The Basiliscoe Mercury 291

The Basiliscoe Mercury 291


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


A number of fascinating stories this week: an abandoned gunsmith's shop in Japan, a Lombard with a knife for an arm and a walrus buried in a graveyard. Not to mention Tutankhamun’s armour, a skull in a pub, poignant memories of WW1 & cheating Norwegians. And, best of all, a whole week without snow…



Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Wooden tools of the Neanderthals found

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-oldest-neanderthal-wooden-tools-iberian.html


Flint on the points in Arctic America

http://popular-archaeology.com/issu...uted-point-technology-in-arctic-north-america

http://www.sci-news.com/archaeology/native-americans-fluted-spear-points-05878.html


The armour of Tutankhamun

https://www.livescienchttp://www.ibtimes.com/was-king-tut...e-damaged-armor-new-research-suggests-2666330

https://nypost.com/2018/03/26/secrets-revealed-in-king-tuts-armor/


Battles, towers and forts


Romans in Scotland

http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/...rets_of_the_Romans_time_in_Scotland_unveiled/


Update on the boxing gloves

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/packing-a-punch-boxing-gloves-found-at-vindolanda.htm


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Mystery of the walrus in the cemetery- a good read!

https://londonist.com/london/secret...ied-next-to-a-human-body-beneath-king-s-cross


Hunting today

https://www.earth.com/news/decline-hunting/


Grave stories


The FBI and the mystery of the mummy’s headhttps://www.nytimhttps://www.sciencealert.com/medieval-lombard-man-amputated-arm-knife-prosthhttps://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/apr/01/rare-english-charnel-house-can-now-be-seen-online


And the mystery of the skull in a pub

http://www.bbc.co.ukhttp://www.sciencemag.org/news/2018...men-and-iraq-destroying-archaeological-record


Personal account of a visit to Zhoushan (Chusan)

http://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/trave...hinese-island-was-very-nearly-hong-kong-hasnt


Matchlock guns & firearms discovered in the old home & work shop of Inoue Sekiemon, gunsmiths in Japan http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/Ahttps://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/new...-is-far-more-than-shrine-to-history-1-9104910

http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co....g_the_site_of_England__39_s_bloodiest_battle/


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Fremont cannon back on display

https://www.reviewjournal.com/local...t-exhibit-and-cannon-marching-into-las-vegas/


Living in the past


Jousting: a personalview

https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/en...usting-on-a-horse_uk_5ac6021ce4b0aacd15b8cfb7


Café Bar Basiliscoe


2000 year old rice wine from China

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/found-bottle-2000-year-old-wine-chinese-tomb-180968582/


500 year old wine from Japan

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-04/ku-4yd040218.php


Gunpowder gin from Ireland

https://www.thespiritsbusiness.com/2018/04/sb-voices-could-irish-gin-be-the-new-irish-whiskey/


All kept cool in a Roman fridge…

https://www.thelocal.ch/20180403/swiss-researchers-try-to-get-ancient-roman-frihttps://www.livescience.com/62273-cheating-medieval-dice-norway.html


Recreating the lost frescoes of the Fondaco de Tedschi in Venice

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/fea...dei-tedeschi-frescoes-by-titian-and-giorgione


And creating a ceiling that never existed

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...-digitally-recreated-french-castle-180968623/


New findings on the Lost Colony

https://pilotonline.com/news/local/history/article_5031be6a-e3b5-5531-9401-f63701e2http://museumcrush.org/this-is-the-last-suit-of-armour-ever-made-for-a-british-monarch/


Into the 20th century


Silk postcards from the First World War

http://museumcrush.org/from-your-soldier-boy-silk-postcards-of-the-first-world-war/


And love letters go online

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-43662682


Uncovering a family history

http://www.wtrf.com/news/national/a...emains-of-her-uncle-a-wwii-veteran/1092166716


Poppies reach Fort Nelson

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/d...-stunning-new-poppies-war-sculpture-1-8458384



Nautical news


Did the Vikings sail by crystal?

https://phys.org/news/2018-04-simulations-viking-sunstone-accurate.html


Update on the York River wrecks

http://www.dailypress.com/features/history/dp-nws-york-river-shipwrecks-20180410-story.html


Search for the Endurance

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-43703723


St. Louis-class light cruiser USS Helena (CL-50) found

https://www.navytimes.com/news/your...am-discovers-third-wwii-shipwreck-in-a-month/



Museum news and exhibitions


News


UK moves to ban all ivory sales

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-ivory-ban


Discussing free entry to Berlin’s new museums

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-to-pilot-free-entry-museums-at-humboldt-forum


New museums


New World Gallery at the Horniman plannedhttp://artdaily.com/news/103794/Hor...her-details-of-new-World-Gallery#.Wsx1YDGG99A


New extension at the Frick

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/frick-collection-announces-new-renovation-and-expansion-plans


Museum musings


V&A considering returning looted art to Africa

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/v-and-a-opens-dialogue-on-looted-ethiopian-thttps://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...to-return-maqdala-treasures-on-long-term-loan


Making old masters interesting to youngsters

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/old-master-disco-lives-in-kasse


Conservation corner


Conserving a British flag at Ticonderoga

http://www.syracuse.com/state/index.ssf/2018/03/fort_ticonderoga_gets_funding_to_http://artdaily.com/news/103748/The...-project-to-preserve-Korean-art-#.WsnaozGG99A


Exhibitions


100 years of the RAF at Wiltshire

http://www.rememuseum.org.uk/2018/0...m-at-reme-museum-16th-january-16th-june-2018/


Soldiers’ art at Compton Verney

http://artdaily.com/news/103753/Bri...-today-on-view-at-Compton-Verney#.WsiLzTGG99A


Renaissance silver at Waddeson- looks a stunner!

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...issance-masterpieces-reunited-after-a-century


Bevin’s Boys in Bishop Auckland

http://artdaily.com/news/103646/Exh...ince-the-Bevin-Boys-scheme-began#.WsHlDTGG99A


Napoleon as strategist in Paris

http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/napoleon-stratege.html


Voices from Denmark’s colonies in Copenhagen

https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-national-museum-of-denmark/exhibitions/voices-frohttp://artdaily.com/news/103677/Exh...82-sketches-by-Peter-Paul-Rubens#.WssZBDGG99A


Versailles visitors at the Met

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/visitors-to-versailles


And don’t forget the Japanese armour, there, too!

https://www.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/listings/2018/japanese-arms-and-armhttp://www.glamorgan-gem.co.uk/arti...land and Wales&sectionIs=news&searchyear=2018


Publications from Paris

http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/ressources-documentaires/publications-du-musee.html


Online Book


A 15th century alchemist’s text: Beata Wojtalik: The way of obtaining the Grand Elixir : an edition of the 'Tamyrtone' text in BL Harley 1747

https://core.ac.uk/display/30843507?source=3&algorithmId=14&similarToDoc=30923067&similarToDocKey=COhttp://artdaily.com/news/103703/Exhibition-presents-an-exceptional-collection-of-artefacts-that-belonghttp://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16137121.300_shoes_to_mark_the_lost_lives_of_shipwreck/


Tolkien novel written when convalescing after the Somme to be published

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2...-new-jrr-tolkien-book-to-be-published-in-2018


Drawing the arms dealers

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/apr/11/the-art-of-war-the-artist-who-sketchttp://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/st-georges-day/


Conferences- calls for papers


ICOMAM IN Slovenia

http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24653/


21 April 2018 London

The Antique Arms Fair

https://www.antiquearmsfair.com/


24th April 2018 London

The Professor Charles Thomas Collection Auction

http://www.thomasdelmar.com/


Hermann Historica catalogues online

https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende

http://artdaily.com/news/103721/Her...highlights-from-its-76th-auction#.WsSELTGG99A



Websites and downloads


New website for the AustralianNavy and its history

https://www.navyhistory.org.au/


1066 etc: War-torn Paris, swimming & embroidery

http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-life-in-war-torn-paris/

http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-swimming/

http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/sewing-the-scene-the-uses-of-embroidery-in-medieval-film-2/


Finally

We are putting the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE together- please send in any contributions soon! You can read previous editions here: http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/



This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Boroughbridge & Aldborough

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –15 April 2018


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