Basiliscoe Mercury 351

The Basiliscoe Mercury351


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Ancient arrows, swords and a whole soldier found. A couple of interesting cannon stories, including the recovery of a painted gun carriage and a new composite cannon. An actual exhibition and some ideas for Christmas shopping. Nearing the end of 2020….https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fort-king-davids-time-found-golan-heights-180976279/


Ancient arrows emerging from the glaciers of Norway

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-ice-patch-norway-reveals-large.html


Early medieval sword from the Netherlands

https://www.ad.nl/utrecht/groot-zwa...n-nieuwegein~a3435c22/?referrer=https://t.co/


William Wallace and his sword

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/tec...oo-much-about-it-scotsman-comment/ar-BB1b6kSx


Hunting round the world and through the ages


Recreating where the bison roamed

https://source.wustl.edu/2020/11/secrets-of-the-lost-crops-revealed-where-bison-roam/


Medieval fishing

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-fishing/


Scottish medieval deer parks

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/deer-parks-kevin-malloy/


Grave stories


Studying Byzantine bones

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/byzantine-skeletons-chryssa-bourbou/



16th century soldier found in Lithuanian lake- makes a change from swords

https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-engli...459PG-QF3YDf62IHTZXJpBC4csMkvelymvitHVHcuVKQU


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Investigating Byzantine castle destroyed in the Third crusade

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...ss-in-southeast-bulgaria-archaeologists-find/


New future for Caernarfon Castle

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/project-caernarfon-castle/


World Heritage


Short illustrated piece on the Terracotta army

https://www.discovermagazine.com/th...life-size-clay-warriors-tell-us-about-ancient


Monitoring clan behaviour in an Edo Castle

https://phys.org/news/2020-11-laws-early-edo-japan-peace.html


Short illustrated feature on Gobindgarh Fort, India

https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/amritsar/braving-the-ravages-of-time-176557


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Gun carriage recovered from the Dnieper.

https://112.international/society/a...riage-from-the-bed-of-dnipro-river-56774.html


Dutch VOC composite cannon found and raised off Norway

https://marmuseum.no/en/rare-cannon...aMGhsLaf4CCqkeO3BRle2-L2B7yujfW9jE8NSodkoKy_k


Friction primer among the finds at Fort Douglas, Salt Lake City

https://www.fox13now.com/news/local-news/excavation-in-salt-lake-city-uncovers-secrets-from-1870


Miscellany


Short illustrated feature on Swedish runestones

https://edition.cnn.com/travel/article/sweden-rune-kingdom



British library acquires new medieval manuscript

The Lucas Psalter: Forgotten manuscript acquired by British Library – Museum Crush


Royal French childrenin portraits

https://artdaily.com/news/130452/The-great-hope-of---France-


What’s under the stairs-gun barrels, amongst other things….

https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/...le-renovating-16th-century-farmhouse-19343417


Café Basiliscoe: this week’s menu


Medieval meat

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-europeans-meat-consumption/


With choice of beverages: Recreated ancient beers

https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/ancient-beer/


or coffee

http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20201119-how-coffee-forever-changed-britain


Into the 20th century


WWI airfield found in Oxfordshire

https://www.oxfordmail.co.uk/news/18855895.first-world-war-airfield-port-meadow-oxford-rediscovered/


Nautical news


Studying medieval charts

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/11/medieval-manuscripts-altas-miller/


16th century bronze gun found and raised off Sicily

Dai fondali di San Leone "riaffiora" uncannone del XVI secolo - Giornale di Sicilia (gds.it)

Cannone del 16º secoloriaffiora dal mare di San Leone: al via al restauro(grandangoloagrigento.it)



Museum news and exhibitions


News


US museum staff and C19

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...ave-laid-off-or-furloughed-staff-survey-shows



Arrests in the Dresden Museum heist

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...berlin-locations-in-jewel-heist-investigation


Hopefully not a sign of the future- Royal Marines Museum turned into luxuryhotel

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/d...ZPQ9rPa7bQtY_VE2_AFgiB5TCVoHbL-MBrkjZcHJRJIsc


The collections of the Society of Antiquaries of London and its threats

Society of Antiquaries fights for its home and its stunning collection – Museum Crush


European museums in lockdown, again https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/why-us-european-museums-cry-foul-over-second-lockdown


New museums


Sri Lanka decides to open a Museum of Weapons

http://www.dailynews.lk/2020/11/17/local/233794/cabinet-approves-establish-weapons-museum


Tour of Egypt’s Carriage Museum

https://www.egyptindependent.com/ph...ariots-museum-shows-off-the-alawiyya-dynasty/


Museum developments


The smell of the past

https://www.theguardian.com/science...-study-hopes-to-recreate-smells-of-old-europe


Museum musings


Interesting piece on the Met

https://newcriterion.com/issues/2020/12/unmaking-the-met


Objects


Well, this is an interesting story!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/...g-infamous-London-socialite-sold-auction.html


Native American powder-horn returned to spiritual home

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/w...-horn-returns-home-after-80-years/ar-BB1bjIvD


Tokens of remembrance

Tokens of remembrance | National Trust for Scotland (nts.org.uk)


Exhibitions


Knights and Romanovs in Amsterdam

https://artdaily.com/news/130520/Th...-an-exhibition-about-knights-and-the-Romanovs



Books


British museum books

https://www.britishmuseumshoponline.org/books.html


Online Books


Selection of books on historical topics

https://humanities-digital-library.org/index.php/hdl/catalog/category/ihr


Events


Online lectureby Dr Ralph Moffat: 1 December 1pm

Wee Willie & the King’s Silver Trousers: A Tale of Medieval Arms & Armour from the Society of Antiquaries Library

https://www.sal.org.uk/event/wee-wi...mour-from-the-society-of-antiquaries-library/


Conferences


ICOMAM conference –Toledo, Spain

New dates 17 – 21 May 2021

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


Sales, fairs and auctions


2 December 2020 London

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria

https://www.olympiaauctions.com/sales/arms-armour/as021220/?p=1&s=40&v=list


3 December 2020 London

Antique Arms, Modern Sporting Guns & Exceptional Firearms

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25987/


7 – 11 December 2020 Munich

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

https://artdaily.com/news/130014/On...cts-from-Hermann-Historica-s-specialist-areas

Holts

https://www.all4shooters.com/en/sho...on-7-8-December-fine-modern-and-antique-guns/


Websites and downloads


Enjoy blue seas, WW2 planes and shipwrecks in Malta

https://underwatermalta.org


Explore English wreck from the comfort and warmth of your own fireside

Virtual Dive Trails | Historic England


Military History online

MilitaryHistoryOnline.com


Finally Christmas Shopping!


https://shop.royalarmouries.org/

https://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/

https://shop.nms.ac.uk/

https://wallacecollectionshop.org/

https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/


https://natmus.dk/salg-og-ydelser/museumsbutikker/

https://www.vasamuseet.se/en/visit/shop


https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/cadeaux/5-catalogues-exposition/1/https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/nlhttps://shop.khm.at/

https://boutique.musee-armee.fr/en/permanent/g2/selection/1/


Canadian War Museum Boutique – YOUR COUNTRY. YOUR HISTORY. YOUR MUSEUM.

The Met Store | Gifts from The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org)

https://store.philamuseum.org/



This fortnight I tweeted Turkish cannon for Thanksgiving (and who they were firing at).

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 November 2020


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Cool, that’s my next few weeks reading material sorted! Thanks for posting.