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    The Basiliscoe Mercury 353


    TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


    Good storiesare beginning to creep back in through the edges. So this week we have new and updated articles from under the sea, several online reports and of course the new film about the discovery of Sutton Hoo.


    Arms and armour in the news


    Ancient arms


    3000 year old copper workshop found in China

    http://www.china.org.cn/arts/2021-01/15/content_77118075.htm


    Updateonpieces of roman armour found in Germany a couple of years ago https://www.lefigaro.fr/culture/en-...maine-la-plus-ancienne-de-l-histoire-20210118


    Roman fort found in Aswan

    https://www.egyptindependent.com/eg...ission-discovers-roman-fort-remains-in-aswan/


    Anglo-Saxon weapons found in Northamptonshire graves https://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/...n-cemetery-uncovered-northamptonshire-3093088


    Roman fort found in Aswan

    https://www.egyptindependent.com/eg...ission-discovers-roman-fort-remains-in-aswan/


    Grave stories


    Reconstructing the faces of the Scythian royal couple https://www.9news.com.au/world/hist...d-skulls/8179df5e-194c-4e1d-9a15-ab45f88bd832


    Life and death in Cambridge medieval churchyards https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-55796306


    Conquistadorsversus Aztecs- a very grizzly tale

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...eologists-cannibalism-reprisal-conquest-aztec



    Through the arrow-slit . . .


    Dunnottar castle https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/f...-tell-1000-years-of-siege-royalty-and-honour/


    A chance to buy your own Scottish castle

    https://www.edinburghlive.co.uk/news/edinburgh-news/east-lothian-medieval-castle-dungeon-19701834


    Illustrated feature on the history of Windsor Castle https://mymodernmet.com/history-of-windsor-castle/


    Venetian castle in Greece damaged https://www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2021/01/13/collapse-of-part-of-the-masonry-of-methoni-castle/


    Through the gunloop…


    More on the wall recently discovered at Southsea Castle https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/p...vered-portsmouth-after-stormy-weather-3109393


    Wooden indigenous fort found in Alaska https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/cu-e1c012521.php


    Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


    Pipe or cannon?

    https://www.newsobserver.com/news/state/north-carolina/article248499570.html


    Swedish cannon re-united with its owner https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/u...klEicfDetxniEAxsVVnURxGmpZ2Ke9DEnNQRRAIjNvG1c


    West Virginia’s Long Tom prepared for move https://www.wtap.com/2021/01/28/long-tom-being-prepped-for-move-to-fort-boreman/


    Short video of CapeTown’s disappearing gun https://www.news24.com/news24/video...h-africa-cape-towns-disappearing-gun-20210125


    Miscellany


    Miniature of Henri III identified

    https://artdaily.com/news/132433/-G...ait-of-Henri-III--King-of-France--made-in-UK-

    Napoleon’s account of the battle of Austerlitz for sale https://artdaily.com/news/132434/Napoleon-s-account-of-legendary-Battle-of-Austerlitz-goes-on-sale


    Living in the past


    Investigating Greek Fire

    https://cen.acs.org/physical-chemistry/Podcast-Historians-decode-centuries-old/99/web/2021/01


    Café Basiliscoe- would you like to see the wine list?


    Roman wine- in its original barrel… https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2021/01/perfectly-preserved-roman-era-wine.html


    Japanese vintage

    https://phys.org/news/2021-01-domestic-wine-17th-century-japan.html


    A glass of champagne

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2021-01/c-hot012721.php


    Or just the African milk

    https://phys.org/news/2021-01-ancient-proteins-track-early-africa.html


    Nautical news


    Museum of the Royal Navy acquires 16th century plans of the Armada https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-55812565


    Two cast-iron English guns recovered from Dutch waters https://www.blauwwind.nl/en/news/20...ered-on-blauwwind-site-recovered-and-restored


    Update on armed Ottoman ship https://www.dailysabah.com/life/his...u9EWBN-1Wgi4Y5fao1z5WvCFk_Bs6FHgkJtJLLtyfd2UA


    Update on early 18th century Dutch ship found in the Baltic https://sharedheritage.dutchculture.nl/en/news/russia-dutch-shipwreck-discovered-gulf-finland


    Piece about the Whydah and the conservation of its contents https://eu.capecodtimes.com/story/n...pirate-museum-and-course-treasure/4166987001/


    HMS Apollo found in Dutch waters

    https://tntribune.com/blown-apart-divers-find-historic-british-warship-sunk-in-napoleonic-wars/

    How Sweden plans to protect its Baltic wrecks https://artdaily.com/news/132275/Swedish-archaeologists-take-to-the-waves-to-protect-Baltic-wrecks



    Museum news and exhibitions


    News


    Museums find new role in C19- vaccination centres https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-become-vaccination-centres


    Short feature on the Military Museum of North Florida https://www.claytodayonline.com/stories/a-blast-from-the-past,25711


    Museum musings


    The history of panoramas

    https://www.artnews.com/art-in-america/features/virtual-tourism-painted-panoramas-1234582258/


    Conservation corner


    Knife making in Iran

    https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/457351/Knifemaking-almost-forgotten-ancient-handicraft-in-Zanjan


    Objects


    Key to Napoleon’s room sold

    https://artdaily.com/news/132194/Key-to-prison-where-Napoleon-died-sells-for--pound-82-000


    Exhibitions


    Exhibition on a slave rising against the Dutch https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ffers-new-insight-into-berbice-slave-uprising



    Books


    Paul Pattison, Steven Brindle, David M. Robinson: The Great Tower of Dover Castle

    https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/the-great-tower-of-dover-castle




    Ian Friel: Britain and the Ocean Road – Shipwrecks and People 1297-1825

    https://www.chichester.co.uk/arts-and-culture/books/exploring-drama-and-tragedy-shipwrecks-3114659


    Book sale at the Royal Armourieshttps://shop.royalarmouries.org/collections/books-dvds


    New series of books from the Frick

    https://artdaily.com/news/132397/Frick-announces-new-and-upcoming-volumes-in-Diptych-series


    Online books


    Report on the Gripshund 1495

    http://sh.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1519329/FULLTEXT02.pdf


    Selection of publications from the Paul Mellon foundation

    https://www.aaeportal.com/?id=-15795&cid=37974


    Met’s latest Bulletin reflects on current times and includes article by DonLa Roccahttps://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpu...Lgfuf1TBufsjevcVGrk8Dev7C_uXwGxWIjyYcotljjYCE



    Popular culture


    Everyone is getting excited about The Digand the story behind it

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/ne...netflix-movie-with-carey-mulligan/ar-BB1cL11D

    https://www.artnews.com/feature/sutton-hoo-burial-why-is-it-important-1234581788/


    Events


    Discover the Londonhttps://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/Appeal/save-the-london


    Online seminars on the history of collecting https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/seminar-in-the-history-of-collecting-15/


    ICOMAM conference –Toledo, Spain

    New dates 17 – 21 May 2021

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

    Calls for papers


    30June - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

    Weapons in society

    https://royalarmouries.org/event/weapons-in-society/


    Websites and downloads


    Philippine world objects

    https://philippinestudies.uk/mapping/items/show/3286


    The Met’s despatches series starts again for 2021https://mailchi.mp/6917afc09436/dispatches-from-the-field-5973659?e=cffd2a6c61


    Videos on medieval non-gunpowder artillery

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/mechanical-artillery-crusades/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/tower-design-mechanical-artillery/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/fortifications-ayyubid-successors/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/1188-siege-sahyun-saone/


    1066 etc: Richard III, battlefields, military theory & defending Acre

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/king-richard-iii-chris-skidmore/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/battlefield-bishop-italy/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/medieval-military-theory-john-salisbury/

    https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/two-towers-crusader-acre/


    Finally


    This fortnight I have been enjoying the Sutton Hoo tweets: https://twitter.com/SocAntiquaries

    https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


    Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –31 January 2021


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    Bakersgma Well-Known Member

    I saw "The Dig" last night - it's on Netflix! Very interesting!
     
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  3. Bev aka thelmasstuff

    Bev aka thelmasstuff Colored pencil artist extraordinaire ;)

    I watched The Dig also. It was a good story and very well done, but I was disappointed that they didn't take time at the end to show the actual treasures. My husband, for instance, not a history buff, had never heard of Sutton Hoo. I pulled up pictures of the treasure on my phone to show him, but it would have been more of an impact to see them as part of the movie.
     
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