The Basiliscoe Mercury 293

The Basiliscoe Mercury293


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


A number of stories of armour in popular culture this week, mainly from the Met, from Joan of Arc to modern dance. Otherwise a number of updates including stunning pictures of a Spanish galleon in the deep, the cannonball that wasn’t and uses for helicopter paint.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Prehistoric use of fire and axes pushed back in time

https://popular-archaeology.com/art...e-of-fire-and-oldest-stone-handaxe-in-europe/


Romans in Poland

http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/ne...idence-presence-roman-legionaries-poland.html


Update on the remains of a battle with the Romans outside Dusseldorf

https://www.thelocal.de/20180502/roman-relics-found-in-rhein-region-show-evidence-of-bloody-uprising


Ancient roman triumphal arch found in Bulgaria

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...om-ancient-philipopolis-in-bulgarias-plovdiv/


Hunting round the world and through the ages


Fishing in Alaska

https://www.ktoo.org/2018/05/10/archaeologist-finds-fish-trap-defensive-sites-on-afognak-island/


Grave stories


What famous people died from?

https://www.theguardian.com/science...-people-medical-sleuths-gather-to-investigate


More on the Scottish survivors of Dunbar

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


The remains of 40 soldiers found during archaeological work in Wijtschate

http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgiu...ound-during-archaeological-digs-in-wijtschate


Over the wall, through the gunloop


Searching for lost royal castle in Scotland

https://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/...lost-castle-at-former-royal-retreat-1-4737452


Update on the search for Fort Vancouver

http://www.columbian.com/news/2018/...-to-pinpoint-site-of-original-fort-vancouver/


The three Solent forts for sale

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/propert...military-forts-solent-also-known-palmerstons/


Back to the front


Jacobite trail in Glenfinnan

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/on-the-jacobite-trail-at-glenfinnan


Saratoga battlefield recovers from major storm damage http://www.saratogian.com/article/ST/20180509/NEWS/180509800


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Possible old cannons cause chaos in Phuket

https://www.thephuketnews.com/suspected-cannons-found-in-phuket-66944.php#dLlWrkQkOKismFDQ.97


Suspected cannonball from River Don in Sheffield 'is an industrial weight' https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/susp...n-sheffield-is-an-industrial-weight-1-9146122


Canadians rescued WWI German trophy cannon from neglectedNeepawa.

http://www.mywhttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2...mans-were-in-the-philippines-700000-years-ago


or iced sloth…

https://apnews.com/a8e4855765ea42c39cec1676f4ce2f21


…with 220 year old beer, from Australia

https://mashable.com/2018/05/03/world-oldest-beer-revived/#mscNmA7fpsqi


Miscellany


Spying in the American Revolution

http://www.southcoasttoday.com/spec...helped-catch-british-spy-nearly-250-years-ago


Do-it-yourself tattoo kit, from long, long ago

https://hyperallergic.com/438579/worlds-oldest-tattoo-kit-fernvale-native-american/


Two new Rembrandts go on show in Amsterdam- Man with a Sword

http://artdaily.com/news/104553/Two-newly-rediscovered-paintings-by-Rembrhttps://www.rembranhttps://museumcrush.org/the-story-of-two-post-office-men-trapped-on-the-channel-islands-during-wwii/


Nautical news


Update on the wreck of the San José galleon –stunning pictures! https://thecitypaperbogota.com/news...ok-at-the-wreck-of-the-san-jose-galleon/19636


Update on HMS Victory- (the one underwater)

http://thepipeline.info/blog/2018/0...-foundation-victory-1744-puff-piece-deflates/


Update on Virginia’s colonial ships

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...s-found-buried-alexandria-virginia-180969033/


Visiting U1277 off Portugal

http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/second-world-war-submarine-is-guarded-by-these-divers/



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Poppies boost attendance at Fort Nelson

https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/herita...-draws-in-more-than-50-000-visitors-1-8495677


New museums


Maritime Museum of British Columbia looking for new home

http://www.timescolonist.com/news/l...-setting-sights-on-waterfront-home-1.23291100


Museum musings


Will British Museum return/lend Benin bronzes to Nigeria?

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/will-british-museum-lend-back-the-benin-bronzes


Hamburg is considering it

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/hamburg-considers-fate-of-three-benin-bronzes


While Germany looks into cultural looting in colonial times

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...ons-into-provenance-of-colonial-era-artefacts


The lost treasure of Troy

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/lost-art-homer-s-troy-and-priam-s-treasure


Conservation corner


Helicopter paint helps statues

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/army-helicopter-paint-used-to-restore-outdoor-sculptures


Berlin still treating war damaged art

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/damaged-art-undergoes-intensive-care-in-berlin-s-bode-museum


Objects


Fitzwilliam’s horse armour gets a make-over

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/news/horse-mannequin-dressed-and-rehttp://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson/treasure/192


Exhibitions


The poppy in Edinburgh

https://www.nms.ac.uk/national-war-museum/whats-on/the-poppy/


TheIrish and WWI in Dublin

https://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Ar...n-the-Mud,-The-Irish-soldier-in-Belgium-in-th


New acquisitions in Vienna

https://www.hgm.at/de/ausstellungen/sonderausstellungen.html


Charles V in Spain

http://www.patrimonionacional.es/tordesillas/index.htm



Books


Publications from Brussels

http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/publications


Book bargains from Scotland

https://shop.nms.ac.uk/collections/sale


Online Book


Online books

http://www.archaeopress.com/ArchaeopressShop/Public/defaultAll.asp?OpenAccess=Y&intro=true



Popular Culture


Games and medieval weapons

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-05-08-the-allure-of-medieval-weaponry


Joan of Arc as fashion icon

http://www.flare.com/fashion/met-gala-joan-of-arc/


Met’s armours go walk-about

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/three-to-see-new-york-10-may


Pictures from the world medieval combat

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...edieval-combat-world-championship-in-pictures


Met’s Arms and Armor department collaborate on dance program

https://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=223994


Events


Conferences


May 21–23 2018The Cody Firearms Museum

Arsenals of History: Ethics of Firearms in Museums

https://centerofthewest.org/event/firearms-symposium/


Conferences- calls for papers


ICOMAM IN Slovenia

http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/http://wikicfp.com/cfp/servlet/event.showcfp?eventid=75965&copyownerid=115929


Sales, fairs and auctions


22 May 2018 Edinburgh

Sporting sale

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24751/


22 May 2018 LA

Tribal arms and armour

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24946/


23 May London

Arms and armour

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24657/



Websites and downloads


Newwebsite for Brussels

http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/


1066 etc, tattooed Vikings and Templars

http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/tattooed-vikings-a-look-at-medieval-body-art/

http://www.medievalists.net/2018/05/who-were-the-templars/


Finally


This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Hampshire

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –13 May 2018


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