Basiliscoe Mercury 347

The Basiliscoe Mercury347


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


The most exciting news is the investigation of the Roman armour from the Teutoburg- I am sure there will be more to follow. Otherwise updates on Viking ship excavations, new Danish warship found and the last of the cannon from the Kronan raised. Outside Scandinavia we have an online heraldry exhibition from Dublin, new museum in Plymouth and exploring the tunnels under Gibraltar.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Persians made chromium steel a long time ago…

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-chromium-steel-ancient-persia.html


Roman armour from the site of the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest in Kalkriese

http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/59648

https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/nied...anzer-in-Kalkriese-gefunden,kalkriese448.html


Grave stories


Grave of a Parthian warrior armed with spear found https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/45...b-skeleton-and-spearhead-unearthed-in-western


Siberia graves throw light on violent lives https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200918104259.htm

https://www.ladbible.com/news/inter...-old-warrior-couple-found-in-siberia-20200922


Investigating the tomb of Montaigne- confused results https://artdaily.com/news/128451/-Mystery--endures-in-France-over-Montaigne-tomb--Archaeologist


Remains from war of 1812 found in Vermont https://www.wcax.com/2020/09/17/war-of-1812-soldiers-remains-unearthed-in-burlington/

https://www.wcax.com/2020/09/22/discovery-of-war-of-1812-soldiers-grave-likely-one-of-many/






Castles and cannon


York walls to be repaired

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/09/restoration-york-medieval-walls/

Cannons for tourists revived in the Lake District https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/bus...town-ambleside-bouncing-back-pandemic-2974524


Touring Gibraltar’s siege tunnels

https://www.chronicle.gi/a-wealth-of-history-at-the-great-siege-tunnels/


Back to the front

Emergency funding for Bannockburn battlefield

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/bannockburn-benefits-from-heritage-emergency-fund


The cost of Cromwell’s Scottish invasion https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/18743305.cromwells-invasion-cost-lives-4000-scots/


Investigating the war of 1812 at Horse Island

https://www.nny360.com/communitynew...cle_87335b24-0367-5b03-90f3-c3d92fff8088.html


Living in the past


Feature on the restoration of Chilworth gunpowder mills https://www.getsurrey.co.uk/whats-o...otten-gunpowder-mills-guildford-been-18945105


Café Basiliscoe


2,500 year oldvintage from Lebanon https://www.nationalgeographic.com/history/2020/09/2600-year-old-wine-factory-unearthed-lebanon/#:~:text=Excavations%20at%20Tell%20el%2DBurak,roughly%20corresponded%20to%20modern%20Lebanon.


With pomegranates

https://theweek.com/articles/938115/righteousness-pomegranate-rosh-hashanah


Nautical news- mainly Scandinavian…


Updates on the GjellestadViking ship excavation

https://www.khm.uio.no/english/visit-us/viking-ship-museum/gjellestad-ship/index.html


Sligo remembers the Spanish Armada https://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/remembering-the-spanish-armada-39530095.html

New Danish warship discovered https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/e...rk-find-a-large-warship-from-the-17th-century

https://www.vikingeskibsmuseet.dk/en/professions/maritime-archaeology/maritime-archaeology-projects/missing-for-400-years-archaeologists-discover-missing-17th-century-warship#c34874


Update on the London

https://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/17...tefacts-350-year-old-southend-pier-shipwreck/


Update on the Ottoman wreck we mentioned a few months ago https://eandt.theiet.org/content/articles/2020/09/deep-sea-treasures-unlocked-in-the-med/


Salvaging the Kronan’sbronze guns- a bit late I am afraid…

https://www.vrakmuseum.se/en/news/t...PMbDwH8R3nKQFnmlrEuPL5v_hFKgj-akm_DhzLzQqrH-o

https://www.regalskeppetkronan.se/en/


Mexican slave ship identified

https://phys.org/news/2020-09-mexico-submerged-mayan-slave-ship.html


Dundee’s line throwing gun

https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/lif...-rare-life-saving-gun-was-a-dundee-invention/


Chinese warship Dingyuan excavated – lost 1895 http://www.ecns.cn/news/culture/2020-09-20/detail-ihaaeqyp8471632.shtml


USS Grenadier found?

https://artdaily.com/news/128653/World-War-II-submarine-is-found-in-Southeast-Asia



Museum news and exhibitions


News


English local museums in financial difficultieshttps://www.theguardian.com/culture...elp-reawaken-english-city-centres-bosses-urge


News from the UK’s Museums- mostly bad

https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/





New museums


The Box in Plymouth opens- many arms and nautical objects on view https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...art-gallery-opens-with-mayflower-and-mammoths

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2020/sep/22/the-box-plymouth-gallery-treasures


New displays in the Mauritshuis

https://artdaily.com/news/128583/Ne...-related-to-the-man-who-built-the-Mauritshuis


Museum musings


Why Is the Dutch royal family’s golden carriage so controversial?

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/netherlands-retire-carriage-dutch-golden-coach-180975791/


National Trust rethinks its properties

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ust-reassesses-colonial-history-of-properties


A new Museum of Colonialism?

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...-colonialism-says-historian-william-dalrymple


Conservation corner


Dealing with silver fish in your collection

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/pests-in-collections-silverfish


Objects


Document on Napoleon’s invasion of Malta goes on show https://www.independent.com.mt/arti...hibited-during-Public-Service-week-6736226928


When Ireland invaded Canada…https://www.americanrifleman.org/ar...rst-fenian-raid-the-irish-invasion-of-canada/


Interesting piece about gun collecting n Mysore

https://starofmysore.com/of-good-old-guns-and-gunsmiths/


Exhibitions


An online exhibition – heraldry in Dublin https://www.dublincastle.ie/exhibitions-2/splendour-and-scandal-the-office-of-arms-at-dublin-castle/

Exhibitions at the Kremlin

https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/


This looks a real treat: Frans Hals militia pieces on view in Haarlem https://artdaily.com/news/128462/Frans-Hals-Museum-exhibits-all-of-Frans-Hals--militia-pieces


Mayflower 400 at Plymouth

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/inside-the-box-plymouth-s-gbp48m-bid-for-cultural-revival



Books


Older book, but apparently stocks getting low

Tobias Capwell, with David Edge & Jeremy WarrenMasterpieces of European arms and armour: Digital catalogue

https://wallacecollectionshop.org/c...of-european-arms-and-armour-digital-catalogue


And what else is there

https://wallacecollectionshop.org/collections/books


Online book


TheDannebrogge

http://www.kulturarv.dk/publicffdata/documentation/file/doc/97658/public



Popular culture


Gladiators on film

https://www.dw.com/en/what-hollywood-got-wrong-about-the-gladiators-of-ancient-rome/a-54947047


Tom Cribb (one of my favourite London pubs) in a graphic boxing match https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-ta...ribb-and-molineaux-boxing-drawings-at-brodick


Events


Diary Dates


ICOMAM conference – new dates

Toledo, Spain

17 – 21 May 2021

https://ejercito.defensa.gob.es/eventos/icomam_toledo_2021/



Sales, fairs and auctions


Oct 22-23 Herman Historica

https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/auctions



Websites and downloads


George III’s Military Maps

https://militarymaps.rct.uk/?_ga=2.29035900.1901808373.1601385374-1527784533.1601385374


The Met’s Despatches march on:

https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=a84329d90ebce21b14f4a0c23&id=1891b1f9ee


1066 etc: King Arthur & Robin Hood

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/09/king-arthur-edward/

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/09/robin-hood-man-myth-history-4/


Finally


ICOMAM MAGAZINE: It’s that time of year again…Contributions requested. For past issues, see here:

http://icomam.mini.icom.museum/the-magazine/


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Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 September 2020


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