Basiliscoe Mercury 385

The Basiliscoe Mercury385


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Major new underwater discoveries in Columbia and Great Yarmouth; several items relating to clothes, uniforms and swords.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Discussion of spread of ancient stone tool and weapon technology https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/jun/09/65000-year-old-swiss-army-knife-proves-ancient-humans-shared-knowledge-research-says#:~:text=Australia%20news-,65%2C000%20year%2Dold%20'Swiss%20Army%20knife'%20proves%20ancient,humans%20shared%20knowledge%2C%20research%20says&text=A%2065%2C000%2Dyear%2Dold%20tool,were%20communicating%20with%20each%20other.


Rock crystal weapons from Spain

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/the-prehistoric-weapons-made-from-crystal/143821


Trove of Bronze Age axes found in Wales

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-61632636


Piece on Miltiades and his helmethttps://greekreporter.com/2022/05/24/miltiades-helmet-ancient-greek-warrior-discovery/


Two iron age swords found in Germany- pictures

https://arkeonews.net/2800-year-old-two-swords-found-in-germany-from-the-start-of-the-iron-age/


Viking sword restored

https://www.livescience.com/rare-viking-sword-discovered-norway


Grave stories


Shallow graves in Cork may hold 4 executed men https://www.thejournal.ie/nancy-spains-skeletons-cork-barrack-street-5788938-Jun2022/


Thirty graves from 1812 war investigatedhttps://www.wcax.com/2022/06/05/exhumed-war-1812-veterans-burlington-reinterred-lakeview-cemetery/


Forts and Cannons


Piece about Fort Massachusetts

https://theberkshireedge.com/connections-violence-and-bravery-in-18th-century-berkshire-county/


Poor cannon gets the rainbow treatment! https://www.al.com/news/2022/06/mob...de-month-stirs-backlash-receives-support.html


Backlash against Philippines cannon recreations https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/1610395/war-guns-replica-total-distortion-of-history


Miscellany- swords and uniforms


Japanese sword found in Customs https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ry-samurai-sword-found-in-car-at-swiss-border


Rusty sabre found in Greek monastery

https://www.livescience.com/medieval-saber-found-greek-monastery


16th century arming doublet

https://blog.nms.ac.uk/2022/06/10/dressed-to-kill-a-16th-century-doublet-in-historical-context/


Uniform of the Royal Company of Archers goes on display at Falkland Palace https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-jubilee-exhibition-at-falkland-palace


Podcast about naval uniforms

https://snr.org.uk/the-mariners-mirror-podcast/dressed-to-kill-a-history-of-naval-uniform/


Café Basiliscoe


Moa omelette anyone? https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2022/05/220525102937.htm


Princesses and Amazons


Illustrated feature on the women warriors of Dahomey https://www.pulse.ng/lifestyle/food...nd-of-benins-fearless-female-warriors/6q5ezx8


Digital exhibition on queens

https://www.sothebys.com/en/digital-catalogues/power-image-royal-portraiture-iconography?locale=en



Into the 20th century


Pets at war

https://museumcrush.org/the-forgott...he-dog-and-the-role-of-army-pets-and-mascots/


D-Day clickers found in Wiltshire

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61716168


Nautical news


Lot of coverage of the discovery and identification of HMS Gloucester, lost 1682

https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/wreck-of-historic-royal-ship-discovered-off-the-english-coast


They now have their own website https://www.gloucestershipwreck.co....B7dpIiniSjBdXrn7S4XXoCXAZRLWidXb4j1Gwt7IVcSxg


New photos and surveys of the San Josehttps://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/06/images-of-the-san-jose-treasure-galleon-revealed/143794


And two more wrecks identified https://www.reuters.com/world/ameri...cal-shipwrecks-caribbean-2022-06-07/?rpc=401&


Rudder from HMS Invincible uncovered https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/...r-rudder-from-the-first-hms-invincible/143788


18th century cockroach found in 18th century shipping archive- I think it was dead…

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ckroach-found-in-slave-trading-ships-accounts



Museum news and exhibitions


New Museums


Norway’s new National Museum

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/norway-national-museum


Museum musings


Looting Ukrainian culture https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ing-ukrainian-treasures-for-removal-to-russia

Exhibitions


Still time to see the Men in Steel in Vienna

https://ironmen.khm.at/


War in Kyiv

https://artdaily.com/news/146961/In...tory-of-a-war-still-in-progress-#.YqRlR-7MKUk


Kimonos in NY

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/202...-transmitter-of-style-beyond-national-costume



Books


This month’s titles from Osprey

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month



Popular Culture


A guide to Arthurianliteraturehttps://www.medievalists.net/2022/05/monmouth-malory-arthurian-literature/


Review of the gunpowder plot experience at the Tower of London https://www.theguardian.com/stage/2022/jun/10/the-gunpowder-plot-review-tower-vaults-london


Events


Diary Dates


2 July Linlithgow

Spectacular Jousting

https://www.historicenvironment.sco...?eventId=9900cfd4-6d7f-4c28-a954-a5b600b09d17


Conferences


20-28 August 2022 Prague

ICOM-ICOMAM 2022 Annual meeting

https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/icom-icomam-meeting-2022/


17-18 October 2022 London

Armourers & Brasiers/Arms and Armour Society 700th anniversary conference, Armourers Hall, London

https://zfrmz.eu/NTJUW56JEuJHLD5u27uL

Sales Fairs and auctions


29 June 2022 London

Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria https://www.olympiaauctions.com/sales/arms-armour/as290622/?p=1&s=40&v=list


20-24 June Online auction

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



Websites and downloads


Suomenlinna fortress

https://www.suomenlinna.fi/en/



1066 etc Medieval Holy wars, deceptions, and the sack of Rome https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/medieval-holy-wars/https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/deception-in-medieval-warfare-with-james-titterton/

https://www.medievalists.net/2022/06/sack-rome-1527/



Finally


This fortnight I will be tweeting pictures from our recent trip to Sweden and Helskinki

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –16 June 2022

 

@springfld.arsenal, you post the MOST fascinating articles!!!! Thank you! Sometimes it takes me days to get through them, but they're great!!!!!!!!!!!