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The Basiliscoe Mercury 274


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


More on the Viking graves on Iceland and Viking forts in Denmark, assorted fireworks, Revolutionary Wars and cannon stories in the wake of 4 July, and several Game of Thrones inspired stories. Let’s just hope Winter doesn’t come to Leeds before we have had a bit of summer….



Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms and forts


Mapping hillforts in UK and Ireland

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/jun/22/hillforts-uk-ireland-mapNgfortresses new ped-first-time-online-database-atlas


How Hannibal crossed the Alps

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-hannibal-crossed-the-alps-180963http://www.gazette-news.co.uk/news/...he_remains_of_Britain_s_largest_Roman_arcade/


More letters from Roman times found at Vindolanda, Hadrian’s Wall

https://www.theguardian.com/science...-of-roman-letters-discovered-at-hadrians-wall


Video of the removal of sword from Viking grave, Iceland

http://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2017/06/17/video_viking_sword_removed_from_boat_grave/


And update on the finds

http://icelandmag.visir.is/article/...elds-among-hundreds-items-excavated-n-iceland


Dating Viking ring fort new work

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2017-07/au-bid070417.php

http://sciencenordic.com/new-discovery-could-rewrite-viking-fortresses’-history


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Chinese giants developed because of big game hinting?

https://gizmodo.com/archaeologists-unearth-grave-of-giants-in-china-1796678781


Shetland ponies pulled chariots…

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...ave-pulled-chariots-colchester-find-suggests/


Fishing in ancient Alaska

http://www.dispatch.com/news/201706...trap-discovered-on-alaska-island?rssfeed=true


Grave stories


Next in the search for dead monarchs: King Harold

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...d-hertfordshire-churchamateur-historians-try/


Tower of skulls found in Mexico is causing debate (!)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/w...ists-mexico-aztec-history-doubt-a7818841.html


Sometimes you really want to look at the back of the museum cupboard…

http://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/..._gruesome_discovery_in_Swindon_Museum_vaults/


Late medieval skeleton from Halton Castle goes on display

http://www.runcornandwidnesworld.co...d_at_Halton_Castle_on_display_for_first_time/


On the Frontlines


Remembering Stoke Field

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-nottinghamshire-40292647


Short article on Battle of Flodden

http://www.thenational.scot/culture...__Flodden__the_worst_day_in_Scottish_history/


Investigating the siege of Charleston

http://www.postandcourier.com/news/...cle_4e92c066-5d02-11e7-b92a-47d8da82a83c.html


Through the gunloop…


Seljuk sultans’ bath in castle on Takkeli Mountain http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/su...tain.aspx?pageID=238&nID=115192&NewsCatID=375


The Dutch Forts of Sri Lanka: enhancing heritage tourism (and obligatory cannon photo)

http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2017/07/02/culture/dutch-forts-sri-lanka-enhancing-heritage-tourism


Short piece on the history of the building of Louisbourg, Canada

http://dailycommercialnews.com/en-U...ouisbourg-Canadas-first-megaproject-1025459W/


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


New research on bronze cannons found off Haifa in the 1970s.

http://www.jns.org/news-briefs/2017...ons-discovered-off-israels-coast#.WWR8ITFK19A=

http://www.timesofisrael.com/cannon...have-been-used-to-fight-16th-century-pirates/

https://www.academia.edu/32877498/A...dnance_discovered_off_the_Carmel_coast_Israel


The story of Hope’s cannon

http://www.valleybreeze.com/2017-07...hing-planned-hope-furnace-cannon#.WWcupTFK19A


One of New Zealand’s disappearing gun gets a firing

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/lo...appearing-gun-to-be-fired-for-only-third-time

https://www.stuff.co.nz/auckland/lo...f-with-enormous-bang-on-aucklands-north-shore


Cleaning up a Civil War monument

http://www.nhregister.com/lifestyle...ation-underway-in-derby-on-civil-war-monument


Rhode Island Gettysburg cannon and its story and a local family

http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170702/on-gettysburg-anniversary-cannon-in-ri-has-storhttp://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170707/civil-war-connection-discovered-by-straight-dhttps://www.leaderherald.com/news/l...n-amsterdam-cemetery-has-interesting-history/


Bus hits German cannon on war memorial in Brookline, Pittsburgh

http://www.post-gazette.com/local/c...n-Brookline-war-memorial/stories/201707080115


Anti-aircraft gun to return to battleship New Jersey after removal 50 years ago http://www.courierpostonline.com/st...-jersey-after-removal-50-years-ago/460629001/


Café Basiliscoe


Ancient beverages re-created

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...a-jones-of-ancient-ales-and-extreme-beverages


The Chelsea bun that went to war (and came home)

http://museumcrush.org/the-chelsea-bun-that-travelled-to-the-first-world-war-trenches-and-back/


American pie

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt...s-chinese-iranian-and-indonesian-as-apple-pie


Miscellany


Roman sandals

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/huge-shoe-find-reveals-what-13243936


Finds from Roanoke found in Native village

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/...cle_5031be6a-e3b5-5531-9401-f63701e278d9.html


Things that go bang


A July 4th trip on New Jersey's Revolutionary War trail

http://s.nj.com/http://www.foxnews.com/weather/2017/06/29/science-behind-fireworks-chemistry-in-action/


BL blog on early fireworks manuscripts

http://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2017/07/a-recipe-for-medieval-firewhttp://nypost.com/2017/07/02/how-fireworks-exploded-into-history-and-became-an-american-symbol/


Cannon balls found in Indian fort near Mumbai

http://www.hindustantimes.com/mumba...near-mumbai/story-Flcn6SYF0anjunfskZdOOJ.html


A brief history of fireworks

http://nypost.com/2017/07/02/how-fireworks-exploded-into-history-and-became-an-american-symbol/


Short piece on Portuguese gunpowder factory in Goahttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...r-sees-illegal-kiosk/articleshow/59519506.cms


World Heritage


Cultural losses in recent conflicts

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/06/22/a...ents-lost-in-middle-east-conflicts/index.html


Nautical news


Update on the Cattewater wreck

http://www.devonlive.com/plymouth-s...us-mary-rose/story-30434311-detail/story.html


Update on the Luna fleet

http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2017/...ens-1559-luna-shipwreck-excavation/439319001/


Piece on the Swan, lost off Mull in 1653

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/artic...iling-aboard-the-swan-in-the-17th-century.htm


Story of an early 18thcenturyshipwreck off Portland head

http://www.pressherald.com/2017/07/...-of-a-1711-shipwreck-off-portland-head-light/


Tale of a Sussex shipwreck and Parson Darby’s Hole http://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/news/tale-of-a-sussex-shipwreck-and-parson-darby-s-hole-1-8033037


Update on HMS Invincible

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ne...ists_to_excavate_historic_warship_Invincible/

http://uknip.co.uk/2017/07/solent-wreck-project-ensured-legacy-with-national-lottery-award/


Update on the San Jose

http://nypost.com/2017/07/06/colombia-attempts-to-recover-spanish-shipwreck-worth-over-1-billion/


Searching for Florida’s lost loyalist fleet

http://www.floridatoday.com/story/n.../433868001/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin=


Gun from USS Revenge is raised

http://www.divernet.com/home-diving-news/p320202-historic-gun-found-by-us-divers-is-raised.html


Dispute continues over the Franklin expedition

http://nationalpost.com/news/canada...sion/wcm/a670e186-ef66-4928-8594-a31436baf1e4


Ten maritime museums around the world: Ships on shores http://www.theaustralian.com.au/lif...n/news-story/8c1d190128df67dbe97237746d4401cc



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Mirror, mirroron the wall, who’s the most popular museum of all?

https://qz.com/1015412/new-yorks-me...the-louvre-as-the-worlds-most-popular-museum/


Why an indigenous Australian wants the British Museum to return his ancestor’s shield

https://hyperallergic.com/385885/wh...ritish-museum-to-return-his-ancestors-shield/


Museum developments


BM looking for ways to lead visitors to the lesser visited galleries!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...oes-digital-ease-congestion-popular-exhibits/


Museum musings


Firearms experts gather for Cody museum symposium http://billingsgazette.com/lifestyl...cle_af4c258f-ff5f-5b09-9fdf-a421b3f5105c.html


Conservation corner


Free online course in antiquities trafficking

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/art-crime


Restoration and technical study of Tiepolo painting in Madrid http://artdaily.com/news/97327/Muse...hnical-study-of-Tiepolo-painting#.WWH7NDFK19A



Objects- mainly Revolutionary War


Powder horns

http://wesa.fm/post/powder-horns-were-cell-phones-18th-century#stream/0


American revolutionary war amputation kits for sale

http://artdaily.com/news/97292/Dr--...-Amputation-Kits-to-be-auctioned#.WV879jFK19A


George Washington and his swords

http://www.thedailybeast.com/for-george-washington-a-sword-was-much-more-than-an-accessory


Interesting feature on Civil War map: Gloucester Point 1862

http://www.dailypress.com/features/history/


Exhibitions


Franklin exhibition coming to London

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/01/franklin-arctic-voyage-tragic-inuit-wrath-museum

http://artdaily.com/news/97353/Stor...-at-the-National-Maritime-Museum#.WWNBHDFK19A


Repaired objects in London- more interesting than it sounds!

http://museumcrush.org/how-londoners-reused-and-recycled-their-junk-down-the-centuries/

https://londonist.com/london/museum...have-been-recycling-for-longer-than-you-think


1830s English rural life in London

http://artdaily.com/news/97224/Exhi...ion-of-rural-figures-in-his-work#.WVySODFK19A


Tapestries in Glasgow

http://artdaily.com/news/97287/Burr...for-first-time-in-over-100-years#.WV87YjFK19A


Alma Tadema in London

http://artdaily.com/news/97328/Leig...-exhibition-in-London-since-1913#.WWH54jFK19A



Books


Simon Quellen Field: Boom! The Chemistry and History of Explosives

https://www.amazon.com/Boom-Explosives-Simon-Quellen-Field/dp/1613738056?tag=nypost-20


Marco Noris:Gods, demons and ancestors: Art of the keris hilts

http://www.vikingsword.com/vb/showthread.php?p=217807#post217807


Clare Mulley: The Women Who Flew for Hitler: The True Story of Hitler's Valkyries

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Women-Who-...8&qid=1499939115&sr=8-1&keywords=Clare+Mulley


Extract from: Philip G. Smucker: Riding With George: Sportsmanship & Chivalry in the Making of America's First Presidenthttp://www.thedailybeast.com/for-george-washington-a-sword-was-much-more-than-an-accessory


Kay Smith et al: Arms and armour in Shropshire Museums

http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html


Online book


David Ramsay: The Life of George Washington: Commander in Chief of the Armies of the United States of America

https://books.google.co.uk/books?id...AEIQDAE#v=onepage&q=george washington&f=false

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Popular Culture


Jousting for health

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...e-workout-fit-as-footballers-tennis-champions


And jousting for ladies

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p058hdfl


Jeremy Deller's human Somme memorial lives on http://theartnewspaper.com/news/in-the-frame/jeremy-deller-s-human-memorial-lives-on-/


Expert’sdiscuss the next series of Game of Thrones

http://mashable.com/2017/07/10/game...war-experts-economists-politics/#H0_yDii5iiqw


And GoT inspires new interesting in Viking and medieval artefacts

http://artdaily.com/news/97403/Game...king-jewelry-and-medieval-relics#.WWXVGDFK19A


And fighting women…

http://theconversation.com/game-of-...hrust-of-warring-women-through-the-ages-80336


Historians and TV

https://news.northeastern.edu/2017/07/when-tv-and-professors-research-interests-align/



Events


Conferences


17-18 July 2017 Cody Firearms Museum, Buffalo Bill Center of the West Wyoming

Arsenals of History: Firearms and Museums in the 21st Century

https://centerofthewest.org/2017/03/29/registration-open-firearms-symposium/

http://www.ktvq.com/story/35585129/...arsenal-of-history-firearms-symposium-in-july


5-6 August 2017 Ticonderoga

Seminar on 18th-Century Artillery

http://www.fortticonderoga.org/education/workshop-seminars/artillery


September, Germany

ICOMAM

https://icomam-germany2017.de/


15-17 November 2017, Canterbury

Black Prince Conference

https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/


Calls for papers


The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use

Hindlip Hall, 14 October 2017

Contact Roger Emmerson for details: emmersonrw@aol.com



Websites and downloads


Le Musée de l'Artillerie Draguignan

http://musee.artillerie.asso.fr/


Bellfounders data base

http://bellfounders.net/


1066 etc wounds, murder in Byzantium & horrible deaths

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07...ry-death-anglo-scottish-combat-c-1296-c-1403/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/06/murder-byzantine-emperor/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/top-10-brutal-medieval-deaths/


Finally


This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Sandal Castle and the battle of Wakefield

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –14 July 2017


Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:

http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html

 

well, there go any plans I had for today........................on the up side (for youse guys), I will be too occupied reading all of these links, AND the links the links link to, to be available for posting on threads on Antiquers.................

Thank you Mr. Arsenal.............

 

Hi,
Now the hell with dusting and cleaning it is time to read. My day will be wasted by filling my mind with wonderful things.
greg

 

Oh, Greg - there are some wonderful "wandering off" links on some pages..............so many that I have had to create a folder to put all of the bookmarks in................................

 

Always enlightening.

Thank you for continuing to post this.