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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 303854, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 282</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>An ancient helmet found under the sea, the usual round up of gruesomelykilled skeletons, cannons in Thailand, the devilish courgette bomb and wrecks in Asian waters. In addition lots of conservation stories, and a selection of museums shops for Christmas. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Helmets from Punic Wars raised from seabed</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821064" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821064" rel="nofollow">https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821064</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>2,400-year-old horse and chariot pit unearthed in China</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm" rel="nofollow">http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Art of the Fling: Trebuchets & Onangers <a href="http://www.sentinelsource.com/parent_express/big_kids_teens/the-art-of-the-fling-trebuchets-onangers/article_8db08d06-bff3-11e7-a061-db8fc5de7ddc.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sentinelsource.com/parent_express/big_kids_teens/the-art-of-the-fling-trebuchets-onangers/article_8db08d06-bff3-11e7-a061-db8fc5de7ddc.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sentinelsource.com/parent_express/big_kids_teens/the-art-of-the-fling-trebuchets-onangers/article_8db08d06-bff3-11e7-a061-db8fc5de7ddc.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Temple of Mithrasreopens in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.londonmithraeum.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.londonmithraeum.com/" rel="nofollow">https://www.londonmithraeum.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Carving ofancientPictwarrior uncovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/rare-pictish-carving-of-big-nosed-warrior-found-near-perth-1-4602051" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/rare-pictish-carving-of-big-nosed-warrior-found-near-perth-1-4602051" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/rare-pictish-carving-of-big-nosed-warrior-found-near-perth-1-4602051</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battles, towers and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron Age fort needs help</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmouth-needs-your-help-1-5260692" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmouth-needs-your-help-1-5260692" rel="nofollow">http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmouth-needs-your-help-1-5260692</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine finds from Bulgarian fortress</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracelet-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracelet-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracelet-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Importance of cows and horses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-taming-cows-and-horses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-taming-cows-and-horses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-taming-cows-and-horses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17th century ring of keeper of hawks found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Violent death in Mercia- skeleton in Hereford cathedral</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/" rel="nofollow">http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Death by sword in medieval Denmark- a fascinating story</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://journals.scholarsportal.info/pdf/23530707/v23i0001/13_tdoamdacobti.xml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://journals.scholarsportal.info/pdf/23530707/v23i0001/13_tdoamdacobti.xml" rel="nofollow">https://journals.scholarsportal.info/pdf/23530707/v23i0001/13_tdoamdacobti.xml</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Jamestown’s early colonists</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/experts-have-uncovered-remains-at-americas-first-permanent-colony-but-whose-bones-are-they/2017/10/26/6ceaa0c4-b446-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4cb89fa51684" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/experts-have-uncovered-remains-at-americas-first-permanent-colony-but-whose-bones-are-they/2017/10/26/6ceaa0c4-b446-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4cb89fa51684" rel="nofollow">https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/experts-have-uncovered-remains-at-americas-first-permanent-colony-but-whose-bones-are-they/2017/10/26/6ceaa0c4-b446-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4cb89fa51684</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a Christmas book for the folks who like this section:</p><p><br /></p><p>Martin Smith:Mortal Wounds: The Human Skeleton as Evidence for Conflict in the Past</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mortal-Wounds-Hardback/p/13843" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mortal-Wounds-Hardback/p/13843" rel="nofollow">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mortal-Wounds-Hardback/p/13843</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another week, another stretch of the Great Wall of China found…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.magtheweekly.com/detail/699-ancient-gates-walls-excavated-in-china" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.magtheweekly.com/detail/699-ancient-gates-walls-excavated-in-china" rel="nofollow">http://www.magtheweekly.com/detail/699-ancient-gates-walls-excavated-in-china</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hoard of ancient coins found in Scotney castle…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/cache-of-antique-coins-found-in-drawer-at-scotney-castle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/cache-of-antique-coins-found-in-drawer-at-scotney-castle" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/cache-of-antique-coins-found-in-drawer-at-scotney-castle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Black Prince’s stained glass? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-114/feature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-114/feature/" rel="nofollow">http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-114/feature/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Walrus trade in the Middle Ages</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/walrus-ivory-history-trade-greenland-trade-networks-north-atlantic/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/walrus-ivory-history-trade-greenland-trade-networks-north-atlantic/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/walrus-ivory-history-trade-greenland-trade-networks-north-atlantic/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannon district of 18th century Istanbul</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/16/the-cannon-district-a-clash-of-cultures-in-istanbuls-tophane" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/16/the-cannon-district-a-clash-of-cultures-in-istanbuls-tophane" rel="nofollow">https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/16/the-cannon-district-a-clash-of-cultures-in-istanbuls-tophane</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thai Navy allowed to keep and exhibit 12 old cannons <a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331491" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331491" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331491</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1358815/revered-war-veteran-cannons-to-go-on-display" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1358815/revered-war-veteran-cannons-to-go-on-display" rel="nofollow">https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1358815/revered-war-veteran-cannons-to-go-on-display</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1816 Carron gun on a Broome EICo carriage in Pakistan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://dailytimes.com.pk/134467/forgotten-village-unsung-heroes/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://dailytimes.com.pk/134467/forgotten-village-unsung-heroes/" rel="nofollow">https://dailytimes.com.pk/134467/forgotten-village-unsung-heroes/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil war battlefields looking for protection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15632934.Field_which_played_a_major_role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15632934.Field_which_played_a_major_role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/" rel="nofollow">http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15632934.Field_which_played_a_major_role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI-era cannon refurbished, on display in Rochester park <a href="http://13wham.com/news/local/wwi-era-cannon-refurbished-on-display-in-rochester-park" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://13wham.com/news/local/wwi-era-cannon-refurbished-on-display-in-rochester-park" rel="nofollow">http://13wham.com/news/local/wwi-era-cannon-refurbished-on-display-in-rochester-park</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restored WWII cannon returning to Mokena on Veterans Day <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-mokena-cannon-restored-st-1107-20171108-story.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-mokena-cannon-restored-st-1107-20171108-story.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-mokena-cannon-restored-st-1107-20171108-story.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Triumphant return: WWII gun redeployed to McCormick Park <a href="https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/triumphant-return-wwii-gun-redeployed-to-mccormick-park/article_3b123d64-c503-11e7-a3ee-473923e56c03.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/triumphant-return-wwii-gun-redeployed-to-mccormick-park/article_3b123d64-c503-11e7-a3ee-473923e56c03.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/triumphant-return-wwii-gun-redeployed-to-mccormick-park/article_3b123d64-c503-11e7-a3ee-473923e56c03.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A glass of Neolithic vintage…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To wash down the meat our crocodile chef prepared earlier…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/ancient-animal-and-human-bone-cuts-could-be-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/ancient-animal-and-human-bone-cuts-could-be-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/ancient-animal-and-human-bone-cuts-could-be-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Sergeant Gray of Littlehampton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/public-help-solve-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-sgt-gray/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/public-help-solve-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-sgt-gray/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/public-help-solve-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-sgt-gray/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Forgotten soldiers of WWI</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bomb that was really a courgette/zucchini</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/germany-police-bomb-garden-courgette-zucchini" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/germany-police-bomb-garden-courgette-zucchini" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/germany-police-bomb-garden-courgette-zucchini</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Listing monuments</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/11/gravestone-london-children-first-world-war-bomb-grade-ii-listed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/11/gravestone-london-children-first-world-war-bomb-grade-ii-listed" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/11/gravestone-london-children-first-world-war-bomb-grade-ii-listed</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women and the Royal Navy in objects</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/eleven-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-women-and-the-royal-navy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/eleven-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-women-and-the-royal-navy/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/eleven-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-women-and-the-royal-navy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Search for Zheng He’s lost ship</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2118421/hunt-ming-dynasty-admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2118421/hunt-ming-dynasty-admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats" rel="nofollow">http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2118421/hunt-ming-dynasty-admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the French 16th century wreck off Cape Canaveral</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A lot riding on one cannon ball: San Francisco lost off Japan, 1609? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/w</a><a href="https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/more-bodies-found-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-aust/3263637/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/more-bodies-found-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-aust/3263637/" rel="nofollow">https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/more-bodies-found-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-aust/3263637/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the trail of VOC ship Aagtekerke, lost 1726</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa-day/elephant-tusk-found-off-the-abrolhos-islands-could-point-the-way-to-18th-century-dutch-ship-the-aagtekerke-ng-b88657357z" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thewest.com.au/news/wa-day/elephant-tusk-found-off-the-abrolhos-islands-could-point-the-way-to-18th-century-dutch-ship-the-aagtekerke-ng-b88657357z" rel="nofollow">https://thewest.com.au/news/wa-day/elephant-tusk-found-off-the-abrolhos-islands-could-point-the-way-to-18th-century-dutch-ship-the-aagtekerke-ng-b88657357z</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The fate of WW2 wrecks in Asia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Victoria and Albert Museum secures £15m endowment fund <a href="http://theartnewspaper.comnews/victoria-and-albert-museum-secures-pound15m-endowment-fund-with-donation-from-art-jameel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.comnews/victoria-and-albert-museum-secures-pound15m-endowment-fund-with-donation-from-art-jameel" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.comnews/victoria-and-albert-museum-secures-pound15m-endowment-fund-with-donation-from-art-jameel</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New plans for Cleveland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99959/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-releases-new-strategic-plan#.WfreVjGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99959/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-releases-new-strategic-plan#.WfreVjGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99959/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-releases-new-strategic-plan#.WfreVjGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Naqquar Khana (Trumpet House), Vijayapura museum of archaeology<a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/642512/delve-regal-past.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/642512/delve-regal-past.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/642512/delve-regal-past.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Get up close and personal with Van Eyck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99908/Major-enhancements-unveiled-on--Closer-To-Van-Eyck--web-application#.Wfg9iTGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99908/Major-enhancements-unveiled-on--Closer-To-Van-Eyck--web-application#.Wfg9iTGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99908/Major-enhancements-unveiled-on--Closer-To-Van-Eyck--web-application#.Wfg9iTGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visithistoric properties from the comfort of your own arm chair</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/07/english-heritage-joins-the-digital-age-with-new-google-partnership" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/07/english-heritage-joins-the-digital-age-with-new-google-partnership" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/07/english-heritage-joins-the-digital-age-with-new-google-partnership</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Give the museums cash</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2017/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-museums-review-wheres-the-cash" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2017/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-museums-review-wheres-the-cash" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2017/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-museums-review-wheres-the-cash</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How ballistics entrapped a criminal antiques firearms dealer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-ballistics-traced-gang-guns-back-to-antique-arms-dealer-paul-edmunds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-ballistics-traced-gang-guns-back-to-antique-arms-dealer-paul-edmunds" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-ballistics-traced-gang-guns-back-to-antique-arms-dealer-paul-edmunds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning Vermeer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100084/Gem-auml-ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-to-restore-Johannes-Vermeer-s--Girl-Reading-a-Letter-at-an-Open-Window-#.WgLJSDGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100084/Gem-auml-ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-to-restore-Johannes-Vermeer-s--Girl-Reading-a-Letter-at-an-Open-Window-#.WgLJSDGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100084/Gem-auml-ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-to-restore-Johannes-Vermeer-s--Girl-Reading-a-Letter-at-an-Open-Window-#.WgLJSDGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reproduction armour displayed in Smolensk</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://stopru.org/in-smolensk-the-exhibition-visitors-of-the-armor-will-be-immersed-in-the-middle-ages/4564" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stopru.org/in-smolensk-the-exhibition-visitors-of-the-armor-will-be-immersed-in-the-middle-ages/4564" rel="nofollow">https://stopru.org/in-smolensk-the-exhibition-visitors-of-the-armor-will-be-immersed-in-the-middle-ages/4564</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving Florentine frescos</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99979/Friends-of-Florence-completes-major-restoration-of-Renaissance-frescoes-at-Basilica-of-the-Santissima-Annunziata#.WfwyzzGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99979/Friends-of-Florence-completes-major-restoration-of-Renaissance-frescoes-at-Basilica-of-the-Santissima-Annunziata#.WfwyzzGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99979/Friends-of-Florence-completes-major-restoration-of-Renaissance-frescoes-at-Basilica-of-the-Santissima-Annunziata#.WfwyzzGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching Caravaggio</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/galleria-borghese-launches-caravaggio-research-centre-with-a-little-help-from-fendi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/galleria-borghese-launches-caravaggio-research-centre-with-a-little-help-from-fendi" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/galleria-borghese-launches-caravaggio-research-centre-with-a-little-help-from-fendi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Behind the scenes at the Met’sCostume Institute</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/behind-the-seams-at-the-mets-costume-institute" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/behind-the-seams-at-the-mets-costume-institute" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/behind-the-seams-at-the-mets-costume-institute</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on conservation projects at Cosford RAF museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/rebuilding-wwii-aircraft-inside-raf-museum-cosfords-conservation-centre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/rebuilding-wwii-aircraft-inside-raf-museum-cosfords-conservation-centre/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/rebuilding-wwii-aircraft-inside-raf-museum-cosfords-conservation-centre/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lost portrait of Nelson found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100227/Lost-portrait-of-Nelson-discovered-by-Philip-Mould---Co-#.WglfwTGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100227/Lost-portrait-of-Nelson-discovered-by-Philip-Mould---Co-#.WglfwTGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100227/Lost-portrait-of-Nelson-discovered-by-Philip-Mould---Co-#.WglfwTGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ClarkArt Institute buys portrait of the son of a French hero – with sword!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100247/Clark-Art-Institute-acquires-early-nineteenth-century-French-portrait#.WgqwxjGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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href="http://artdaily.com/news/100112/New-display-at-the-British-Museum-examines-the-relationship-between-conflict-and-art-#.WgQahTGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100112/New-display-at-the-British-Museum-examines-the-relationship-between-conflict-and-art-#.WgQahTGDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100112/New-display-at-the-British-Museum-examines-the-relationship-between-conflict-and-art-#.WgQahTGDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI in Rotherham</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100194/WW1-Masterpiece-lent-to-Rotherham-Museum-for-Armistice-Day-and-the-final-centenary-year-of-the-war#.WggOvTGDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100194/WW1-Masterpiece-lent-to-Rotherham-Museum-for-Armistice-Day-and-the-final-centenary-year-of-the-war#.WggOvTGDN9A" 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class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/exhiSpecialTheme/view/specialGallery?exhiSpThemId=174666&listType=gallery" rel="nofollow">http://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/exhiSpecialTheme/view/specialGallery?exhiSpThemId=174666&listType=gallery</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://english.donga.com/List/3/08/26/1122673/1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.donga.com/List/3/08/26/1122673/1" rel="nofollow">http://english.donga.com/List/3/08/26/1122673/1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Matthias Pfaffenbichler: Turnier- 1000 Jahre Ritterspiele</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash</a><a href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000028596-1539-0&cHash=90a1f7a92d392df7a02a056fb217c0bf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000028596-1539-0&cHash=90a1f7a92d392df7a02a056fb217c0bf" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop[showItem]=100000000028596-1539-0&cHash=90a1f7a92d392df7a02a056fb217c0bf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: The Cavalry Lance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-cavalry-lance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-cavalry-lance" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-cavalry-lance</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Historic England: Portsmouth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-portsmouth" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-portsmouth" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-port</a><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/samurai-armour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/samurai-armour" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/samurai-armour</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thomas Hippler: Governing from the Skies; A Global History of Aerial Bombing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2261-governing-from-the-skies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2261-governing-from-the-skies" rel="nofollow">https://www.versobooks.com/books/2261-governing-from-the-skies</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anna Feigenbaum : Tear Gas; From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas" rel="nofollow">https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ken Trotman’s latest</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentrotman.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentrotman.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentrotman.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Basiliscoe Press</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A reassessment of the flying field Conservation Area</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15868&ru=%2fResults.aspx%3fp%3d1%26n%3d10%26rn%3d74%26ry%3d2017%26ns%3d1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15868&ru=%2fResults.aspx%3fp%3d1%26n%3d10%26rn%3d74%26ry%3d2017%26ns%3d1" rel="nofollow">http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15868&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&rn=74&ry=2017&ns=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British Journal for Military History</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index" rel="nofollow">http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Guy Fawkes’s legacy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/nov/03/gunpowder-plots-how-guy-fawkes-ignited-an-explosive-literary-tradition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/nov/03/gunpowder-plots-how-guy-fawkes-ignited-an-explosive-literary-tradition" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/nov/03/gunpowder-plots-how-guy-fawkes-ignited-an-explosive-literary-tradition</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Designing costumes and armour for Bollywood</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/padmavati-style-files-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoor-warrior-armours-designs-4909554/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/padmavati-style-files-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoor-warrior-armours-designs-4909554/" rel="nofollow">http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/padmavati-style-files-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoor-warrior-armours-designs-4909554/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And for a wonder woman, too</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nerdist.com/wonder-woman-medieval-armor-costume/#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nerdist.com/wonder-woman-medieval-armor-costume/#" rel="nofollow">https://nerdist.com/wonder-woman-medieval-armor-costume/#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas fair Denmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas market Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////mittelalterlicher-adventmarkt-2017-1.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////mittelalterlicher-adventmarkt-2017-1.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////mittelalterlicher-adventmarkt-2017-1.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Chelsea</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on" rel="nofollow">https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Spain</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.patrimonionacional.es/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.patrimonionacional.es/" rel="nofollow">http://www.patrimonionacional.es/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>29 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge</p><p><br /></p><p>Antique Arms and Armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24230/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24230/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24230/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24879/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24879/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24879/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge</p><p><br /></p><p>Modern Sporting Guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24228/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24228/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24228/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6 December 2017- London </p><p><br /></p><p>Arms, armour and militaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thomasdelmar.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thomasdelmar.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tøjhusmuseet</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vasa Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vasamuseet.se/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vasamuseet.se/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.vasamuseet.se/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Jousting, Dover castle fighting huns & Trial by combat</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/persistence-warrior-tradition-last-years-middle-ages-example-pas-darmes-burgundy-duke-charles-bold/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/persistence-warrior-tradition-last-years-middle-ages-example-pas-darmes-burgundy-duke-charles-bold/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/persistence-warrior-tradition-last-years-middle-ages-example-pas-darmes-burgundy-duke-charles-bold/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/henry-ii-thomas-becket-building-dover-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" 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href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/accessories.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/accessories.html" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/accessories.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.nms.ac.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.nms.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://shop.nms.ac.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://store.metmuseum.org/?utm_source=mainmuseum&utm_medium=metmuseum.org&utm_campaign=topnav+static&utm_term=100517&utm_content=topnav+static+shopall" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.metmuseum.org/?utm_source=mainmuseum&utm_medium=metmuseum.org&utm_campaign=topnav+static&utm_term=100517&utm_content=topnav+static+shopall" rel="nofollow">https://store.metmuseum.org/?utm_source=mainmuseum&utm_medium=metmuseum.org&utm_campaign=topnav+static&utm_term=100517&utm_content=topnav+static+shopall</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/" rel="nofollow">http://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.khm.at/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/outlander" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/outlander" rel="nofollow">https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/outlander</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/shop/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/shop/" rel="nofollow">https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/shop/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.maryroseshop.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.maryroseshop.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.maryroseshop.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted pictures of Kings Lynn</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –18 November 2017</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>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:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 303854, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 282 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community An ancient helmet found under the sea, the usual round up of gruesomelykilled skeletons, cannons in Thailand, the devilish courgette bomb and wrecks in Asian waters. In addition lots of conservation stories, and a selection of museums shops for Christmas. Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms Helmets from Punic Wars raised from seabed [URL]https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821064[/URL] 2,400-year-old horse and chariot pit unearthed in China [URL]http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm[/URL] The Art of the Fling: Trebuchets & Onangers [URL]http://www.sentinelsource.com/parent_express/big_kids_teens/the-art-of-the-fling-trebuchets-onangers/article_8db08d06-bff3-11e7-a061-db8fc5de7ddc.html[/URL] Temple of Mithrasreopens in London [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/08/reconstructed-roman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq[/URL] [URL]https://www.londonmithraeum.com/[/URL] Carving ofancientPictwarrior uncovered [URL]http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/rare-pictish-carving-of-big-nosed-warrior-found-near-perth-1-4602051[/URL] Battles, towers and forts Iron Age fort needs help [URL]http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmouth-needs-your-help-1-5260692[/URL] Byzantine finds from Bulgarian fortress [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/09/1000-year-old-childs-bracelet-virgin-mary-stamp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Importance of cows and horses [URL]http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-taming-cows-and-horses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world[/URL] 17th century ring of keeper of hawks found [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074[/URL] Grave stories Violent death in Mercia- skeleton in Hereford cathedral [URL]http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/15651904.Skeleton_found_at_cathedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/[/URL] Death by sword in medieval Denmark- a fascinating story [URL]https://journals.scholarsportal.info/pdf/23530707/v23i0001/13_tdoamdacobti.xml[/URL] Investigating Jamestown’s early colonists [URL]https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/experts-have-uncovered-remains-at-americas-first-permanent-colony-but-whose-bones-are-they/2017/10/26/6ceaa0c4-b446-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4cb89fa51684[/URL] And a Christmas book for the folks who like this section: Martin Smith:Mortal Wounds: The Human Skeleton as Evidence for Conflict in the Past [URL]https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mortal-Wounds-Hardback/p/13843[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Another week, another stretch of the Great Wall of China found… [URL]http://www.magtheweekly.com/detail/699-ancient-gates-walls-excavated-in-china[/URL] Hoard of ancient coins found in Scotney castle… [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/03/cache-of-antique-coins-found-in-drawer-at-scotney-castle[/URL] Black Prince’s stained glass? [URL]http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-114/feature/[/URL] Walrus trade in the Middle Ages [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/walrus-ivory-history-trade-greenland-trade-networks-north-atlantic/[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Cannon district of 18th century Istanbul [URL]https://www.dailysabah.com/history/2017/11/16/the-cannon-district-a-clash-of-cultures-in-istanbuls-tophane[/URL] Thai Navy allowed to keep and exhibit 12 old cannons [URL]http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331491[/URL] [URL]https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1358815/revered-war-veteran-cannons-to-go-on-display[/URL] 1816 Carron gun on a Broome EICo carriage in Pakistan [URL]https://dailytimes.com.pk/134467/forgotten-village-unsung-heroes/[/URL] Civil war battlefields looking for protection [URL]http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk/news/15632934.Field_which_played_a_major_role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/[/URL] WWI-era cannon refurbished, on display in Rochester park [URL]http://13wham.com/news/local/wwi-era-cannon-refurbished-on-display-in-rochester-park[/URL] Restored WWII cannon returning to Mokena on Veterans Day [URL]http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-mokena-cannon-restored-st-1107-20171108-story.html[/URL] Triumphant return: WWII gun redeployed to McCormick Park [URL]https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news_paid/triumphant-return-wwii-gun-redeployed-to-mccormick-park/article_3b123d64-c503-11e7-a3ee-473923e56c03.html[/URL] Café Basiliscoe A glass of Neolithic vintage… [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080[/URL] To wash down the meat our crocodile chef prepared earlier… [URL]http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/ancient-animal-and-human-bone-cuts-could-be-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers[/URL] Into the 20th century Update on Sergeant Gray of Littlehampton [URL]http://museumcrush.org/public-help-solve-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-sgt-gray/[/URL] Forgotten soldiers of WWI [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/forgotten-muslim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war[/URL] Bomb that was really a courgette/zucchini [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/germany-police-bomb-garden-courgette-zucchini[/URL] Listing monuments [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/11/gravestone-london-children-first-world-war-bomb-grade-ii-listed[/URL] Nautical news Women and the Royal Navy in objects [URL]http://museumcrush.org/eleven-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-women-and-the-royal-navy/[/URL] Search for Zheng He’s lost ship [URL]http://www.scmp.com/news/china/society/article/2118421/hunt-ming-dynasty-admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats[/URL] Update on the French 16th century wreck off Cape Canaveral [URL]https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html[/URL] A lot riding on one cannon ball: San Francisco lost off Japan, 1609? [URL='http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080']http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/w[/URL][URL]https://www.themorningbulletin.com.au/news/more-bodies-found-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-aust/3263637/[/URL] On the trail of VOC ship Aagtekerke, lost 1726 [URL]https://thewest.com.au/news/wa-day/elephant-tusk-found-off-the-abrolhos-islands-could-point-the-way-to-18th-century-dutch-ship-the-aagtekerke-ng-b88657357z[/URL] The fate of WW2 wrecks in Asia [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2017/nov/03/worlds-biggest-grave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Victoria and Albert Museum secures £15m endowment fund [URL]http://theartnewspaper.comnews/victoria-and-albert-museum-secures-pound15m-endowment-fund-with-donation-from-art-jameel[/URL] New plans for Cleveland [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99959/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-releases-new-strategic-plan#.WfreVjGDN9A[/URL] Naqquar Khana (Trumpet House), Vijayapura museum of archaeology[URL]http://www.deccanherald.com/content/642512/delve-regal-past.html[/URL] Museum developments Get up close and personal with Van Eyck [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99908/Major-enhancements-unveiled-on--Closer-To-Van-Eyck--web-application#.Wfg9iTGDN9A[/URL] Visithistoric properties from the comfort of your own arm chair [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/nov/07/english-heritage-joins-the-digital-age-with-new-google-partnership[/URL] Museum musings Give the museums cash [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/commentisfree/2017/nov/14/the-guardian-view-on-the-museums-review-wheres-the-cash[/URL] How ballistics entrapped a criminal antiques firearms dealer [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/14/how-ballistics-traced-gang-guns-back-to-antique-arms-dealer-paul-edmunds[/URL] Conservation corner Cleaning Vermeer [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100084/Gem-auml-ldegalerie-Alte-Meister-to-restore-Johannes-Vermeer-s--Girl-Reading-a-Letter-at-an-Open-Window-#.WgLJSDGDN9A[/URL] Reproduction armour displayed in Smolensk [URL]https://stopru.org/in-smolensk-the-exhibition-visitors-of-the-armor-will-be-immersed-in-the-middle-ages/4564[/URL] Conserving Florentine frescos [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99979/Friends-of-Florence-completes-major-restoration-of-Renaissance-frescoes-at-Basilica-of-the-Santissima-Annunziata#.WfwyzzGDN9A[/URL] Researching Caravaggio [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/galleria-borghese-launches-caravaggio-research-centre-with-a-little-help-from-fendi[/URL] Behind the scenes at the Met’sCostume Institute [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/behind-the-seams-at-the-mets-costume-institute[/URL] Update on conservation projects at Cosford RAF museum [URL]http://museumcrush.org/rebuilding-wwii-aircraft-inside-raf-museum-cosfords-conservation-centre/[/URL] Objects Lost portrait of Nelson found [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100227/Lost-portrait-of-Nelson-discovered-by-Philip-Mould---Co-#.WglfwTGDN9A[/URL] ClarkArt Institute buys portrait of the son of a French hero – with sword! [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100247/Clark-Art-Institute-acquires-early-nineteenth-century-French-portrait#.WgqwxjGDN9A[/URL] Lloyds patriotic fund sword [URL]https://blog.royalarmouries.org/2017/11/01/object-of-the-month-for-november-james-edward-bowens-lloyds-patriotic-fund-sword/[/URL] Exhibitions Conflict in ancient art at London [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100112/New-display-at-the-British-Museum-examines-the-relationship-between-conflict-and-art-#.WgQahTGDN9A[/URL] WWI in Rotherham [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100194/WW1-Masterpiece-lent-to-Rotherham-Museum-for-Armistice-Day-and-the-final-centenary-year-of-the-war#.WggOvTGDN9A[/URL] Vikings in Toronto [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100029/The-largest-collection-of-Viking-artifacts-on-display-in-North-America-comes-to-the-Royal-Ontario-Museum#.Wf7ezjGDN9A[/URL] Weapons in the National Museum of Korea [URL]http://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/exhiSpecialTheme/view/specialGallery?exhiSpThemId=174666&listType=gallery[/URL] [URL]http://english.donga.com/List/3/08/26/1122673/1[/URL] Books Matthias Pfaffenbichler: Turnier- 1000 Jahre Ritterspiele [URL='https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash=ab22cf3372c84de18289d459592383ac']https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHash[/URL][URL]https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000028596-1539-0&cHash=90a1f7a92d392df7a02a056fb217c0bf[/URL] Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: The Cavalry Lance [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-cavalry-lance[/URL] Historic England: Portsmouth [URL='https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-portsmouth']https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-port[/URL][URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/samurai-armour[/URL] Thomas Hippler: Governing from the Skies; A Global History of Aerial Bombing [URL]https://www.versobooks.com/books/2261-governing-from-the-skies[/URL] Anna Feigenbaum : Tear Gas; From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today [URL]https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas[/URL] Ken Trotman’s latest [URL]http://www.kentrotman.com/[/URL] Basiliscoe Press [URL]http://basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/URL] Online Books Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A reassessment of the flying field Conservation Area [URL]http://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=15868&ru=%2fResults.aspx%3fp%3d1%26n%3d10%26rn%3d74%26ry%3d2017%26ns%3d1[/URL] British Journal for Military History [URL]http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index[/URL] Popular culture Guy Fawkes’s legacy [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2017/nov/03/gunpowder-plots-how-guy-fawkes-ignited-an-explosive-literary-tradition[/URL] Designing costumes and armour for Bollywood [URL]http://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/fashion/padmavati-style-files-ranveer-singh-shahid-kapoor-warrior-armours-designs-4909554/[/URL] And for a wonder woman, too [URL]https://nerdist.com/wonder-woman-medieval-armor-costume/#[/URL] Events Diary Dates Christmas fair Denmark [URL]https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en[/URL] Christmas market Vienna [URL]http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/veranstaltungskalender/detail/show/Event////mittelalterlicher-adventmarkt-2017-1.html[/URL] Events in Chelsea [URL]https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on[/URL] Events in Spain [URL]http://www.patrimonionacional.es/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions 29 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge Antique Arms and Armour [URL]http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24230/[/URL] [URL]http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24879/[/URL] 30 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge Modern Sporting Guns [URL]http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24228/[/URL] 6 December 2017- London Arms, armour and militaria [URL]http://www.thomasdelmar.com/[/URL] Websites and downloads Tøjhusmuseet [URL]http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/[/URL] Vasa Museum [URL]https://www.vasamuseet.se/en[/URL] 1066 etc: Jousting, Dover castle fighting huns & Trial by combat [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/persistence-warrior-tradition-last-years-middle-ages-example-pas-darmes-burgundy-duke-charles-bold/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/henry-ii-thomas-becket-building-dover-castle/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/hunnic-warfare-fourth-fifth-centuries-c-e/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/trial-combat-bloody-business-justice/[/URL] Focus on Christmas shopping [URL]https://shop.royalarmouries.org/accessories.html[/URL] [URL]https://shop.nms.ac.uk/[/URL] [URL]https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/[/URL] [URL]https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/[/URL] [URL]https://store.metmuseum.org/?utm_source=mainmuseum&utm_medium=metmuseum.org&utm_campaign=topnav+static&utm_term=100517&utm_content=topnav+static+shopall[/URL] [URL]http://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/[/URL] [URL]https://shop.khm.at/en[/URL] [URL]https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/outlander[/URL] [URL]https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/shop/[/URL] [URL]http://www.maryroseshop.org/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted pictures of Kings Lynn [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –18 November 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: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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