Basiliscoe Mercury 365 8/1/21

The Basiliscoe Mercury365


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Another milestone- a Bazzy for every day of the year! Due to a second eye operation, there may be a slight hiatus in the next Bazzy delivery. However until then we can all savour the return to France of Charles Etienne Gudinde la Sablonniere, our one-legged skeleton under the Russian floor.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Hunting with Neanderthals

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/hohle-fels-leaf-point-09905.html


Evolution of throwing

https://www.sapiens.org/biology/evolution-throwing/


Bronze Age axe head found off Norwegian waters https://norwaytoday.info/culture/po...overed-in-the-waters-of-the-coast-of-arendal/


Interesting feature on legendary Greek helmet https://greekreporter.com/2021/07/15/miltiades-helmet-ancient-greek-warrior-discovery/


Iron sword found in tomb in Tamil Nadu, India https://www.thehindu.com/news/natio...ll-length-sword-unearthed/article35291887.ece


Possible Anglo-Saxon sword fitting found in Norfolk https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-57681725


Conserving Offa’s Dyke for the future https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021/jul/05/campaign-hopes-shore-up-offas-dyke-future-threats


Grave stories


Viking burials with weapons on Orkney being studied https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdqw9yxygn1o


Hurrah! Our one-legged French general from under the Russian dance floor returns to Paris! https://www.scmp.com/news/world/eur...general-brought-back-france-russia-after-more


Miscellany


Medieval mail found in Polish river

https://polandin.com/54928179/medieval-chain-mail-accidentally-found-on-odra-rivers-banks


Surveying Jersey’s Elizabeth Castle https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/...survey-castles-officers-quarters-and-library/


Princesses and Amazons


Women warriors of Scythia

https://www.discovermagazine.com/pl...ry-of-amazon-warrior-women-of-ancient-scythia



Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Two iron guns found in the North Sea go onshow https://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws...n-opgeknapt-Ze-zijn-fantastisch-mooi-geworden


Conserving a cast-iron gun from the sea https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/300-year-old-cannon-recovered-sea-bed-goes-display


Visiting Carron, Falkirk, today- spoiler alert- not much left…https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/her...-power-to-a-pit-stop-at-an-old-tavern-3313521


There is an iron cannon on the top of one of these graves! https://www.witn.com/2021/07/28/old-burying-ground-300-year-old-beaufort-cemetery-one-oldest-state/


Gunnade/carronade found on New Zealand beach https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cave-...d-at-chalky-inlet/P5CTEGZ5S64KFTN4OA6TYIWGBI/


Living in the past


Apparently it is illegal in Germany to keep a tank in your basement…https://www.dailysabah.com/life/84-...s-wwii-weaponry-including-a-panther-tank/news



Café Basiliscoe


Malta’s medieval olive groves

https://timesofmalta.com/articles/v...bidnija-olive-trees-medieval-not-roman.885925


Try the Templar diet

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-the-templar-knights-ate


Or test your teeth on Seville’s stone banquet https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ts-of-seville-cathedrals-banquet-set-in-stone


Nautical news


Ancient Egyptian warship found

https://www.rfi.fr/en/international...military-vessel-greek-funerary-in-sunken-city


Jelling’s stone ship

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2021/07/the-giant-jelling-viking-stone-ship/139717


Elephant tusk trawled up off Dingle https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40334807.html


Feature on a late 16th century galleon found in Spain https://elpais.com/cultura/2021-07-...omo-salen-a-la-luz-contra-viento-y-marea.html


Update on the fluit found in the Gulf of Finland https://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/unique_gulf_of_finland_shipwreck_may_be_400_years_old/12040972


Piece about the loss of HMS Associationhttps://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210729-the-british-shipwreck-that-changed-the-world


Update on the Antigua shipwreck

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-57878969


New tools for discovering shipwrecks

https://theconversation.com/ai-spots-shipwrecks-from-the-ocean-surface-and-even-from-the-air-163794




Museum news and exhibitions


News


Man found guilty of stealing firearms from US museums, in the 1970s…https://artdaily.com/news/137706/Man-admits-to-1971-theft-of-Revolutionary-War-era-rifle


Feature on Detroit’s arms and armour collection and its new curator https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/dia-suits-of-armor/


Ballyclare War Museum in danger of closing

https://www.museumsassociation.org/...ms Association&dm_i=2VBX,16EP9,52SJU5,4JU0X,1


Next stage of Covid Wars- fighting the insurance companies https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...l-history-sues-insurer-over-covid-19-coverage


New museums


New life for Douai’s gun foundry

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/jardin-public-de-la-fonderie


Museum musings


How the National Trust became the focus for culture wars

https://bylinetimes.com/2021/07/26/...nest-journalism-as-a-tool-of-the-war-on-woke/


Conservation corner


Conserving plastics

https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/07/museums-are-race-against-time-keep-plastic-art-falling-apart


Devilish Norwegian conservators…http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/61755


Objects


Scotland’s basket hilts

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/science-behind-the-sword


Mughal dagger stopped on export

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/...rd-worth-over-1-million-at-risk-of-leaving-uk


Billy the Kid’s murder’s gun for sale https://www.npr.org/2021/07/22/1019391848/gun-killed-billy-the-kid-auction-2-million?t=1627291717815


Exhibitions


Reynolds portraits at Plymouth

https://artdaily.com/news/137806/Th...ence-of-Sir-Joshua-Reynolds--family---friends



Books


Royal Armouries books

https://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/books-dvds


Online Books


Wendy van Duivenvoorde: The Armament of Australia’s VOC Ships

http://www.museum.wa.gov.au/maritim...t1L1E1saCLqxHOWZY0wklhm9ls01b3rx_vFspXTAC2E7E


El últimoviaje de la Fragata Mercedes (eBook)https://www.accioncultural.es/es/eb...UfOFydKIs6aQYOXTWVLe7EG9TspUawLe4GjWCha3vDrKA



Popular culture


Prep for the Green Knighthttps://www.historyextra.com/period...eulogy-chivalry-hundred-years-war-propaganda/


Prep for The Last Duel

https://www.radiotimes.com/movies/the-last-duel-true-story/


Events


Diary Dates


Days out at Crownhill Fort

https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/cr...OK2TwhRyrWcyqsve31c1KG5YCAPlr3lSeQgTtLogfJieQ



Summer in Scottish castles

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/07/castlefest-launched-in-scotland/


Summer at the Medieval Centre

https://middelaldercentret.dk/


ICOMAM conference –Toledo, Spain

New dates - delayed until November

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


Sales, fairs and auctions


27 Aug Los Angeles

The Early West

https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27262/



Websites and downloads


Latest dispatch from the Met’s dispatches from the field https://mailchi.mp/48d6388c4a8e/dis...WwcKEN8AeJHBybcb_JmCfEEc5G5LvO-upevQchFAttLJI

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


Proyecto Nuestra Señora de las Mercedes

https://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/...Em0l-h3pJUGiNJk6D92xDX7iLp4-8JCotWnf-2DH6ZKjo


Don’t forget latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE: remembering Claude Gaier, arms and armour displays around the world, an admiral’s sword and gunfounding in the time of plague

http://icomam.mini.icom.museum/the-...PJJTj4XhdBBQ1y3z8xPIm7vCL3hz-eeemHlejGKIh7esg


This fortnight I tweeted some Scottish cannon

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –31 July 2021

 

WELL, THAT was a GIGANTIC "rabbit hole" of sorts, that so far, has taken me about 2 hours to get out of!!! But had a GREAT tour of Edinburgh Castle!!!! Thanks @springfld.arsenal, HAHAHAHA!!!, I think!!!! Have saved the link so I can go back for more!!!