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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 695190, member: 54&quot;]Better late than never—-</p><p><br /></p><p>The Basiliscoe Mercury 314</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the water, another sword emerges- this time in a river in Brazil! Closely followed by the spy whale…. Otherwise dead crusaders, Bonnie Prince Charlie, medieval bombs from China and Scottish firearms.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating a Pictish fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7608-190424-pictish-defensive-wall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7608-190424-pictish-defensive-wall" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/7608-190424-pictish-defensive-wall</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of weapons deposited in London’s lost rivers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/museum-of-london-docklands-explores-the-story-of-the-citys-forgotten-lost-rivers/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/museum-of-london-docklands-explores-the-story-of-the-citys-forgotten-lost-rivers/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/museum-of-london-docklands-explores-the-story-of-the-citys-forgotten-lost-rivers/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16th century sword found in Brazil river (goodpictures)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.gazetaonline.com.br/noticias/cidades/2019/04/espada-encontrada-no-fundo-de-rio-no-es-pode-ser-do-seculo-xvi-1014177283.html?utm_medium=redacao&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3PWcgKsau81zFT7luNhpYmo-m4RWMK0kTycgaTlj8zxsaSGf989iq1AmU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.gazetaonline.com.br/noticias/cidades/2019/04/espada-encontrada-no-fundo-de-rio-no-es-pode-ser-do-seculo-xvi-1014177283.html?utm_medium=redacao&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3PWcgKsau81zFT7luNhpYmo-m4RWMK0kTycgaTlj8zxsaSGf989iq1AmU" rel="nofollow">https://www.gazetaonline.com.br/noticias/cidades/2019/04/espada-encontrada-no-fundo-de-rio-no-es-pode-ser-do-seculo-xvi-1014177283.html?utm_medium=redacao&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3PWcgKsau81zFT7luNhpYmo-m4RWMK0kTycgaTlj8zxsaSGf989iq1AmU</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What have the Romans done for us, apart from the rabbits…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/18/ben-fur-romans-brought-rabbits-to-britain-experts-discover" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/18/ben-fur-romans-brought-rabbits-to-britain-experts-discover" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/18/ben-fur-romans-brought-rabbits-to-britain-experts-discover</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chariot racing as a career in Ancient Rome</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/65258-ancient-rome-chariot-superstar.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/65258-ancient-rome-chariot-superstar.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/65258-ancient-rome-chariot-superstar.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The name’s Dick, Moby Dick….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/whale-with-harness-could-be-russian-weapon-say-norwegian-experts" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/whale-with-harness-could-be-russian-weapon-say-norwegian-experts" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/apr/29/whale-with-harness-could-be-russian-weapon-say-norwegian-experts</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dead crusaders </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/wtsi-cml041719.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/wtsi-cml041719.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/wtsi-cml041719.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating a massacre in 17th century Alaska</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/65282-legendary-massacre-dart-game.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/65282-legendary-massacre-dart-game.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/65282-legendary-massacre-dart-game.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bonnie Prince Charlie’s death mask</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/24042019-turning-death-mask-into-digital-likeness-of-bonnie-prince-charlie" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/24042019-turning-death-mask-into-digital-likeness-of-bonnie-prince-charlie" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumsassociation.org/news/24042019-turning-death-mask-into-digital-likeness-of-bonnie-prince-charlie</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Bonnie Prince Charlie in life, too!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-48038995" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-48038995" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-48038995</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>If true, this is exciting news! Chinesearchaeologists find remains of earliest bomb from 13th century</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/25/c_138008074.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/25/c_138008074.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-04/25/c_138008074.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Australian community restore their trophy guns for Anzac Day</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.communitynews.com.au/midland-reporter/news/city-of-swan-restores-historic-guns-in-stirling-square-guildford-in-time-for-anzac-day/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.communitynews.com.au/midland-reporter/news/city-of-swan-restores-historic-guns-in-stirling-square-guildford-in-time-for-anzac-day/" rel="nofollow">https://www.communitynews.com.au/midland-reporter/news/city-of-swan-restores-historic-guns-in-stirling-square-guildford-in-time-for-anzac-day/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beer of the Incas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/fm-tst041219.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/fm-tst041219.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-04/fm-tst041219.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Artic beer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/113160/British-Arctic-expedition-bottle-of-ale-comes-to-auction-144-years-on#.XMa6ZjHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/113160/British-Arctic-expedition-bottle-of-ale-comes-to-auction-144-years-on#.XMa6ZjHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/113160/British-Arctic-expedition-bottle-of-ale-comes-to-auction-144-yea</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-scholarship-revealing-private-lives-chinas-empresses-180971958/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-scholarship-revealing-private-lives-chinas-empresses-180971958/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/new-scholarship-revealing-private-lives-chinas-empresses-180971958/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>And the death of an English queen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/white-queen-died-of-plague-claims-letter-found-in-national-archives" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/white-queen-died-of-plague-claims-letter-found-in-national-archives" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/25/white-queen-died-of-plague-claims-letter-found-in-national-archives</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Queen’s apartments at Versailles re-open</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-47928976/marie-antoinette-s-versailles-apartments-on-display" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-47928976/marie-antoinette-s-versailles-apartments-on-display" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-47928976/marie-antoinette-s-versailles-apa</a><a href="https://museumcrush.org/this-lavishly-embroidered-goan-bedspread-once-belonged-to-james-ii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/this-lavishly-embroidered-goan-bedspread-once-belonged-to-james-ii/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/this-lavishly-embroidered-goan-bedspread-once-belonged-to-james-ii/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spain’s response to the Spanish Armada</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/23/actualidad/1556038462_461255.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/04/23/actualidad/1556038462_461255.html" rel="nofollow">https://elpais.com/cultura/</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/salvagers-accidentally-found-netherlands-oldest-shipwreck-180972024/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/salvagers-accidentally-found-netherlands-oldest-shipwreck-180972024/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/salvagers-accidentally-found-netherlands-oldest-shipwreck-180972024/</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>Canadian Museums funding First Nations initiative</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-museums-association-launches-usd1m-programme-to-recognise-indigenous-culture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-museums-association-launches-usd1m-programme-to-recognise-indigenous-culture" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canadian-museums-association-launches-usd1m-programme-to-recognise-indigenous-culture</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Heugh Battery Museum, Hartlepool, could close unless £5,000 is raised<a href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17586233.historic-hartlepool-war-museum-could-close-unless-5000-is-raised" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17586233.historic-hartlepool-war-museum-could-close-unless-5000-is-raised" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17586233.historic-hartlepool-war-museum-could-close-unless-5000-is-raised</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visitors just flying into the RAF Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/113042/Royal-Air-Force-Museum-s-numbers-grow-to-almost-a-million#.XMFr_THsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/113042/Royal-Air-Force-Museum-s-numbers-grow-to-almost-a-million#.XMFr_THsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/113042/Royal-Air-Force-Museum-s-numbers-grow-to-almost-a-million#.XMFr_THsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UK Museum of the Year includes HMS Caroline</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museum-of-the-year-award-shortlist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museum-of-the-year-award-shortlist" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museum-of-the-year-award-shortlist</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wallace Monument re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/1729128/national-wallace-monument-reopens-to-visitors-after-500000-transformation/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/1729128/national-wallace-monument-reopens-to-visitors-after-500000-transformation/" rel="nofollow">https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/news/scotland/1729128/national-wallace-monument-reopens-to-visitors-after-500000-transformation/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Human remains and British museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/apr/23/theyre-not-property-the-people-who-want-their-ancestors-back-from-british-museums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/apr/23/theyre-not-property-the-people-who-want-their-ancestors-back-from-british-museums" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/apr/23/theyre-not-property-the-people-who-want-their-ancestors-back-from-british-museums</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving &amp; cataloguing the firearms for National Trust for Scotland <a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/have-dowel-will-travel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/have-dowel-will-travel" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/have-dowel-will-travel</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caravaggio’s Medusa shield goes to Munich</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/112901/Caravaggio-s-ornamental-shield-depicting-the-severed-head-of-Medusa-loaned-for-exhibition-in-Munich#.XLrdOTHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/112901/Caravaggio-s-ornamental-shield-depicting-the-severed-head-of-Medusa-loaned-for-exhibition-in-Munich#.XLrdOTHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/112901/Caravaggio-s-ornamental-shield-depicting-the-severed-head-of-Medusa-loaned-for-exhibition-in-Munich#.XLrdOTHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Henry VIII’s shield coming up for sale?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6932259/Rare-Tudor-gun-shield-used-Henry-VIIIs-bodyguards-set-fetch-50-000-auction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6932259/Rare-Tudor-gun-shield-used-Henry-VIIIs-bodyguards-set-fetch-50-000-auction.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6932259/Rare-Tudor-gun-shield-used-Henry-VIIIs-bodyguar</a><a href="https://cilisos.my/this-british-fisherman-found-an-ancient-weapon-that-might-be-a-keris/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cilisos.my/this-british-fisherman-found-an-ancient-weapon-that-might-be-a-keris/" rel="nofollow">https://cilisos.my/this-british-fisherman-found-an-ancient-weapon-that-might-be-a-keris/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century weapons in Williamsburg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/112925/18th-century-weapons-of-war-are-the-focus-of-new-exhibition-at-the-Art-Museums-of-Colonial-Williamsburg#.XLrcYjHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/112925/18th-century-weapons-of-war-are-the-focus-of-new-exhibition-at-the-Art-Museums-of-Colonial-Williamsburg#.XLrcYjHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/112925/18th-century-weapons-of-war-are-the-focus-of-new-exhibition-at-the-Art-Museums-of-Colonial-Williamsburg#.XLrcYjHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maximilian I</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000033957-2276-0&amp;cHash=ed5fb248b2147ca49ac7285c83921c22" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000033957-2276-0&amp;cHash=ed5fb248b2147ca49ac7285c83921c22" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000033957-2276-0&amp;cHash=ed5fb24</a><a href="https://m.facebook.com/HeritageDetectionAustralia/posts/1046576402111971" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://m.facebook.com/HeritageDetectionAustralia/posts/1046576402111971" rel="nofollow">https://m.facebook.com/HeritageDe</a><a href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/store/museum-books/all" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museum.wa.gov.au/store/museum-books/all" rel="nofollow">http://museum.wa.gov.au/store/museum-books/all</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Natasha Awais-Dean: Bejewelled: Men and Jewellery in Tudor and Jacobean England</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/209Bejewelledforweb.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/209Bejewelledforweb.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.britishmuseum.org/pdf/209Bejewelledforweb.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Valyrian steel and dragonglass</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://decider.com/2019/04/25/game-of-thrones-valyrian-steel-dragonglass-aryas-weapons/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://decider.com/2019/04/25/game-of-thrones-valyrian-steel-dragonglass-aryas-weapons/" rel="nofollow">https://decider.com/2019/04/25/game-of-thrones-valyrian-steel-dragonglass-aryas-weapons/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women take on the classics for new novels</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/29/epic-win-why-women-are-lining-up-to-reboot-the-classics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/29/epic-win-why-women-are-lining-up-to-reboot-the-classics" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/apr/29/epic-win-why-women-are-lining-up-to-reboot-the-classics</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 April 2019 - better run….</p><p><br /></p><p>Helmets, Heads &amp; the Woman in Armour: Henry Moore at The Wallace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helmets-heads-the-woman-in-armour-henry-moore-at-the-wallace-collection-tickets-59768146134" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helmets-heads-the-woman-in-armour-henry-moore-at-the-wallace-collection-tickets-59768146134" rel="nofollow">https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/helmets-heads-the-woman-in-armour-henry-moore-at-the-wallace-collection-tickets-59768146134</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2 May The Mysore Rockets The Arms and Armour Society </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/mysore-rockets/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/mysore-rockets/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/mysore-rockets/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>10 May 2019 Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p>The heart of the art of combat - exploring medieval manuscript I.33</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/" rel="nofollow">https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Calls for papers</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>September 2019 Kyoto early bird booking running out</p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM 2019 Conference, Kyoto (Japan) <a href="http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o" rel="nofollow">http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1 May 2019 London </p><p><br /></p><p>The Marine Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25337/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25337/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25337/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1 May 2019 Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25362/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25362/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25362/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>20– 24 May 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>Hermann Historica</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>23 May 2019 London</p><p><br /></p><p>Antique Arms and Armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25424/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25424/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25424/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>23 May 2019 London</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern Sporting Guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25426" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25426" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25426</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas del Mar dates for 2019</p><p><br /></p><p>25 June &amp; 4 December 2019&nbsp; </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/112542/Weapons--pottery-lead-Heritage-Auctions--Ethnographic-Art-Auction#.XK3BpDHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/112542/Weapons--pottery-lead-Heritage-Auctions--Ethnographic-Art-Auction#.XK3BpDHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/112542/Weapons--pottery-lead-Heritage-Auctions--Ethnographic-Art-Auction#.XK3BpDHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Musée d’Armes de Liège </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://liegemuseum.be/musee-armes-liege" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://liegemuseum.be/musee-armes-liege" rel="nofollow">http://liegemuseum.be/musee-armes-liege</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://liegemuseum.be/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://liegemuseum.be/" rel="nofollow">http://liegemuseum.be/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armor at the Met</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/arms-and-armor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/arms-and-armor" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/about-the-met/curatorial-departments/arms-and-armor</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: medieval Sweden, marrying a Valkyrie and the home life of Queens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/plotting-rebellion-fratricide-a-game-of-thrones-in-medieval-sweden/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/plotting-rebellion-fratricide-a-game-of-thrones-in-medieval-sweden/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/plotting-rebellion-fratricide-a-game-of-thrones-in-medieval-sweden/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/i-love-you-please-put-away-the-bear-valkyrjur-turned-wife/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/i-love-you-please-put-away-the-bear-valkyrjur-turned-wife/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/i-love-you-please-put-away-the-bear-valkyrjur-turned-wife/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/she-wolves-medieval-queens-with-helen-castor/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/she-wolves-medieval-queens-with-helen-castor/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/04/she-wolves-medieval-queens-with-helen-castor/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted assorted pictures from Yorkshire and the Netherlands</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 – 30 April 2019</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>

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