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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 315559, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 284</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The annual Christmas Bazzy, chock full of goodies. Prehistoric clubs, Viking spears, Dutch cannon, knights, and a new publication from Ingolstadt. All this & the Bazzy Christmas stocking…</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>How deadly were wooden clubs (spoiler alert – quite)?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/61140-prehistoric-wooden-club-weapons.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/61140-prehistoric-wooden-club-weapons.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/61140-prehistoric-wooden-club-weapons.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was found in England last year?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/04/coin-laden-pot-pendant-british-museum-record-haul-2016-treasure-finds" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/04/coin-laden-pot-pendant-british-museum-record-haul-2016-treasure-finds" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/04/coin-laden-pot-pendant-british-museum-record-haul-2016-treasure-finds</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And perhaps someone will give you a detector for Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/dec/05/rise-of-detectorists-how-hunt-for-treasure" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/dec/05/rise-of-detectorists-how-hunt-for-treasure" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/dec/05/rise-of-detectorists-how-hunt-for-treasure</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating story of a Viking spear found in the ice 40 years ago</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/11/29/spear/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/11/29/spear/" rel="nofollow">http://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/11/29/spear/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fishing in Indonesia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/519438/these-12000-year-old-fish-hooks-are-oldest-ever-be-discovered-grave" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://mentalfloss.com/article/519438/these-12000-year-old-fish-hooks-are-oldest-ever-be-discovered-grave" rel="nofollow">http://mentalfloss.com/article/519438/these-12000-year-old-fish-hooks-are-oldest-ever-be-discovered-grave</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scientists in Siberia find mammoth remains with the spear that killed it inside <a href="http://www.newsweek.com/14-inch-tusk-spear-found-siberia-inside-woolly-mammoth-skeleton-742377" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newsweek.com/14-inch-tusk-spear-found-siberia-inside-woolly-mammoth-skeleton-742377" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsweek.com/14-inch-tusk-spear-found-siberia-inside-woolly-mammoth-skeleton-742377</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But too late to buy your own mammoth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42379425" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42379425" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42379425</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Round the world</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cave paintings found in Indonesia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplored-indonesian-island-covered-tiny-2500-year-old-cave-paintings-1651542" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplored-indonesian-island-covered-tiny-2500-year-old-cave-paintings-1651542" rel="nofollow">http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplored-indonesian-island-covered-tiny-2500-year-old-cave-paintings-1651542</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reconstructing an Anglo-Saxon woman’s face </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/facial-reconstruction-shows-what-mrs-getty-a-high-status-young-anglo-saxon-woman-would-have-looked-like/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/facial-reconstruction-shows-what-mrs-getty-a-high-status-young-anglo-saxon-woman-would-have-looked-like/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/facial-reconstruction-shows-what-mrs-getty-a-high-status-young-anglo-saxon-woman-would-have-looked-like/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval grave from Plovdiv –with an arrow…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/12/08/archaeology-mediaeval-tomb-found-at-plovdivs-odeon-site/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/12/08/archaeology-mediaeval-tomb-found-at-plovdivs-odeon-site/" rel="nofollow">http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/12/08/archaeology-mediaeval-tomb-found-at-plovdivs-odeon-site/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reconstructing a Civil War Scotssoldiers face</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/staring-into-the-reconstructed-face-of-a-seventeenth-century-scottish-soldier/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/staring-into-the-reconstructed-face-of-a-seventeenth-century-scottish-soldier/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/staring-into-the-reconstructed-face-of-a-seventeenth-century-scottish-soldier/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Call for repatriation of skulls from Newfoundland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cablemagazine.scot/return-beothuk-skulls/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cablemagazine.scot/return-beothuk-skulls/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cablemagazine.scot/return-beothuk-skulls/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And Algeria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42280196" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42280196" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42280196</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crowding together to buy a castle in the clouds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42232308/6500-people-buy-crumbling-castle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42232308/6500-people-buy-crumbling-castle" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42232308/6500-people-buy-crumbling-castle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But castle in Tuscany still available</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/castle-sale-tuscany/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/castle-sale-tuscany/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/castle-sale-tuscany/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the gunloop…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kings Lynn South Gate gets new custodian</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barry-howard-is-made-custodian-of-the-south-gate-in-kings-lynn-1-5307981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barry-howard-is-made-custodian-of-the-south-gate-in-kings-lynn-1-5307981" rel="nofollow">http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barry-howard-is-made-custodian-of-the-south-gate-in-kings-lynn-1-530</a><a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/spike-island-better-than-machu-picchu-1.3308554" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/spike-island-better-than-machu-picchu-1.3308554" rel="nofollow">https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/spike-island-better-than-machu-picchu-1.3308554</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dien Hai citadel (Vietnam) to be recognised as National Special Relic </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/191754/dien-hai-citadel-to-be-recognised-as-national-special-relic.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/191754/dien-hai-citadel-to-be-recognised-as-national-special-relic.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/191754/dien-hai-citadel-to-be-recognised-as-national-special-relic.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century defensive earthworks found in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C27376%2Chighest-situated-earthwork-poland-discovered-bieszczady-mountains.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C27376%2Chighest-situated-earthwork-poland-discovered-bieszczady-mountains.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,27376,highest-situated-earthwork-poland-discovered-bieszczady-mountains.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warrior women of classical times</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.britishmuseum.org/bettany-hughes-on-warrior-women/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.britishmuseum.org/bettany-hughes-on-warrior-women/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.britishmuseum.org/bettany-hughes-on-warrior-women/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two queens for the price of one</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/elizabeth-is-suspicion-of-mary-queen-of-scots-writ-large-in-donated-letters" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/elizabeth-is-suspicion-of-mary-queen-of-scots-writ-large-in-donated-letters" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/elizabeth-is-suspicion-of-mary-queen-of-scots-writ-large-in-donated-letters</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the wax ladies in Westminster Abbey</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/10/westminster-abbey-funeral-effigies-restored-for-new-museum?CMP=share_btn_tw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/10/westminster-abbey-funeral-effigies-restored-for-new-museum?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/10/westminster-abbey-funeral-effigies-restored-for-new-museum?CMP=share_btn_tw</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>Three Dutch cannon return to Southend</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15707555.Long_lost_cannons_are_returned_to_Southend/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15707555.Long_lost_cannons_are_returned_to_Southend/" rel="nofollow">http://www.echo-news.co</a><a href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/cannons-from-a-17th-century-english-warship-return-to-uk-for-southend-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/cannons-from-a-17th-century-english-warship-return-to-uk-for-southend-museum/" rel="nofollow">https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/cannons-from-a-17th-century-english-warship-return-to-uk-for-southend-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making cannon for American revolutionaries </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20171217/historically-speaking-pioneering-manufacturer-trained-in-norwch" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20171217/historically-speaking-pioneering-manufacturer-trained-in-norwch" rel="nofollow">http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20171217/historically-speaking-pioneering-manufacturer-trained-in-norwch</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil War cannon of Morrisville, VT gets a facelift (picture of cannon in the snow!) </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.stowetoday.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/restoring-a-piece-of-history-civil-war-cannon-gets-a/article_2c7549a8-d5fd-11e7-9ceb-ab766b14fcb4.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.stowetoday.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/restoring-a-piece-of-history-civil-war-cannon-gets-a/article_2c7549a8-d5fd-11e7-9ceb-ab766b14fcb4.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.stowetoday.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/restoring-a-piece-of-history-civil-war-cannon-gets-a/article_2c7549a8-d5fd-11e7-9ceb-ab766b14fcb4.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fort Collins cannon (and other monuments)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2017/12/04/5-fort-collins-monuments-and-stories-behind-them/914281001/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2017/12/04/5-fort-collins-monuments-and-stories-behind-them/914281001/" rel="nofollow">http://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2017/12/04/5-fort-collins-monuments-and-stories-behind-them/914281001/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hereward cannon,recovered from 1898 shipwreck off Maroubra ,returns <a href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/news-story/b887cd6a9e59c4b5bf7e268b08bc5658" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/news-story/b887cd6a9e59c4b5bf7e268b08bc5658" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/news-story/b887cd6a9e59c4b5bf7e268b08bc5658</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Asian round-up</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kalaburagi Government Museum; exhibits include cannons & weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/647528/a-museum-soaked-history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/647528/a-museum-soaked-history.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanherald.com/content/647528/a-museum-soaked-history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting article & video about Serampore, Bengal, & its Danish heritage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-danes-are-back-how-a-bengal-town-is-restoring-its-european-legacy/story-lzWjnk1hh9cfeHMrwhLhmI.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-danes-are-back-how-a-bengal-town-is-restoring-its-european-legacy/story-lzWjnk1hh9cfeHMrwhLhmI.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-danes-are-back-how-a-bengal-town-is-restoring-its-european-legacy/story-lzWjnk1hh9cfeHMrwhLhmI.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Carter House Park, Brentwood TN, receives fourth and final cannon <a href="https://brentwoodhomepage.com/carter-house-park-receives-fourth-and-final-cannon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://brentwoodhomepage.com/carter-house-park-receives-fourth-and-final-cannon/" rel="nofollow">https://brentwoodhomepage.com/carter-house-park-receives-fourth-and-final-cannon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Civil War re-enactments began real soon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-reenactments-were-thing-even-during-civil-war-180967405/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-reenactments-were-thing-even-during-civil-war-180967405/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-reenactments-were-thing-even-during-civil-war-180967405/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Butchering the prehistoric way</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/new-approach-measures-early-human-butchering-practices" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/new-approach-measures-early-human-butchering-practices" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/new-approach-measures-early-human-butchering-practices</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mammoth steaks from Michigan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-mammoth-remains-unearthed-michigan-farm-180967398/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-mammoth-remains-unearthed-michigan-farm-180967398/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-mammoth-remains-unearthed-michigan-farm-180967398/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or the oldest turkey in England…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/leftovers-one-first-turkey-dinners-951302" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/leftovers-one-first-turkey-dinners-951302" rel="nofollow">http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/leftovers-one-first-turkey-dinners</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/16/dickens-victorian-meals-clean-eating" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/16/dickens-victorian-meals-clean-eating" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/16/dickens-victorian-meals-clean-eating</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All served on very fancy silverware</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100943/Magnificent-and-enigmatic-example-of-Renaissance-metalwork-reunited-at-Met-Museum#.WjDvLuSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100943/Magnificent-and-enigmatic-example-of-Renaissance-metalwork-reunited-at-Met-Museum#.WjDvLuSDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100943/Magnificent-and-enigmatic-example-of-Renaissance-metalwork-reuni</a><a href="https://www.livescience.com/61170-china-tomb-full-of-soup-bowls.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/61170-china-tomb-full-of-soup-bowls.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/61170-china-tomb-full-of-soup-bowls.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Andextra-large wine glasses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/size-does-matter-wine-glasses-are-seven-times-larger-than-they-used-to-be" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/size-does-matter-wine-glasses-are-seven-times-larger-than-they-used-to-be" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/size-does-matter-wine-glasses-are-seven-times-larger-than-they-used-to-be</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And don’t forget the coffee</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/claphams-coffeehouse-cambridge-archaeologists-hundreds-items-unearthed?CMP=share_btn_tw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/claphams-coffeehouse-cambridge-archaeologists-hundreds-items-unearthed?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/claphams-coffeehouse-cambridge-archaeologists-hundreds-items-unearthed?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A short history of flint</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/how-flint-made-the-jump-from-the-cretaceous-to-our-churches-1-5316555" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/how-flint-made-the-jump-from-the-cretaceous-to-our-churches-1-5316555" rel="nofollow">http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/how-flint-made-the-jump-from-the-cretaceous-to-our-churches-1-5316555</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short article about Prince Henry</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42082710" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42082710" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42082710</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle of Ruapekapeka, New Zealand, 1845-6 (picture of carronade) </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/nz-wars/story/2018623840/the-battle-of-ruapekapeka" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/nz-wars/story/2018623840/the-battle-of-ruapekapeka" rel="nofollow">https://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/nz-wars/story/2018623840/the-battle-of-ruapekapeka</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Maginot line</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/frances-maginot-line-was-not-big-failure-history-makes-it-23469" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/frances-maginot-line-was-not-big-failure-history-makes-it-23469" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/frances-maginot-line-was-not-big-failure-history-makes-it-23469</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for VOC ship Aagtekerke, lost 1726</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thewest.com.au/news/augusta-margaret-river-times/tusk-find-elephant-in-the-room-ng-b88675306z" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thewest.com.au/news/augusta-margaret-river-times/tusk-find-elephant-in-the-room-ng-b88675306z" rel="nofollow">https://thewest.com.au/news/augusta-margaret-river-times/tusk-find-elephant-in-the-room-ng-b88675306z</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating slavery trade wrecks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42313939/hunting-the-shipwrecks-of-the-slave-trade" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42313939/hunting-the-shipwrecks-of-the-slave-trade" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42313939/hunting-the-shipwrecks-of-the-slave-trade</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMASAE1, Australia’s first submarine found </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/first-allied-vessel-lost-world-war-finally-found-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/first-allied-vessel-lost-world-war-finally-found-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/first-allied-vessel-lost-world-war-finally-found-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wrecks of Japanese and US warships found off Philippines <a href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/national/history/wrecks-believed-5-japanese-wartime-ships-found-southern-philippines/#.Wi_roeSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/national/history/wrecks-believed-5-japanese-wartime-ships-found-southern-philippines/#.Wi_roeSDN9A" rel="nofollow">https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/national/history/wrecks-believed</a><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/spanish-police-cordon-off-catalonia-museum-after-religious-artefacts-seized" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/spanish-police-cordon-off-catalonia-museum-after-religious-artefacts-seized" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/spanish-police-cordon-off-catalonia-museum-after-religious-artefacts-seized</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visitor numbers to German museums drop</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/german-museums-report-decline-in-visitor-numbers-in-2016" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/german-museums-report-decline-in-visitor-numbers-in-2016" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/german-museums-report-decline-in-visitor-numbers-in-2016</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Getty closes during fire scares</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wildfire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wildfire" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wildfire</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How Florida’s museums reacted to Hurricane</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/feature/riders-on-the-storm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/feature/riders-on-the-storm" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/feature/riders-on-the-storm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum to move storage to Reading <a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-plans-to-move-storage-outside-of-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-plans-to-move-storage-outside-of-london" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-plans-to-move-storage-outside-of-london</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British Museum announces 10-year partnership renewal With Mitsubishi Corporation and gets a Samurai armour of the Mori clan <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/British-Museum-Announces-10-year-Partnership-Renewal-With-Mitsubishi-Corporation-20171213" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/British-Museum-Announces-10-year-Partnership-Renewal-With-Mitsubishi-Corporation-20171213" rel="nofollow">https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/British-Museum-Announces-10-year-Partnership-Renewal-With-Mitsubishi-Co</a><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/analysis/the-year-in-museums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/analysis/the-year-in-museums" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/analysis/the-year-in-museums</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New gallery of Chinese and South Asian culture opens in the BM</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/101071/British-Museum-opens-the-Sir-Joseph-Hotung-Gallery-of-China-and-South-Asia#.Wjd9nuQiF9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/101071/British-Museum-opens-the-Sir-Joseph-Hotung-Gallery-of-China-and-South-Asia#.Wjd9nuQiF9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/101071/British-Museum-opens-the-Sir-Joseph-Hotung-Gallery-of-China-and-South-Asia#.Wjd9nuQiF9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New costume gallery in the Hermitage</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/101111/Russia-s-Hermitage-Museum-puts-rare-collection-of-tsars--clothes-on-show-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/101111/Russia-s-Hermitage-Museum-puts-rare-collection-of-tsars--clothes-on-show-" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/101111/Russia-s-Hermitage-Museum-puts-rare-collection-of-tsars--clothes-on-show-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron from the skies</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.826890" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.826890" rel="nofollow">https://www.haaretz.</a><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/lasers-and-water-gel-used-to-restore-rimini-s-medieval-alabaster-altarpiece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/lasers-and-water-gel-used-to-restore-rimini-s-medieval-alabaster-altarpiece" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/lasers-and-water-gel-used-to-restore-rimini-s-medieval-alabaster-altarpiece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lovely piece about conserving a Victorian fancy dress costume</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/unwrapping-a-mystery-costume-attic-find-at-scotney-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/unwrapping-a-mystery-costume-attic-find-at-scotney-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/unwrapping-a-mystery-costume-attic-find-at-scotney-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Armours for Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/royal-gift-exchange/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/royal-gift-exchange/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/royal-gift-ex</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100738/Louvre-launches-appeal-to-acquire-King-Fran-ccedil-ois-I-s-Book-of-Hours-#.WiZhkOSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100738/Louvre-launches-appeal-to-acquire-King-Fran-ccedil-ois-I-s-Book-of-Hours-#.WiZhkOSDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100738/Louvre-launches-appeal-to-acquire-King-Fran-ccedil-ois-I-s-Book-of-Hours-#.WiZhkOSDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice portrait of Napoleon’s brother-in-law in fancy uniform for the Frick<a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100797/Frick-makes-its-most-significant-painting-purchase-in-nearly-30-years#.Wi0MJ-SDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100797/Frick-makes-its-most-significant-painting-purchase-in-nearly-30-years#.Wi0MJ-SDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100797/Frick-makes-its-most-significant-painting-purchase-in-nearly-30-years#.Wi0MJ-SDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Celebrating 100 years of Finland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/finland-quietly-celebrates-100-years-of-independence" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/finland-quietly-celebrates-100-years-of-independence" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/finland-quietly-celebrates-100-years-of-independence</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>500 years of Tintoretto coming up</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100851/500th-anniversary-of-Jacopo-Tintoretto-s-birth-celebrated-with-exhibitions-in-Venice--New-York--and-DC#.Wi0KsuSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100851/500th-anniversary-of-Jacopo-Tintoretto-s-birth-celebrated-with-exhibitions-in-Venice--New-York--and-DC#.Wi0KsuSDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100851/500th-anniversary-of-Jacopo-Tintoretto-s-birth-celebrated-with-exhibitions-in-Venice--New-York--and-DC#.Wi0KsuSDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Upcoming: Leonardo codex goes to Florence</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/leonardo-salvator-mundi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/leonardo-salvator-mundi" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/leonardo-salvator-mundi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Upcoming: 15th century masterpieces in NY</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/frick-collection-show-wants-to-engage-visitors-in-the-interactive-experience-of-15th-century-art" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/frick-collection-show-wants-to-engage-visitors-in-the-interactive-experience-of-15th-century-art" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/frick-collection-show-wants-to-engage-visitors-in-the-interactive-experience-of-15th-century-art</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Charles II in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/10/charles-2-art-power-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace-review?CMP=share_btn_tw" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/10/charles-2-art-power-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace-review?CMP=share_btn_tw" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/10/charles-2-art-power-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace-review?CMP=share_btn_tw</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-exhibition-reveals-how-he-tackled-the-kings-evil" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-exhibition-reveals-how-he-tackled-the-kings-evil" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-exhibition-reveals-how-he-tackled-the-kings-evil</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval English manuscripts in Oxford</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100689/Bodleian-Libraries-exhibition-celebrates-first-graphic-designers-of-English-texts#.WiJ7U-SDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100689/Bodleian-Libraries-exhibition-celebrates-first-graphic-designers-of-English-texts#.WiJ7U-SDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100689/Bodleian-Libraries-exhibition-celebrates-first-graphic-designers-of-English-texts#.WiJ7U-SDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Treasures from India in Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/101057/Glittering-treasures-from-the-Indian-Subcontinent-go-on-display-in-Scotland-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/101057/Glittering-treasures-from-the-Indian-Subcontinent-go-on-display-in-Scotland-" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/101057/Glittering-treasures-from-the-Indian-Subcontinent-go-on-display-in-Scotland-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Travellingexhibition about USinternment of Japanese citizens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-s-icp-revisits-america-s-shameful-history-of-japanese-internment" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-s-icp-revisits-america-s-shameful-history-of-japanese-internment" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-s-icp-revisits-america-s-shameful-history-of-japanese-internment</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Matthew Ward: The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and Wales; Politics, Identity and Affinity</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-livery-collar-in-late-medieval-england-and-wales-hb.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-livery-collar-in-late-medieval-england-and-wales-hb.html" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-livery-collar-in-late-medieval-england-and-wales-h</a><a href="https://www.armeemuseum.de/en/71-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/1137-2017-11-publikation-bavarian-army-museum-ausfuehrlich-en.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.armeemuseum.de/en/71-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/1137-2017-11-publikation-bavarian-army-museum-ausfuehrlich-en.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.armeemuseum.de/en/71-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/1137-2017-11-publikation-bavarian</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/new-medieval-books-war-politics-beauty/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/new-medieval-books-war-politics-beauty/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/new-medieval-books-war-politics-beauty/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A selection box of samurai-related books and films for Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/exquisite-grotesque-samurai/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/exquisite-grotesque-samurai/" rel="nofollow">https://www.the-tls.co.uk/</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/take-look-luttrell-psalter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/take-look-luttrell-psalter/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/take-look-luttrell-psalter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Old Neptunias go online</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.aamm.fr/neptunia/premiers_numeros" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.aamm.fr/neptunia/premiers_numeros" rel="nofollow">https://www.aamm.fr/neptunia/premiers_numeros</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iceman the movie: stone age survivor Ötzi is brought back to life <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/03/otzi-iceman-mummy-brought-to-life-on-film" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/03/otzi-iceman-mummy-brought-to-life-on-film" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/03/otzi-iceman-mummy-brought-to-life-on-film</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Results from Hermann Historica</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/100795/Hermann-Historica-s-anniversary-auction-closes-with-excellent-results#.Wi0NrOSDN9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/100795/Hermann-Historica-s-anniversary-auction-closes-with-excellent-results#.Wi0NrOSDN9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/100795/Hermann-Historica-s-anniversary-auction-closes-with-excellent-results#.Wi0NrOSDN9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Knighting, fencing, saga fighting and courtly love</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/knighting-ceremony-squire-sir/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/knighting-ceremony-squire-sir/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/knighting-ceremony-squire-sir/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/income-working-time-fencing-master-bologna-15th-early-16th-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/income-working-time-fencing-master-bologna-15th-early-16th-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/income-working-time-fencing-master-bologna-15th-early-16th-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/combat-saga-literature-traces-martial-arts-medieval-iceland/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/combat-saga-literature-traces-martial-arts-medieval-iceland/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/combat-saga-literature-traces-martial-arts-medieval-iceland/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/woman-love-medieval-courtly-literature-real-fictional/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/woman-love-medieval-courtly-literature-real-fictional/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/woman-love-medieval-courtly-literature-real-fictional/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally the BazzyChristmas stocking</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A few coins…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/coinage-of-conflict-the-pop-up-mints-that-kept-money-flowing-in-wartime/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/coinage-of-conflict-the-pop-up-mints-that-kept-money-flowing-in-wartime/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/coinage-of-conflict-the-pop-up-mints-that-kept-money-flowing-in-wartime/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/metal-detector-enthusiasts-find-english-918285" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/metal-detector-enthusiasts-find-english-918285" rel="nofollow">http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/metal-detector-enthusiasts-find-english-918285</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A poetic grenade</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/pomegranates-kandahar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/pomegranates-kandahar" rel="nofollow">https://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/pomegranates-kandahar</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Psychedelic fun with the dragon colouring book</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle--dragon-coloring-game" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle--dragon-coloring-game" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle--dragon-coloring-game</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nothing says Christmas like zombies!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/infectonator-christmas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gamesgames.com/game/infectonator-christmas" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamesgames.com/game/infectonator-christmas</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cuddly Tasmanian tigers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2017/dec/17/playing-god-should-we-revive-extinct-species" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2017/dec/17/playing-god-should-we-revive-extinct-species" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2017/dec/17/playing-god-should-we-revive-extinct-species</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sit back and an enjoy a movie–The Knight’s Tale of course!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/best-medieval-film-case-knights-tale/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/best-medieval-film-case-knights-tale/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/best-medieval-film-case-knights-tale/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or a bit of a sing-sing- Medieval carols</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/social-political-religious-contexts-late-medieval-carol/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/social-political-religious-contexts-late-medieval-carol/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/social-political-religious-contexts-late-medieval-carol/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tolkien for Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/north-pole-middle-earth-tolkien-christmas-letters-children" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/north-pole-middle-earth-tolkien-christmas-letters-children" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/north-pole-middle-earth-tolkien-christmas-letters-children</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How to score at jousting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/scoring-masculinity-english-tournament-jousting-cheques-early-sixteenth-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/scoring-masculinity-english-tournament-jousting-cheques-early-sixteenth-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/scoring-masculinity-english-tournament-jousting-cheques-early-sixteenth-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something to laugh at</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/03/04/thomas-rowlandson-site-is-live/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/03/04/thomas-rowlandson-site-is-live/" rel="nofollow">https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/03/04/thomas-rowlandson-site-is-live/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Analchemist’s scroll</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5188237/Alchemists-scroll-sells-magical-585-000.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5188237/Alchemists-scroll-sells-magical-585-000.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5188237/Alchemists-scroll-sells-magical-585-000.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A 16thcentury gilt badge of David and Goliath</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/goliath-badge-slays-all-the-competition-1-8910097" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/goliath-badge-slays-all-the-competition-1-8910097" rel="nofollow">https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/goliath-badge-slays-all-the-competition-1-8910097</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And the latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted fantastic beasts on cannons</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 –Christmas 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>Merry Christmas & Happy New Year </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</p><p><br /></p><p><br 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[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 315559, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 284 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community The annual Christmas Bazzy, chock full of goodies. Prehistoric clubs, Viking spears, Dutch cannon, knights, and a new publication from Ingolstadt. All this & the Bazzy Christmas stocking… Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms How deadly were wooden clubs (spoiler alert – quite)? [URL]https://www.livescience.com/61140-prehistoric-wooden-club-weapons.html[/URL] What was found in England last year? [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/04/coin-laden-pot-pendant-british-museum-record-haul-2016-treasure-finds[/URL] And perhaps someone will give you a detector for Christmas [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/shortcuts/2017/dec/05/rise-of-detectorists-how-hunt-for-treasure[/URL] Fascinating story of a Viking spear found in the ice 40 years ago [URL]http://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/11/29/spear/[/URL] Beasts of assorted varieties… Fishing in Indonesia [URL]http://mentalfloss.com/article/519438/these-12000-year-old-fish-hooks-are-oldest-ever-be-discovered-grave[/URL] Scientists in Siberia find mammoth remains with the spear that killed it inside [URL]http://www.newsweek.com/14-inch-tusk-spear-found-siberia-inside-woolly-mammoth-skeleton-742377[/URL] But too late to buy your own mammoth [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-42379425[/URL] Round the world Cave paintings found in Indonesia [URL]http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/unexplored-indonesian-island-covered-tiny-2500-year-old-cave-paintings-1651542[/URL] Grave stories Reconstructing an Anglo-Saxon woman’s face [URL]http://museumcrush.org/facial-reconstruction-shows-what-mrs-getty-a-high-status-young-anglo-saxon-woman-would-have-looked-like/[/URL] Medieval grave from Plovdiv –with an arrow… [URL]http://sofiaglobe.com/2017/12/08/archaeology-mediaeval-tomb-found-at-plovdivs-odeon-site/[/URL] Reconstructing a Civil War Scotssoldiers face [URL]http://museumcrush.org/staring-into-the-reconstructed-face-of-a-seventeenth-century-scottish-soldier/[/URL] Call for repatriation of skulls from Newfoundland [URL]https://www.cablemagazine.scot/return-beothuk-skulls/[/URL] And Algeria [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-42280196[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Crowding together to buy a castle in the clouds [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-42232308/6500-people-buy-crumbling-castle[/URL] But castle in Tuscany still available [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/castle-sale-tuscany/[/URL] Through the gunloop… Kings Lynn South Gate gets new custodian [URL='http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barry-howard-is-made-custodian-of-the-south-gate-in-kings-lynn-1-5307981']http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/barry-howard-is-made-custodian-of-the-south-gate-in-kings-lynn-1-530[/URL][URL]https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/travel/ireland/spike-island-better-than-machu-picchu-1.3308554[/URL] Dien Hai citadel (Vietnam) to be recognised as National Special Relic [URL]http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/191754/dien-hai-citadel-to-be-recognised-as-national-special-relic.html[/URL] 18th century defensive earthworks found in the Bieszczady Mountains, Poland [URL]http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C27376%2Chighest-situated-earthwork-poland-discovered-bieszczady-mountains.html[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Warrior women of classical times [URL]https://blog.britishmuseum.org/bettany-hughes-on-warrior-women/[/URL] Two queens for the price of one [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/elizabeth-is-suspicion-of-mary-queen-of-scots-writ-large-in-donated-letters[/URL] Update on the wax ladies in Westminster Abbey [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/dec/10/westminster-abbey-funeral-effigies-restored-for-new-museum?CMP=share_btn_tw[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Three Dutch cannon return to Southend [URL='http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/15707555.Long_lost_cannons_are_returned_to_Southend/']http://www.echo-news.co[/URL][URL]https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2017/cannons-from-a-17th-century-english-warship-return-to-uk-for-southend-museum/[/URL] Making cannon for American revolutionaries [URL]http://www.norwichbulletin.com/news/20171217/historically-speaking-pioneering-manufacturer-trained-in-norwch[/URL] Civil War cannon of Morrisville, VT gets a facelift (picture of cannon in the snow!) [URL]http://www.stowetoday.com/news_and_citizen/news/local_news/restoring-a-piece-of-history-civil-war-cannon-gets-a/article_2c7549a8-d5fd-11e7-9ceb-ab766b14fcb4.html[/URL] Fort Collins cannon (and other monuments) [URL]http://www.coloradoan.com/story/life/2017/12/04/5-fort-collins-monuments-and-stories-behind-them/914281001/[/URL] Hereward cannon,recovered from 1898 shipwreck off Maroubra ,returns [URL]http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/newslocal/southern-courier/news-story/b887cd6a9e59c4b5bf7e268b08bc5658[/URL] Asian round-up Kalaburagi Government Museum; exhibits include cannons & weapons [URL]http://www.deccanherald.com/content/647528/a-museum-soaked-history.html[/URL] Interesting article & video about Serampore, Bengal, & its Danish heritage [URL]http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/the-danes-are-back-how-a-bengal-town-is-restoring-its-european-legacy/story-lzWjnk1hh9cfeHMrwhLhmI.html[/URL] Living in the past Carter House Park, Brentwood TN, receives fourth and final cannon [URL]https://brentwoodhomepage.com/carter-house-park-receives-fourth-and-final-cannon/[/URL] Civil War re-enactments began real soon [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/civil-war-reenactments-were-thing-even-during-civil-war-180967405/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe Butchering the prehistoric way [URL]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2017/article/new-approach-measures-early-human-butchering-practices[/URL] Mammoth steaks from Michigan [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/more-mammoth-remains-unearthed-michigan-farm-180967398/[/URL] Or the oldest turkey in England… [URL='http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/leftovers-one-first-turkey-dinners-951302']http://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/local-news/leftovers-one-first-turkey-dinners[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/16/dickens-victorian-meals-clean-eating[/URL] All served on very fancy silverware [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/100943/Magnificent-and-enigmatic-example-of-Renaissance-metalwork-reunited-at-Met-Museum#.WjDvLuSDN9A']http://artdaily.com/news/100943/Magnificent-and-enigmatic-example-of-Renaissance-metalwork-reuni[/URL][URL]https://www.livescience.com/61170-china-tomb-full-of-soup-bowls.html[/URL] Andextra-large wine glasses [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/dec/14/size-does-matter-wine-glasses-are-seven-times-larger-than-they-used-to-be[/URL] And don’t forget the coffee [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/18/claphams-coffeehouse-cambridge-archaeologists-hundreds-items-unearthed?CMP=share_btn_tw[/URL] Miscellany A short history of flint [URL]http://www.edp24.co.uk/features/how-flint-made-the-jump-from-the-cretaceous-to-our-churches-1-5316555[/URL] Short article about Prince Henry [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-42082710[/URL] Battle of Ruapekapeka, New Zealand, 1845-6 (picture of carronade) [URL]https://www.radionz.co.nz/programmes/nz-wars/story/2018623840/the-battle-of-ruapekapeka[/URL] The Maginot line [URL]http://www.nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/frances-maginot-line-was-not-big-failure-history-makes-it-23469[/URL] Nautical news Update on the search for VOC ship Aagtekerke, lost 1726 [URL]https://thewest.com.au/news/augusta-margaret-river-times/tusk-find-elephant-in-the-room-ng-b88675306z[/URL] Investigating slavery trade wrecks [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-africa-42313939/hunting-the-shipwrecks-of-the-slave-trade[/URL] HMASAE1, Australia’s first submarine found [URL]http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/12/21/first-allied-vessel-lost-world-war-finally-found-century/[/URL] Wrecks of Japanese and US warships found off Philippines [URL='https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/national/history/wrecks-believed-5-japanese-wartime-ships-found-southern-philippines/#.Wi_roeSDN9A']https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/12/08/national/history/wrecks-believed[/URL][URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/spanish-police-cordon-off-catalonia-museum-after-religious-artefacts-seized[/URL] Visitor numbers to German museums drop [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/german-museums-report-decline-in-visitor-numbers-in-2016[/URL] Getty closes during fire scares [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/getty-wildfire[/URL] How Florida’s museums reacted to Hurricane [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/feature/riders-on-the-storm[/URL] British Museum to move storage to Reading [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-plans-to-move-storage-outside-of-london[/URL] British Museum announces 10-year partnership renewal With Mitsubishi Corporation and gets a Samurai armour of the Mori clan [URL='https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/British-Museum-Announces-10-year-Partnership-Renewal-With-Mitsubishi-Corporation-20171213']https://www.broadwayworld.com/westend/article/British-Museum-Announces-10-year-Partnership-Renewal-With-Mitsubishi-Co[/URL][URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/analysis/the-year-in-museums[/URL] New museums New gallery of Chinese and South Asian culture opens in the BM [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/101071/British-Museum-opens-the-Sir-Joseph-Hotung-Gallery-of-China-and-South-Asia#.Wjd9nuQiF9A[/URL] New costume gallery in the Hermitage [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/101111/Russia-s-Hermitage-Museum-puts-rare-collection-of-tsars--clothes-on-show-[/URL] Conservation corner Iron from the skies [URL='https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.826890']https://www.haaretz.[/URL][URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/lasers-and-water-gel-used-to-restore-rimini-s-medieval-alabaster-altarpiece[/URL] Lovely piece about conserving a Victorian fancy dress costume [URL]http://museumcrush.org/unwrapping-a-mystery-costume-attic-find-at-scotney-castle/[/URL] Objects Armours for Christmas [URL='http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/royal-gift-exchange/']http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/royal-gift-ex[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100738/Louvre-launches-appeal-to-acquire-King-Fran-ccedil-ois-I-s-Book-of-Hours-#.WiZhkOSDN9A[/URL] Nice portrait of Napoleon’s brother-in-law in fancy uniform for the Frick[URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100797/Frick-makes-its-most-significant-painting-purchase-in-nearly-30-years#.Wi0MJ-SDN9A[/URL] Exhibitions Celebrating 100 years of Finland [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/finland-quietly-celebrates-100-years-of-independence[/URL] 500 years of Tintoretto coming up [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100851/500th-anniversary-of-Jacopo-Tintoretto-s-birth-celebrated-with-exhibitions-in-Venice--New-York--and-DC#.Wi0KsuSDN9A[/URL] Upcoming: Leonardo codex goes to Florence [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/leonardo-salvator-mundi[/URL] Upcoming: 15th century masterpieces in NY [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/frick-collection-show-wants-to-engage-visitors-in-the-interactive-experience-of-15th-century-art[/URL] Charles II in London [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/dec/10/charles-2-art-power-queens-gallery-buckingham-palace-review?CMP=share_btn_tw[/URL] [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/dec/07/charles-ii-exhibition-reveals-how-he-tackled-the-kings-evil[/URL] Medieval English manuscripts in Oxford [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100689/Bodleian-Libraries-exhibition-celebrates-first-graphic-designers-of-English-texts#.WiJ7U-SDN9A[/URL] Treasures from India in Edinburgh [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/101057/Glittering-treasures-from-the-Indian-Subcontinent-go-on-display-in-Scotland-[/URL] Travellingexhibition about USinternment of Japanese citizens [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-s-icp-revisits-america-s-shameful-history-of-japanese-internment[/URL] Books Matthew Ward: The Livery Collar in Late Medieval England and Wales; Politics, Identity and Affinity [URL='https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-livery-collar-in-late-medieval-england-and-wales-hb.html']https://boydellandbrewer.com/the-livery-collar-in-late-medieval-england-and-wales-h[/URL][URL='https://www.armeemuseum.de/en/71-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/1137-2017-11-publikation-bavarian-army-museum-ausfuehrlich-en.html']https://www.armeemuseum.de/en/71-veranstaltungen/veranstaltungen/1137-2017-11-publikation-bavarian[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/new-medieval-books-war-politics-beauty/[/URL] A selection box of samurai-related books and films for Christmas [URL='https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/exquisite-grotesque-samurai/']https://www.the-tls.co.uk/[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/take-look-luttrell-psalter/[/URL] Old Neptunias go online [URL]https://www.aamm.fr/neptunia/premiers_numeros[/URL] Popular culture Iceman the movie: stone age survivor Ötzi is brought back to life [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/dec/03/otzi-iceman-mummy-brought-to-life-on-film[/URL] Sales Fairs and auctions Results from Hermann Historica [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/100795/Hermann-Historica-s-anniversary-auction-closes-with-excellent-results#.Wi0NrOSDN9A[/URL] Websites and downloads 1066 etc: Knighting, fencing, saga fighting and courtly love [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/knighting-ceremony-squire-sir/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/income-working-time-fencing-master-bologna-15th-early-16th-century/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/combat-saga-literature-traces-martial-arts-medieval-iceland/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/woman-love-medieval-courtly-literature-real-fictional/[/URL] Finally the BazzyChristmas stocking A few coins… [URL]http://museumcrush.org/coinage-of-conflict-the-pop-up-mints-that-kept-money-flowing-in-wartime/[/URL] [URL]http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/metal-detector-enthusiasts-find-english-918285[/URL] A poetic grenade [URL]https://www.poetryarchive.org/poem/pomegranates-kandahar[/URL] Psychedelic fun with the dragon colouring book [URL]http://www.gamesgames.com/game/castle--dragon-coloring-game[/URL] Nothing says Christmas like zombies! [URL]http://www.gamesgames.com/game/infectonator-christmas[/URL] Cuddly Tasmanian tigers [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2017/dec/17/playing-god-should-we-revive-extinct-species[/URL] Sit back and an enjoy a movie–The Knight’s Tale of course! [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/best-medieval-film-case-knights-tale/[/URL] Or a bit of a sing-sing- Medieval carols [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/social-political-religious-contexts-late-medieval-carol/[/URL] Tolkien for Christmas [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/dec/19/north-pole-middle-earth-tolkien-christmas-letters-children[/URL] How to score at jousting [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/scoring-masculinity-english-tournament-jousting-cheques-early-sixteenth-century/[/URL] Something to laugh at [URL]https://graphicarts.princeton.edu/2015/03/04/thomas-rowlandson-site-is-live/[/URL] Analchemist’s scroll [URL]http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5188237/Alchemists-scroll-sells-magical-585-000.html[/URL] A 16thcentury gilt badge of David and Goliath [URL]https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/news/goliath-badge-slays-all-the-competition-1-8910097[/URL] And the latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE! [URL]http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/[/URL] This fortnight I tweeted fantastic beasts on cannons [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –Christmas 2017 Merry Christmas & Happy New Year 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 [IMG]https://www.antiquers.com/x-apple-ql-id://89D3A1E9-296D-4943-AC8F-0B89DE534A40/x-apple-ql-magic/E9B7B097-0EEE-4AE1-A2AC-2CB1F9E5B388.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
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