship Hiei found in the Solomon Islands [URL]https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/02/26/wreck-japanese-battleship-hiei-may-have-located-solomon-islands/amp/[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Puerto Rican museums regroup after disasters [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-road-to-recovery-puerto-rican-museums-regroup-after-hurricane[/URL] New charging at the Met goes into practise [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-met-s-new-admissions-fee-goes-into-effect[/URL] London museums visitor numbers drop [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-the-number-of-visitors-to-two-of-london-s-major-museums-has-plunged[/URL] Costs and profits of touring exhibitions [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/burrell-collection[/URL] Museum musings Emptying the shelves [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/the-mirage-of-riches-in-museums-vaults[/URL] This week in statues- remembering the memorials [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/mar/05/historic-england-to-record-memorials-to-the-less-known-immortalised-project[/URL] And students are doing it for themselves [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/us-students-and-activists-take-creative-action-against-gun-violence[/URL] Conservation corner Bayeux tapestry update [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/bayeux-tapestry-conserved-in-london[/URL] [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/how-britain-tried-and-failed-to-borrow-the-bayeux-tapestry-twice-before[/URL] Conservingstandards of the Scots Guards [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/flags-flying-again[/URL] Conserving iron shot from the sea [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43334700[/URL] How much of conservators’ work should be visible & how much hidden?: [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/how-much-of-conservators-work-should-be-visible-and-how-much-should-be-hidden[/URL] Medieval altarpieces from Norway and not Lubeck? [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-03-reveals-middle-ages-altarpieces.html[/URL] Saving Syrian antiquities [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/we-need-to-invest-in-people[/URL] Objects Part of wheellock pistol found in Colorado [URL]http://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/02/27/gun-western-slope-mesa-county/[/URL] Still life with armour for sale [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/102998/Recently-rediscovered-memento-mori-painting-offered-at-Koller-Auctions-Zurich#.WqD84zEiF9A[/URL] Pair of Whitehaven pistols [URL]http://www.nwemail.co.uk/Would-you-pay-2000-for-pair-of-guns-fit-to-fight-a-Cumbrian-Duel-ee03eb0e-87e3-43ed-a49b-0405ac382414-ds[/URL] You can own the swivel gun of Maximus Decimus Meridius [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5502883/Strange-items-sale-Russell-Crowes-3-6-million-auction.html[/URL] Exhibitions Ravilious in Compton Verney [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/103234/Compton-Verney-exhibition-focuses-on-Eric-Ravilious-and-his-relationships-with-luminary-British-artists#.Wqza6zHA99A[/URL] 15th century manuscripts in Dublin [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/103075/Exhibition-at-Chester-Beatty-Library-focuses-on-a-masterpiece-of-fifteenth-century-illumination#.WqT66TEiF9A[/URL] Tintoretto in Paris [URL]https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/5173-tintoret-naissance-dun-genie/1/[/URL] High society in Amsterdam [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/103097/Exhibition-at-the-Rijksmuseum-gives-a-glimpse-into-the-informal-life-of-the-well-to-do#.WqZFizEiF9A[/URL] [URL]https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en[/URL] Italian renaissance at Worcester [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/103090/Exploring-another-Leonardo-mystery--Worcester-Art-Museum-presents-exhibition-and-new-research-on-Italian-panel-paintings#.WqZGQzEiF9A[/URL] Murillo in Washington [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/102882/National-Gallery-marks-the-400th-anniversary-of-the-birth-of-Bartolom--Esteban-Murillo#.WpqW6DEiF9A[/URL] Rembrandt and India in LA [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/103117/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--Rembrandt-and-the-Inspiration-of-India-#.WquUDTEiF9A[/URL] Books Bernt Rundberget: Tales of the Iron Bloomery Ironmaking in South-eastern Norway - Foundation of Statehood c. AD 700-1300 [URL]http://www.brill.com/products/book/tales-iron-bloomery[/URL] Hans Lecküchner (trans. by Jeffrey L. Forgeng) The Art of Swordsmanship (new in paperback) [URL]https://boydellandbrewer.com/i-the-art-of-swordsmanship-i-by-hans-leck-252-chner.html[/URL] Mike Loades: The Crossbow [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-crossbow[/URL] Julian Hale: The RAF 1918–2018 [URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/non-fiction/history/heritage/[/URL] Two books on the Indonesia massacres [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/mar/15/killing-season-geoffrey-robinson-army-indonesian-genocide-jess-melvinreviews[/URL] Online book Edited by Margot Finn and Kate Smith: The East India Company at Home, 1757-1857 [URL]https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ucl-press/browse-books/the-east-india-company-at-home[/URL] Popular culture The Armed Man [URL]https://www.ticketmaster.co.uk/100-Days-To-Peace-tickets/artist/5255853[/URL] Tower of London poppies [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/mar/05/how-we-made-tower-of-london-poppies-paul-cummins-tom-piper[/URL] The Square – satire on the art and museum worlds [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/may/19/the-square-review-ruben-ostlund-elisabeth-moss-cannes-2017[/URL] Events Jousting in Leeds [URL]https://royalarmouries.org/events/events-at-leeds[/URL] English heritage at Easter [URL]http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/easter/[/URL] Conferences- calls for papers ICOMAM IN Slovenia [URL]http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions Hermann Historica preview [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en[/URL] Websites and downloads National Trust for Scotland [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-new-website-for-the-national-trust-for-scotland[/URL] Shipwrecks of St Malo [URL]http://www.epaves.corsaires.culture.fr/mobile/en/annexe/intro-Home[/URL] 1066 etc Castles, Templars, chivalry & medieval wars [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/idea-castle-medieval-england/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/templar-lands-lincolnshire-early-fourteenth-century/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/two-different-views-knighthood-early-fifteenth-century-le-livre-de-bouciquaut-works-christine-de-pizan/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/03/medieval-geopolitics-two-types-warfare-medieval-europe/[/URL] Finally don’t forget we are putting the next ICOMAM Magazine together soon- send in your contributions! You can see earlier issues here [URL]http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/[/URL] This fortnight I tweeted pictures from my visit to London [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –18 March 2018 Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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