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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 609456, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury315</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exciting prospects from the Met for the autumn, a new sword for Malta, new museum of the Civil War in Richmond and books on medieval effigies and a Dutch wreck. Don’t forget this is Museum week, culminating in Night in the Museums.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Poland’sprehistoric massacre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/this-5-000-year-old-grave-site-tells-a-tragic-tale-of-an-extended-family-s-murder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencealert.com/this-5-000-year-old-grave-site-tells-a-tragic-tale-of-an-extended-family-s-murder" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencealert.com/this-5-000-year-old-grave-site-tells-a-tragic-tale-of-an-extended-family-s-murder</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the site of Glencoe’s massacre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48230218" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-48230218" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-sco</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47931922" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-47931922" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/worl</a><a href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/the-joy-of-jousting/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/the-joy-of-jousting/" rel="nofollow">https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/05/the-joy-of-jousting/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stories from the Tudor court</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/the-must-see-objects-of-the-tudor-court-in-the-royal-armouries-collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/the-must-see-objects-of-the-tudor-court-in-the-royal-armouries-collection/" rel="nofollow">https://royalarmouries.org/stories/our-collection/the-must-see-objects-of-the-tudor-court-in-the-royal-armouries-collection/</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>Chinese gunpowder and grenades</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/08/gunpowder/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/08/gunpowder/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thevintagenews.com/2019/05/08/gunpowder/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the buried guns of Fort Cornwallis</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/11/buried-cannons-leave-experts-baffled/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/11/buried-cannons-leave-experts-baffled/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/05/11/buried-cannons-leave-experts-baffled/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thesundaily.my/local/fort-cornwallis-set-to-be-major-tourist-attraction-CM860477" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesundaily.my/local/fort-cornwallis-set-to-be-major-tourist-attraction-CM860477" rel="nofollow">https://www.thesundaily.my/local/fort-cornwallis-set-to-be-major-tourist-attraction-CM860477</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Capetown’s disappearing gun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/cape-towns-disappearing-gun-featured-by-bbc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesouthafrican.com/cape-towns-disappearing-gun-featured-by-bbc/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thesouthafrican.com/cape-towns-disappearing-gun-featured-by-bbc/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0777f9t/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-gun-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0777f9t/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-gun-" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/reel/video/p0777f9t/the-mystery-of-the-disappearing-gun-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ramadan cannon firing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timeoutdubai.com/news/403857-visit-daily-cannon-firings-during-ramadan-at-madinat-jumeirah" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timeoutdubai.com/news/403857-visit-daily-cannon-firings-during-ramadan-at-madinat-jumeirah" rel="nofollow">https://www.timeoutdubai.com/news/403857-visit-daily-cannon-firings-during-ramadan-at-madinat-jumeirah</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Muskegon, Michigan, WW2 warship gets anti-aircraft Bofors gun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/10/museum-ship-to-get-wwii-anti-aircraft-cannon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/10/museum-ship-to-get-wwii-anti-aircraft-cannon/" rel="nofollow">https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/05/10/museum-ship-to-get-wwii-anti-aircraft-cannon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>World Heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chinese warrior buried with jade weapon excavated</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/01/c_138026305.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/01/c_138026305.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.xinhuanet.com/english/2019-05/01/c_138026305.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the story of Captain Cook’s shield</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-11/british-museum-battle-for-stolen-indigenous-gweagal-shield/11085534" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-11/british-museum-battle-for-stolen-indigenous-gweagal-shield/11085534" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-11/british-museum-battle-for-stolen-indigenous-gweagal-shield/11085534</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trouble with medieval history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/arts/the-battle-for-medieval-studies-white-supremacy.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/05/arts/the-battle-for-medieval-studies-white-supremacy.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes</a><a href="https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/history/straight-outta-1565-epic-16th-century-two-handed-sword-used-in-medieval-battles-donated-to-malta" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/history/straight-outta-1565-epic-16th-century-two-handed-sword-used-in-medieval-battles-donated-to-malta" rel="nofollow">https://lovinmalta.com/lifestyle/history/straight-outta-1565-epic-16th-century-two-handed-sword-used-in-medieval-battles-donated-to-malta</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British 1812 fort found in Florida</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7618-190429-florida-fort-gadsden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7618-190429-florida-fort-gadsden" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/7618-190429-florida-fort-gadsden</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for Cortes’ ships</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/search-for-cortes-ships-turns-up-anchor/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/search-for-cortes-ships-turns-up-anchor/" rel="nofollow">https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/search-for-cortes-ships-turns-up-anchor/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New thoughts on the Mary Rose</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-triple-decker-500-men" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-triple-decker-500-men" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/05/mary-rose-henry-viii-triple-decker-</a><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-are-looking-images-hms-beagles-anchors-180972073/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-are-looking-images-hms-beagles-anchors-180972073/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/historians-are-looking-images-hms-beagles-anchors-180972073/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A tour of the HMS Victory</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/visit-hms-victory-history-explore-georgian-navy-nelson-flagship-trafalgar-portsmouth/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/visit-hms-victory-history-explore-georgian-navy-nelson-flagship-trafalgar-portsmouth/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historyextra.com/period/georgian/visit-hms-victory-history-explore-georgian-navy-nelson-flagship-trafalgar-portsmouth/</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>England’s museums outside London in crisis</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/07/cuts-england-museums-london-cliff-edge" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/07/cuts-england-museums-london-cliff-edge" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/07/cuts-england-museums-london-cliff-edge</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New gallery for the Anglo-Saxon Prittlewell prince at Southend Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-southend-on-sea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-southend-on-sea" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2019/may/09/britains-equivalent-to-tutankhamun-found-in-southend-on-sea</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>American Civil War Museum opens in Richmond</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wvtf.org/post/new-american-civil-war-museum-explores-fullness-past#stream/0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wvtf.org/post/new-american-civil-war-museum-explores-fullness-past#stream/0" rel="nofollow">https://www.wvtf.org/post/new-american-civil-war-museum-explores-fullness-past#stream/0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-museum-speaks-truths-former-capital-of-confederacy-180972085/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-museum-speaks-truths-former-capital-of-confederacy-180972085/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/civil-war-museum-speaks-truths-former-capital-of-confederacy-180972085/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Singing the First World War at Doncaster’s museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/how-doncasters-wwi-stories-became-contemporary-folk-songs/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/how-doncasters-wwi-stories-became-contemporary-folk-songs/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/how-doncasters-wwi-stories-became-contemporary-folk-songs/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the status of Confederate statues</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/judge-rules-that-two-confederate-statues-in-charlottesville-are-war-memorials" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/judge-rules-that-two-confederate-statues-in-charlottesville-are-war-memorials" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/judge-rules-that-two-confederate-statues-in-charlottesville-are-war-memorials</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museums in a changing world</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/museums-in-the-changing-world-order-museums-and-the-rise-of-authoritarian-nationalism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/museums-in-the-changing-world-order-museums-and-the-rise-of-authoritarian-nationalism" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/museums-in-the-changing-world-order-museums-and-the-rise-of-authoritarian-nationalism</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Faking the renaissance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austin-exhibition-asks-what-differentiates-renaissance-copies-fakes-and-reproductions-180972094/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austin-exhibition-asks-what-differentiates-renaissance-copies-fakes-and-reproductions-180972094/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/austin-exhibition-asks-what-differentiates-renaissance-copies-fakes-and-reproductions-180972094/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Blacksmiths in ancient Africa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-blacksmiths-forged-powerful-status-across-continent-africa-180972065/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-blacksmiths-forged-powerful-status-across-continent-africa-180972065/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian-institution/how-blacksmiths-forged-powerful-status-across-continent-africa-180972065/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Find the cupid in Vermeer’s painting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/hidden-cupid-resurfaces-in-one-of-vermeer-s-best-known-works" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/hidden-cupid-resurfaces-in-one-of-vermeer-s-best-known-works" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/hidden-cupid-resurfaces-in-one-of-vermeer-s-best-known-works</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on the guns of the Indiana War Memorial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.guns.com/news/2019/05/06/guns-of-the-indiana-war-memorial-photos" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.guns.com/news/2019/05/06/guns-of-the-indiana-war-memorial-photos" rel="nofollow">https://www.guns.com/news/2019/05/06/guns-of-the-indiana-war-memorial-photos</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on the demise of Remington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/01/magazine/remington-guns-jobs-huntsville.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/01/magazine/remington-guns-jobs-huntsville.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/05/01/magazine/remington-guns-jobs-huntsville.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the rise of Swedish rivals</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.maxim.com/gear/vo-vapen-hunting-rifles-2019-5" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.maxim.com/gear/vo-vapen-hunting-rifles-2019-5" rel="nofollow">https://www.maxim.com/gear/vo-vapen-hunting-rifles-2019-5</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saddle axe for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/marklin-train-opium-war-map-and-lalique-glass-figure-five-auction-highlights-that-caught-bidders-eyes-in-the-last-week/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/marklin-train-opium-war-map-and-lalique-glass-figure-five-auction-highlights-that-caught-bidders-eyes-in-the-last-week/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2019/marklin-train-opium-war-map-and-lalique-glass-figure-five-auction-highlights-that-caught-bidders-eyes-in-t</a><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2019/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sebald in Norwich </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/113526/Exhibition-celebrates-the-work-of-the-author-W-G--Sebald-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-his-birth#.XNkjfjHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/113526/Exhibition-celebrates-the-work-of-the-author-W-G--Sebald-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-his-birth#.XNkjfjHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/113526/Exhibition-celebrates-the-work-of-the-author-W-G--Sebald-on-the-75th-anniversary-of-his-birth#.XNkjfjHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Turner in the North at Berwick on Tweed- lots of ruined castles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/how-a-trip-up-north-made-turner-into-the-poet-of-the-landscape-sublime/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/how-a-trip-up-north-made-turner-into-the-poet-of-the-landscape-sublime/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/how-a-trip-up-north-made-turner-into-the-poet-of-the-landsc</a><a href="https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/striking-iron-the-art-of-african-blacksmiths/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/striking-iron-the-art-of-african-blacksmiths/" rel="nofollow">https://africa.si.edu/exhibitions/current-exhibitions/striking-iron-the-art-of-african-blacksmiths/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brian Gittos &amp; Moira Gittos: Interpreting Medieval Effigies: The Evidence from Yorkshire to 1400</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/interpreting-medieval-effigies.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/interpreting-medieval-effigies.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/interpreting-medieval-effigies.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>J. Opdebeeck, T. Coenen &amp; A. Vos: Palmhoutwrak: een venster naar de gouden eeuw</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://publicaties.cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/ram253_palmhoutwrak_een_venster_naar_de_gouden_eeuw.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://publicaties.cultureelerfgoed.nl/sites/default/files/publications/ram253_palmhoutwrak_een_venster_naar_de_gouden_eeuw.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://publicaties.cultureeler</a><a href="https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-hadrians-wall-been-viewed-16236775" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-hadrians-wall-been-viewed-16236775" rel="nofollow">https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/how-hadrians-wall-been-viewed-16236775</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Combining modern art and veteran’s experiences</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/veterans-and-artists-draw-creative-profit-out-of-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/veterans-and-artists-draw-creative-profit-out-of-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/veterans-and-artists-draw-creative-profit-out-of-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thoughts on Tolkien the Movie</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/thoughts-tolkien-movie/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/thoughts-tolkien-movie/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/</a><a href="https://www.historial.fr/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historial.fr/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historial.fr/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>May Museum Nights- check locally for events in the museums in your area! Here’s the UK’sumbrella site</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumsatnight.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumsatnight.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://museumsatnight.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And here’s a selection of other places</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-show-exhibition/136099/la-nuit-des-musees" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-show-exhibition/136099/la-nuit-des-musees" rel="nofollow">https://en.parisinfo.com/paris-show-exhibition/136099/la-nuit-des-musees</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/39th-long-night-museums-2019" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/39th-long-night-museums-2019" rel="nofollow">https://www.visitberlin.de/en/event/39th-long-night-museums-2019</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6 June 2019 Lecture at the Arms and Armour Society</p><p><br /></p><p>Classical Japanese Swordsmanship - Separating Legend, and Myth from fact</p><p><br /></p><p>Neil Grigg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3 June 2019 Cambridge</p><p><br /></p><p>Do Not Touch? 3D in Museums <a href="https://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/fitzwilliam-museum/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/fitzwilliam-museum/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums" rel="nofollow">https://onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-and-events/fitzwilliam-museum/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums/do-not-touch-3d-in-museums</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>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>Website of the new American Civil War Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://acwm.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://acwm.org/" rel="nofollow">https://acwm.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Woolwich Antquarians have their own new website</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://woolwich-antiquarians.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://woolwich-antiquarians.org/" rel="nofollow">https://woolwich-antiquarians.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Georgian Papers project</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/georgian-papers-programme" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rct.uk/collection/georgian-papers-programme" rel="nofollow">https://www.rct.uk/collection/georgian-papers-programme</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc Mounted infantry, Trolls &amp; the Poetic Edda</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/horror-in-the-medieval-north-the-troll/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/horror-in-the-medieval-north-the-troll/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/horror-in-the-medieval-north-the-troll/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/daylamis-elite-infantrymen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/daylamis-elite-infantrymen/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/daylamis-elite-infantrymen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/the-poetic-edda/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/the-poetic-edda/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/05/the-poetic-edda/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM MAGAZINE</p><p><br /></p><p>We are putting together the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE. If you or your institution have anything that the arms and armour community would be interested in, let us know. You can see the previous editions 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>This fortnight I will be tweeting pictures from Northumberland</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 –13 May 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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