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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 308594, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 283</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A new site for Caesar’s invasion of Britain, what Gorm the Old looked like, odd finds in the latest gun amnesty, forts and museums in India, and a fortress under a Turkish lake. Plus the second part of the Christmas shopping; if you’re having trouble choosing, why not adopt a wrought-iron breechloader in Norwich instead? </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms, battles, and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish warriors depicted on vase</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/14/actualidad/1510672886_222840.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/14/actualidad/1510672886_222840.html" rel="nofollow">https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/14/actualidad/1510672886_222840.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Thracian fortress damaged</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bulgarian fortress damaged</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3000 year old fortress found under Turkish lake</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/61038-real-story-of-ancient-underwater-castle.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/61038-real-story-of-ancient-underwater-castle.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/61038-real-story-of-ancient-underwater-castle.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating Sardis</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-11-22/all-glitters-uncovering-sardis-ancient-city-gold" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-11-22/all-glitters-uncovering-sardis-ancient-city-gold" rel="nofollow">https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-11-22/all-glitters-uncovering-sardis-ancient-city-gold</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron Age sword among finds from Leicestershire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-sword-incredible-items-discovered-837742" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-sword-incredible-items-discovered-837742" rel="nofollow">http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-sword-incredible-items-discovered-837742</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pegwell Bay - where Caesar landed?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Viking camp at Repton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-viking-camp-870s-village-repton-104659235.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-viking-camp-870s-village-repton-104659235.html" rel="nofollow">https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-viking-camp-870s-village-repton-104659235.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prehistoric dogs on a leash</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What did the Romans do for us? Bring us camels apparently….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/#7248780923f8t" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/#7248780923f8t" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/#7248780923f8t</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whales came to a sticky end in 19th century Orkney</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-whale-bone-mystery-beached-shore-718919?piano_t=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-whale-bone-mystery-beached-shore-718919?piano_t=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-whale-bone-mystery-beached-shore-718919?piano_t=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Yetis turn out to be bears after all</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/29/dna-sampling-exposes-nine-yeti-specimens-as-eight-bears-and-a-dog" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/29/dna-sampling-exposes-nine-yeti-specimens-as-eight-bears-and-a-dog" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/29/dna-sampling-exposes-nine-yeti-specimens-as-eight-bears-and-a-dog</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gorm the Old gets the makeover treatment- spoiler- not a looker…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/denmark%E2%80%99s-first-viking-king-printed-3d" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/denmark%E2%80%99s-first-viking-king-printed-3d" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/denmark’s-first-viking-king-printed-3d</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Massacrecave in Scotland- skeleton investigated <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-archaeologists-identify-mysterious-bones-discovered-massacre-cave-708283" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-archaeologists-identify-mysterious-bones-discovered-massacre-cave-708283" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-archaeologists-identify-mysterious-bones-discovered-massacre-cave-708283</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating a medieval fortress in Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/26/medieval-fortress-wall-ladys-ring-crystal-discovered-rescue-digs-bulgarias-asenovgrad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/26/medieval-fortress-wall-ladys-ring-crystal-discovered-rescue-digs-bulgarias-asenovgrad/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/26/medieval-fortress-wall-ladys-ring-crystal-discovered-rescue-digs-bulgarias-asenovgrad/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Couldn’t see the castle for the trees in Northern Ireland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019714" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019714" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019714</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the castle of the Golden Horde, Crimea</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://tass.com/society/975401" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://tass.com/society/975401" rel="nofollow">http://tass.com/society/975401</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Southampton’s walls to receive major funding</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42111398" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42111398" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42111398</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gunloops, cannons and things that go bang</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the excavations at Hull’s citadel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/highlighting-hulls-tudor-history.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/highlighting-hulls-tudor-history.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/highlighting-hulls-tudor-history.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Goa’s fortifications in need of repair</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Cabo-de-Rama-lies-neglected-seeks-immediate-government-attention-/123166.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Cabo-de-Rama-lies-neglected-seeks-immediate-government-attention-/123166.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Cabo-de-Rama-lies-neglected-seeks-immediate-government-attention-/123166.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting Fort and Battle of Sitabuldee</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/battle-of-sitabuldee-a-group-travels-200-yrs-back-in-time-at-sitabuldi-fort/articleshow/61811264.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/battle-of-sitabuldee-a-group-travels-200-yrs-back-in-time-at-sitabuldi-fort/articleshow/61811264.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/battle-of-sitabuldee-a-group-travels-200-yrs-back-in-time-at-sitabuldi-fort/articleshow/61811264.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What makes Ahmedabad special as a world heritage city</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/What-makes-Ahmedabad-special-as-a-world-heritage-city/articleshow/61705596.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/What-makes-Ahmedabad-special-as-a-world-heritage-city/articleshow/61705596.cms" rel="nofollow">http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/What-makes-Ahmedabad-special-as-a-world-heritage-city/articleshow/61705596.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researching two civil war cannons in Illinois</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/11/22/schrader-2-cemetery-cannons-date-back-to-the-civil-war/ahx1wzy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/11/22/schrader-2-cemetery-cannons-date-back-to-the-civil-war/ahx1wzy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/11/22/schrader-2-cemetery-cannons-date-back-to-the-civil-war/ahx1wzy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chile’s saltpetre works on endangered list</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/10-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-danger-of-disappearing/89686" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/10-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-danger-of-disappearing/89686" rel="nofollow">https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/10-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-danger-of-disappearing/89686</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Publicizing your joust the medieval way</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/come-one-come-medieval-tournament-announcements/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/come-one-come-medieval-tournament-announcements/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/come-one-come-medieval-tournament-announcements/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Who’s behind the armour?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-members-armored-combat-league-new-york-chapter-gallery-1.3657003" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-members-armored-combat-league-new-york-chapter-gallery-1.3657003" rel="nofollow">http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-members-armored-combat-league-new-york-chapter-gallery-1.3657003</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ever wanted to dress up and fight like a Samurai? Now’s your chance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711230007.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711230007.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711230007.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron Age stew</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100594/Unique-metal-artefacts-from-Iron-Age-settlement-shed-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting#.Wh7C2-SDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100594/Unique-metal-artefacts-from-Iron-Age-settlement-shed-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting#.Wh7C2-SDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100594/Unique-metal-artefacts-from-Iron-Age-settlement-shed-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting#.Wh7C2-SDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With extra aubergine…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-was-for-dinner-in-jerusalem-1100-years-ago-a-massive-refuse-pit-tells-us/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-was-for-dinner-in-jerusalem-1100-years-ago-a-massive-refuse-pit-tells-us/" rel="nofollow">https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-was-for-dinner-in-jerusalem-1100-years-ago-a-massive-refuse-pit-tells-us/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women in trousers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/women-wearing-the-trousers-the-archive-celebrating-women-taking-strides-across-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/women-wearing-the-trousers-the-archive-celebrating-women-taking-strides-across-history/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/women-wearing-the-trousers-the-archive-celebrating-women-taking-strides-across-history/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Building boats in Viking Skye</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15677584.The_Skye_Boat_Yard__historic_Viking_site_over_the_sea_is__saved/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15677584.The_Skye_Boat_Yard__historic_Viking_site_over_the_sea_is__saved/" rel="nofollow">http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15677584.The_Skye_Boat_Yard__historic_Viking_site_over_the_sea_is__saved/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Batavia graves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2017112310154/research/batavias-mysteries-unfold-discovery-mass-grave" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2017112310154/research/batavias-mysteries-unfold-discovery-mass-grave" rel="nofollow">http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2017112310154/research/batavias-mysteries-unfold-discovery-mass-grave</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMS Invincible shipwreck artefacts to go on show <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42152214" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42152214" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42152214</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about the Revolutionary War wreck off St. Augustine <a href="http://jacksonville.com/metro/news/2017-11-22/revolutionary-war-wreck-st-augustine-brings-era-life#.WhldlxQzOWU.twitter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://jacksonville.com/metro/news/2017-11-22/revolutionary-war-wreck-st-augustine-brings-era-life#.WhldlxQzOWU.twitter" rel="nofollow">http://jacksonville.com/metro/news/2017-11-22/revolutionary-war-wreck-st-augustine-brings-era-life#.WhldlxQzOWU.twitter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mapping Western Australia’s shipwrecks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html</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>Investigating British military collections</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://materialculture.nl/en/projects/baggage-and-belonging-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-1750-1900" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://materialculture.nl/en/projects/baggage-and-belonging-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-1750-1900" rel="nofollow">http://materialculture.nl/en/projects/baggage-and-belonging-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-1750-1900</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New Military Gallery at Manx Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/five-objects-from-manx-museums-new-military-history-gallery/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/five-objects-from-manx-museums-new-military-history-gallery/" rel="nofollow">http:</a><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/courtauld-sets-sights-on-50m-revamp-and-sends-art-on-tour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/courtauld-sets-sights-on-50m-revamp-and-sends-art-on-tour" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/courtauld-sets-sights-on-50m-revamp-and-sends-art-on-tour</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3D Pictish cave</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Modern conflict and current archaeology</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/is-conflict-damage-really-damage-archaeology-iran-iraq-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/is-conflict-damage-really-damage-archaeology-iran-iraq-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/is-conflict-damage-really-damage-archaeology-iran-iraq-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week in statues</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42051352" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42051352" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42051352</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Accelerating particles for art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100486/World-s-only-particle-accelerator-dedicated-to-art-revs-up-at-the-Louvre-in-Paris-#.WhhlO-SDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100486/World-s-only-particle-accelerator-dedicated-to-art-revs-up-at-the-Louvre-in-Paris-#.WhhlO-SDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100486/World-s-only-particle-accelerator-dedicated-to-art-revs-up-at-the-Louvre-in-Paris-#.WhhlO-SDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Norwich museum puts up medieval weapons for adoption</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich-castle-puts-more-historic-artefacts-forward-for-keep-adopting-scheme-1-5286217" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich-castle-puts-more-historic-artefacts-forward-for-keep-adopting-scheme-1-5286217" rel="nofollow">http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich-castle-puts-more-historic-artefacts-forward-for-keep-adopting-scheme-1-5286217</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest gun amnesty turns up some historic firearms</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://talkradio.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-nazi-pistols-handed-police-during-amnesty-west-country-17112121188" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://talkradio.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-nazi-pistols-handed-police-during-amnesty-west-country-17112121188" rel="nofollow">http://talkradio.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-nazi-pistols-handed-police-during-amnesty-west-country-17112121188</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/wartime-pistol-handed-into-police-135846/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/wartime-pistol-handed-into-police-135846/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/wartime-pistol-handed-into-police-135846/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/deadly-weapons-handed-bristol-police-806504" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/deadly-weapons-handed-bristol-police-806504" rel="nofollow">http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/deadly-weapons-handed-bristol-police-806504</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metro.news/clint-eastwood-film-prop-is-handed-in-to-police-during-gun-amnesty/837222/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metro.news/clint-eastwood-film-prop-is-handed-in-to-police-during-gun-amnesty/837222/" rel="nofollow">https://www.metro.news/clint-eastwood-film-prop-is-handed-in-to-police-during-gun-amnesty/837222/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>French engravings in 18th century India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/arts/how-objects-travel-across-continents/502365.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/arts/how-objects-travel-across-continents/502365.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/arts/how-objects-travel-across-continents/502365.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustrated medieval manuscripts in Oxford</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/how-english-graphics-muscled-their-way-into-medieval-manuscripts/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/how-english-graphics-muscled-their-way-into-medieval-manuscripts/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/how-english-graphics-muscled-their-way-into-medieval-manuscripts/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Watercolours from WWI in Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/artists-who-offered-a-different-perspective-on-the-first-world-war-1-8873601" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/artists-who-offered-a-different-perspective-on-the-first-world-war-1-8873601" rel="nofollow">https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/artists-who-offered-a-different-perspective-on-the-first-world-war-1-8873601</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medicine in wartime inAberdeen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/events/12294/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/events/12294/" rel="nofollow">https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/events/12294/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Galileo in Padua</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100591/Exhibition-offers-a-fascinating-journey-into-the-uniqueness-of-Galileo#.Wh0pduSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100591/Exhibition-offers-a-fascinating-journey-into-the-uniqueness-of-Galileo#.Wh0pduSDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100591/Exhibition-offers-a-fascinating-journey-into-the-uniqueness-of-Galileo#.Wh0pduSDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portuguese empire in Moscow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/vladyki-okeana-sokrovishcha-portugalskoy-imperii-xvi-xviii-vv/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/vladyki-okeana-sokrovishcha-portugalskoy-imperii-xvi-xviii-vv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/vladyki-okeana-sokrovishcha-portugalskoy-imperii-xvi-xviii-vv/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Martin Robson: The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual1941-1945<a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/preorder-next-month/the-lancaster-bomber-pocket-manual" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/preorder-next-month/the-lancaster-bomber-pocket-manual" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/preorder-next-month/the-lancaster-bomber-pocket-manual</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Myra D. Orth: Renaissance Manuscripts: the Sixteenth Century (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France), 2 vols, </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/review/histories-of-16th-century-french-art-have-overlooked-manuscript-illumination-until-now" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/review/histories-of-16th-century-french-art-have-overlooked-manuscript-illumination-until-now" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/review/histories-of-16th-century-french-art-have-overlooked-manuscript-illumination-until-now</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest Ken Trotman catalogue</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.kentro</a><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/online-publications?searchtype=T&Tag=Online%20publications" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/online-publications?searchtype=T&Tag=Online%20publications" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/online-publications?searchtype=T&Tag=Online publications</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Winston Churchill in America</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/darkest-hour-winston-churchill-gary-oldman" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/darkest-hour-winston-churchill-gary-oldman" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/darkest-hour-winston-churchill-gary-oldman</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The days when you were educated on the back of a cornflakes packet</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Cornflakes/1960s/Armour_Through_the_Ages/armour_through_the_ages.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Cornflakes/1960s/Armour_Through_the_Ages/armour_through_the_ages.html" rel="nofollow">http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Cornflakes/1960s/Armour_Through_the_Ages/armour_through_the_ages.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gaming and renaissance art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/new-game-allows-students-explore-art-15th-16th-century-florence/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/new-game-allows-students-explore-art-15th-16th-century-florence/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/new-game-allows-students-explore-art-15th-16th-century-florence/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gaming for rajahs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-27-raji-and-the-rise-of-indian-gamedev" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-27-raji-and-the-rise-of-indian-gamedev" rel="nofollow">http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-27-raji-and-the-rise-of-indian-gamedev</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook by Michael Brooks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/24/the-quantum-astrolgers-handbook-by-michael-brooks-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/24/the-quantum-astrolgers-handbook-by-michael-brooks-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/24/the-quantum-astrolgers-handbook-by-michael-bro</a><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/blog-des-actualites.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/blog-des-actualites.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/blog-des-actualites.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas in York</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/york-becomes-home-medieval-christmas-celebrations/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/york-becomes-home-medieval-christmas-celebrations/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/york-becomes-home-medieval-christmas-celebrations/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas in Denmark</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/</a></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>Sales, fairs and auctions</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>6-13 December - online </p><p><br /></p><p>Arts of the Samurai: the Dolphyn Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/arts-samurai-dolphyn-collection/lots/409" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/arts-samurai-dolphyn-collection/lots/409" rel="nofollow">https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/arts-samurai-dolphyn-collection/lots/409</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vasa website</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>Met blog on WWI</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2017/in-flanders-fields" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2017/in-flanders-fields" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2017/in-flanders-fields</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Irish castles, archery, sick crusaders, war in Mercia & Ankara</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/defensibility-irish-tower-houses/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/defensibility-irish-tower-houses/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/defensibility-irish-tower-houses/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/archery-preface-procopius-wars-figured-image-agonistic-authorship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/archery-preface-procopius-wars-figured-image-agonistic-authorship/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/archery-preface-procopius-wars-figured-image-agonistic-authorship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/experience-sickness-health-crusader-campaigns-eastern-mediterranean-1095-1274/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/experience-sickness-health-crusader-campaigns-eastern-mediterranean-1095-1274/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/experience-sickness-health-crusader-campaigns-eastern-mediterranean-1095-1274/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/war-mercia-942-943/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/war-mercia-942-943/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/war-mercia-942-943/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/multi-agent-simulation-battle-ankara-1402/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/multi-agent-simulation-battle-ankara-1402/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/multi-agent-simulation-battle-ankara-1402/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Focus on Christmas shopping</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumsbutikken.dk/default.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumsbutikken.dk/default.aspx" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumsbutikken.dk/default.aspx</a>?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores" rel="nofollow">https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://shop.rmg.co.uk/?_ga=2.175380898.1673568165.1511966897-2112632756.1511966897&_gac=1.216270370.1511966898.EAIaIQobChMIqPeTyoPk1wIVLLvtCh2X7QXUEAAYASAAEgLYbPD_BwE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://shop.rmg.co.uk/?_ga=2.175380898.1673568165.1511966897-2112632756.1511966897&_gac=1.216270370.1511966898.EAIaIQobChMIqPeTyoPk1wIVLLvtCh2X7QXUEAAYASAAEgLYbPD_BwE" rel="nofollow">http://shop.rmg.co.uk/?_ga=2.175380898.1673568165.1511966897-2112632756.1511966897&_gac=1.216270370.1511966898.EAIaIQobChMIqPeTyoPk1wIVLLvtCh2X7QXUEAAYASAAEgLYbPD_BwE</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/Shop/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/Shop/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/Shop/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bodleianshop.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bodleianshop.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bodleianshop.co.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historial.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historial.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.historial.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I shall be tweeting fantastic cannons for Christmas!</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 –1 December 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: 308594, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 283 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news A new site for Caesar’s invasion of Britain, what Gorm the Old looked like, odd finds in the latest gun amnesty, forts and museums in India, and a fortress under a Turkish lake. Plus the second part of the Christmas shopping; if you’re having trouble choosing, why not adopt a wrought-iron breechloader in Norwich instead? Ancient arms, battles, and forts Spanish warriors depicted on vase [URL]https://elpais.com/cultura/2017/11/14/actualidad/1510672886_222840.html[/URL] Thracian fortress damaged [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/[/URL] Bulgarian fortress damaged [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/21/archaeologists-find-ancient-thracian-fortress-near-bulgarias-burgas-bulldozed-treasure-hunter/[/URL] 3000 year old fortress found under Turkish lake [URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html[/URL] [URL]https://www.livescience.com/61038-real-story-of-ancient-underwater-castle.html[/URL] Excavating Sardis [URL]https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/just-in/2017-11-22/all-glitters-uncovering-sardis-ancient-city-gold[/URL] Iron Age sword among finds from Leicestershire [URL]http://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/ancient-sword-incredible-items-discovered-837742[/URL] Pegwell Bay - where Caesar landed? [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/nov/29/caesars-invasion-of-britain-began-from-pegwell-bay-in-kent-say-archaeologists[/URL] Update on Viking camp at Repton [URL]https://uk.news.yahoo.com/archaeologists-uncover-ancient-viking-camp-870s-village-repton-104659235.html[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Prehistoric dogs on a leash [URL]http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/these-may-be-world-s-first-images-dogs-and-they-re-wearing-leashes[/URL] What did the Romans do for us? Bring us camels apparently…. [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/11/17/were-there-camels-in-roman-britain-new-evidence-suggests-camels-were-common-across-the-empire/#7248780923f8t[/URL] Whales came to a sticky end in 19th century Orkney [URL]http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-whale-bone-mystery-beached-shore-718919?piano_t=1[/URL] Yetis turn out to be bears after all [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/29/dna-sampling-exposes-nine-yeti-specimens-as-eight-bears-and-a-dog[/URL] Grave stories Gorm the Old gets the makeover treatment- spoiler- not a looker… [URL]http://sciencenordic.com/denmark%E2%80%99s-first-viking-king-printed-3d[/URL] Massacrecave in Scotland- skeleton investigated [URL]http://www.newsweek.com/scotland-archaeologists-identify-mysterious-bones-discovered-massacre-cave-708283[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Excavating a medieval fortress in Bulgaria [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/11/26/medieval-fortress-wall-ladys-ring-crystal-discovered-rescue-digs-bulgarias-asenovgrad/[/URL] Couldn’t see the castle for the trees in Northern Ireland [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-42019714[/URL] Investigating the castle of the Golden Horde, Crimea [URL]http://tass.com/society/975401[/URL] Southampton’s walls to receive major funding [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42111398[/URL] Gunloops, cannons and things that go bang Update on the excavations at Hull’s citadel [URL]https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/highlighting-hulls-tudor-history.htm[/URL] Goa’s fortifications in need of repair [URL]https://www.heraldgoa.in/Goa/Citizen-Herald/Cabo-de-Rama-lies-neglected-seeks-immediate-government-attention-/123166.html[/URL] Visiting Fort and Battle of Sitabuldee [URL]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/battle-of-sitabuldee-a-group-travels-200-yrs-back-in-time-at-sitabuldi-fort/articleshow/61811264.cms[/URL] What makes Ahmedabad special as a world heritage city [URL]http://ahmedabadmirror.indiatimes.com/others/sunday-read/What-makes-Ahmedabad-special-as-a-world-heritage-city/articleshow/61705596.cms[/URL] Researching two civil war cannons in Illinois [URL]http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/11/22/schrader-2-cemetery-cannons-date-back-to-the-civil-war/ahx1wzy/[/URL] Chile’s saltpetre works on endangered list [URL]https://www.theweathernetwork.com/us/news/articles/10-unesco-world-heritage-sites-in-danger-of-disappearing/89686[/URL] Living in the past Publicizing your joust the medieval way [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/come-one-come-medieval-tournament-announcements/[/URL] Who’s behind the armour? [URL]http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/meet-members-armored-combat-league-new-york-chapter-gallery-1.3657003[/URL] Ever wanted to dress up and fight like a Samurai? Now’s your chance [URL]http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201711230007.html[/URL] Café Basiliscoe Iron Age stew [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100594/Unique-metal-artefacts-from-Iron-Age-settlement-shed-new-light-on-prehistoric-feasting#.Wh7C2-SDN9A[/URL] With extra aubergine… [URL]https://www.timesofisrael.com/what-was-for-dinner-in-jerusalem-1100-years-ago-a-massive-refuse-pit-tells-us/[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Women in trousers [URL]http://museumcrush.org/women-wearing-the-trousers-the-archive-celebrating-women-taking-strides-across-history/[/URL] Nautical news Building boats in Viking Skye [URL]http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/15677584.The_Skye_Boat_Yard__historic_Viking_site_over_the_sea_is__saved/[/URL] Update on the Batavia graves [URL]http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/2017112310154/research/batavias-mysteries-unfold-discovery-mass-grave[/URL] HMS Invincible shipwreck artefacts to go on show [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-42152214[/URL] Piece about the Revolutionary War wreck off St. Augustine [URL]http://jacksonville.com/metro/news/2017-11-22/revolutionary-war-wreck-st-augustine-brings-era-life#.WhldlxQzOWU.twitter[/URL] Mapping Western Australia’s shipwrecks [URL]https://phys.org/news/2017-11-volunteers-d-imaging-shipwrecks.html[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Investigating British military collections [URL]http://materialculture.nl/en/projects/baggage-and-belonging-military-collections-and-the-british-empire-1750-1900[/URL] New museums New Military Gallery at Manx Museum [URL='http://museumcrush.org/five-objects-from-manx-museums-new-military-history-gallery/']http:[/URL][URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/courtauld-sets-sights-on-50m-revamp-and-sends-art-on-tour[/URL] Museum developments 3D Pictish cave [URL]http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/castle-discovered-lake-turkey-underwater-lake-van-urartu-thousands-years-old-a8070911.html[/URL] Museum musings Modern conflict and current archaeology [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/nov/22/is-conflict-damage-really-damage-archaeology-iran-iraq-war[/URL] This week in statues [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42051352[/URL] Conservation corner Accelerating particles for art [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100486/World-s-only-particle-accelerator-dedicated-to-art-revs-up-at-the-Louvre-in-Paris-#.WhhlO-SDN9A[/URL] Objects Norwich museum puts up medieval weapons for adoption [URL]http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norwich-castle-puts-more-historic-artefacts-forward-for-keep-adopting-scheme-1-5286217[/URL] Latest gun amnesty turns up some historic firearms [URL]http://talkradio.co.uk/news/world-war-ii-nazi-pistols-handed-police-during-amnesty-west-country-17112121188[/URL] [URL]http://www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/news/wartime-pistol-handed-into-police-135846/[/URL] [URL]http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol-news/deadly-weapons-handed-bristol-police-806504[/URL] [URL]https://www.metro.news/clint-eastwood-film-prop-is-handed-in-to-police-during-gun-amnesty/837222/[/URL] French engravings in 18th century India [URL]http://www.tribuneindia.com/news/spectrum/arts/how-objects-travel-across-continents/502365.html[/URL] Exhibitions Illustrated medieval manuscripts in Oxford [URL]http://museumcrush.org/how-english-graphics-muscled-their-way-into-medieval-manuscripts/[/URL] Watercolours from WWI in Leeds [URL]https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/analysis/artists-who-offered-a-different-perspective-on-the-first-world-war-1-8873601[/URL] Medicine in wartime inAberdeen [URL]https://www.abdn.ac.uk/library/events/12294/[/URL] Galileo in Padua [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100591/Exhibition-offers-a-fascinating-journey-into-the-uniqueness-of-Galileo#.Wh0pduSDN9A[/URL] Portuguese empire in Moscow [URL]http://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/vladyki-okeana-sokrovishcha-portugalskoy-imperii-xvi-xviii-vv/[/URL] Books Martin Robson: The Lancaster Bomber Pocket Manual1941-1945[URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/preorder-next-month/the-lancaster-bomber-pocket-manual[/URL] Myra D. Orth: Renaissance Manuscripts: the Sixteenth Century (A Survey of Manuscripts Illuminated in France), 2 vols, [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/review/histories-of-16th-century-french-art-have-overlooked-manuscript-illumination-until-now[/URL] Latest Ken Trotman catalogue [URL='http://www.kentrotman.com/']http://www.kentro[/URL][URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/titles-with-full-text-online?searchtype=F[/URL] [URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/art/metpublications/online-publications?searchtype=T&Tag=Online%20publications[/URL] Popular culture Winston Churchill in America [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/nov/26/darkest-hour-winston-churchill-gary-oldman[/URL] The days when you were educated on the back of a cornflakes packet [URL]http://cerealoffers.com/Kelloggs/Cornflakes/1960s/Armour_Through_the_Ages/armour_through_the_ages.html[/URL] Gaming and renaissance art [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/new-game-allows-students-explore-art-15th-16th-century-florence/[/URL] Gaming for rajahs [URL]http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2017-11-27-raji-and-the-rise-of-indian-gamedev[/URL] The Quantum Astrologer’s Handbook by Michael Brooks [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/24/the-quantum-astrolgers-handbook-by-michael-brooks-review']https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/nov/24/the-quantum-astrolgers-handbook-by-michael-bro[/URL][URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/blog-des-actualites.html[/URL] Christmas in York [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/york-becomes-home-medieval-christmas-celebrations/[/URL] Christmas in Denmark [URL]http://natmus.dk/[/URL] [URL]https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions 6 December 2017- London Arms, armour and militaria [URL]http://www.thomasdelmar.com/[/URL] 6-13 December - online Arts of the Samurai: the Dolphyn Collection [URL]https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/arts-samurai-dolphyn-collection/lots/409[/URL] Websites and downloads Vasa website [URL]https://www.vasamuseet.se/en[/URL] Met blog on WWI [URL]https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/in-circulation/2017/in-flanders-fields[/URL] 1066 etc: Irish castles, archery, sick crusaders, war in Mercia & Ankara [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/defensibility-irish-tower-houses/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/archery-preface-procopius-wars-figured-image-agonistic-authorship/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/experience-sickness-health-crusader-campaigns-eastern-mediterranean-1095-1274/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/war-mercia-942-943/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/multi-agent-simulation-battle-ankara-1402/[/URL] Focus on Christmas shopping [URL]https://www.museumsbutikken.dk/default.aspx[/URL]? [URL]https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores[/URL] [URL]http://shop.rmg.co.uk/?_ga=2.175380898.1673568165.1511966897-2112632756.1511966897&_gac=1.216270370.1511966898.EAIaIQobChMIqPeTyoPk1wIVLLvtCh2X7QXUEAAYASAAEgLYbPD_BwE[/URL] [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/Shop/[/URL] [URL]https://www.bodleianshop.co.uk/[/URL] [URL]http://www.historial.org/[/URL] Finally I shall be tweeting fantastic cannons for Christmas! [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –1 December 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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