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    The Basiliscoe Mercury299


    TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


    Arms and armour in the news


    Summer has delayed this Bazzy, but it is a bumper edition! Whole fortresses in lakes, Roman camps, cannons and shipwrecks. In addition, lots of items ofpopular culture, the Bazzy equivalent of the beach book. And a number of nautical items for those enjoying their beach holiday….


    Ancient arms and forts


    This week’s weapon in the lake: an axe

    http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/ne...-lake-lubanowo-nearly-two-thousand-years.html


    Or a whole fortress in a Bulgarian lake

    https://sofiaglobe.com/2018/08/20/archaeology-remnants-of-ancient-fortress-found-underwater-off-bulgarihttp://artdaily.com/news/107167/Sal...an-mine-holds-Bronze-Age-secrets#.W4Jx7jG0V9A


    Investigating Roman legion base in Anatolia

    https://www.aa.com.tr/en/culture-and-art/roman-legionary-base-in-turkey-to-be-unearthed/1233653


    Update on the Roman fort at Binchester

    http://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/16409808.new-discoveries-in-dig-at-bishop-auckland-roman-fort/


    Impressive Roman period tower found in Turkey

    https://www.dailysabah.com/history/...ation-tower-discovered-in-southeastern-turkey


    Investigating Byzantine fortress in Bulgaria

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...ar-more-massive-fortress-archaeologists-find/


    Beasts of assorted varieties…


    Fishing in ancient Korea- older than we thought

    http://artdaily.com/news/106764/Cas...net-sinkers-found-in-South-Korea#.W2qZfjG0V9A


    Bison hunting and prairie fires

    https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-07/smu-nbh071818.php


    Roman “horseshoes” found in Vindolanda

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-https://www.latestly.com/technology...by-archaeological-survey-of-india-294952.html


    Importance of walrus ivory to the Norse Greenland settlements

    https://popular-archaeology.cohttps://www.guns.com/2018/08/01/snowden-slights-and-his-canoe-sized-shotgun-photos/


    Grave stories


    Update on the late-5thcentury massacre at Sandby borg

    https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/antiquity/article/moment-frozen-in-time-evidence-of-a-late-fifthcentury-massacre-at-sandby-borg/5C803B7Ehttps://www.livescience.com/63295-trophy-heads-mummies-ancient-peru-pits.html


    Through the arrow-slit . . .


    The latest enemy to attack castles: weeds

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture...-launches-campaign-to-save-castles-from-weeds


    Castles in the UK to visit- though the choice from Scotland is abysmal…

    https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-castles/


    Heatwave shows up the secrets of Ashby Castle

    https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/burton/heatwave-ashby-castle-dry-grass-1840894


    14th century blacksmith shop found in medieval Bulgarian castle

    http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...arevets-fortress-in-bulgarias-veliko-tarnovo/


    Sheffield castle- the search is on!

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/search-begins-for-sheffields-lost-medieval-castle/


    Saving Fairburn Tower

    https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/support-us/projects-and-appeals/fairburn-tower-appeal/?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_term=b1d9d5a8-86b4-4a83-b3c5-8dd7f485b7https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/public-dig-uncovers-evidence-of-17th-century-attack-at-castle-fraser


    Trying to protect the walls of Kano, Nigeria

    https://phys.org/news/2018-07-peopleand-politicsthreaten-kano-ancient-walls.html


    Investigating Fort Edward and the Seven Years War

    http://www.saratogian.com/20180730/...school-reveals-french-and-indian-war-findings


    Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


    Interesting feature on the Lyle gun

    http://www.miningjournal.net/news/local/2018/08/history-comes-alive-with-firing-of-lyle-gun/


    Cannons at the Tamil Nadu Police Museum

    https://www.thehindu.com/news/citie...eum-proves-a-crowd-puller/article24578494.ece


    Alamo cannon return, with a salute…

    http://www.kbtx.com/content/news/Al...bang-at-Texas-AM-Rellis-Campus-491453581.html


    Sprucing up Colorado State University’s WWI trophy cannon

    https://source.colostate.edu/csus-cannon-returns-home-after-6-week-facelift-in-englewood/


    German trophy stolen from Canadian war memorial

    http://www.capebretonpost.com/news/...ment-site-in-arcadia-is-still-missing-230546/


    Living in the past


    Heatwaves and armour wearing

    https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/29/heatwave-britain-how-affects-jobs-summer-hhttp://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/medieval-servants-yorks-barley-hall/


    Café Basiliscoe: this week’s specials


    Medieval omelette…

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/how-to-make-omelet-medieval/


    …with cheese of the pharaohs...

    http://artdaily.com/news/107012/World-s-oldest-cheese-found-in-Egyptian-tomb#.W3p3KTG0V9A


    …and prehistoric bread

    http://artdaily.com/news/106881/Arc...dates-agriculture-by-4-000-years#.W3p6vDG0V9A


    Miscellany


    Heatwave reveals the road of the Templars

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/heatwave-reveals-medieval-road-in-england/


    Fascinating depiction of a sword in 15th cent Flemish painting http://artdaily.com/news/106650/15th-century-masterpiece-loaned-to-the-Rijksmuseum#.W2QQlhttps://www.thestar.co.uk/lifestyle...orks-found-near-elsecar-and-hoyland-1-9288907


    Short illustrated piece on Chinese military historic sites

    https://news.cgtn.com/news/3d3d514f3259544d79457a6333566d54/share_p.html


    Killing fields


    No point looking for a horse at Bosworth soon

    https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/news/local-news/26m-mira-driverless-car-tehttps://aeon.co/essays/the-battle-of-vienna-was-not-a-fight-between-cross-and-crescent


    Culloden at risk from trees

    https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/modern-day-battle-with-trees-at-culloden


    Into the 20th century


    Metaldetecting in Germany can be against the law

    https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...orldNews&utm_source=quora&utm_medium=referral


    Marking Amiens

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fter-the-battle-of-amiens-a-poignant-reminder


    What to do with that old Anderson shelter in the garden

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...erson-shelters-are-being-brought-back-to-life


    One family and the Falkands

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/26/falklands-war-retold-helen-parr-our-boys


    Nautical news


    Update on the search for two 16th century ships, theCordelière and the Regent

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-44806083


    Looking for Cortes’s wrecks

    http://www.laht.com/article.asp?ArticleId=2462097&CategoryId=14091


    Researching the earliest ships on the slave trade in the 16th century

    https://www.independent.co.uk/news/...a-atlantic-ocean-deaths-disease-a8494546.html


    Cast-iron cannon lifted from Florida wreck

    https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/08/14/spanish-cannon-found-off-florida-coast-orig.cnn


    Update on the search for HMS Endeavour at Rhode Island

    https://www.news.com.au/travel/worl...y/news-story/841298bff0fa71a8adf724f175f8d7e2


    What happened to HMS Culloden’s cannons?

    https://www.danspapers.com/2018/07/british-man-o-war-cannons-off-montauk/


    Update on the Hunley

    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...nfederate-submarine-hl-hunley-sank-180969724/


    1863 Lt Haines, Royal Artillery, goes round Lake Ontario

    http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/curr/author-discovers-tale-of-english-artillery-officers-breehttps://www.news.com.au/travel/worl...d/news-story/bf94aef144553dbd399b59c82ed218ed


    More WW2 ships in Asia have been looted and partly destroyed

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...fresh-reports-of-looting-of-sunken-navy-ships



    Museum news and exhibitions


    News


    Six best museums in regions of Azerbaijan

    https://azertag.az/en/xeber/Six_best_museums_in_regions_of_Azerbaijan-1185167


    Prize for the Mary Rose Museum

    http://artdaily.com/news/106877/The-Mary-Rose-wins-Visitor-Experience-Award


    Swedish crown isstolen

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2018/08/01/thieves-escape-motorboat-swedish-crown-jewels/


    Italy scraps free entry to cultural sites on Sundays

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-tickets


    New museums


    Museum of Antiquities re-opens in Idlib

    http://artdaily.com/news/106884/Ant...a-s-rebel-held-province-of-Idlib#.W3p5_TG0V9A


    New wingat the Prado opens

    http://artdaily.com/news/106644/The...hang-of-its-North-Wing-galleries#.W2K4zjG0V9A


    Museum developments


    Digitalizing medieval manuscripts

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08...phias-rare-medieval-manuscripts-to-the-world/


    Museum musings


    Baroque paintings and US museums

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/very-much-an-acquired-taste


    Remembering the Wall

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...demolished-as-part-of-anniversary-performance


    And still pulling down statues

    https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/20/confederate-statues-north-carolina-silent-sam


    Conservation corner


    Dating Henry VIII’s portrait

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science...y-viii-portrait-1525the-year-became-obsessed/


    Objects


    Medal depicting Peterloo Massacre to go on display- pictures

    https://museumcrush.org/the-rare-medal-commemorating-the-peterloo-massacre/


    Confederatetimecapsulefound

    https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/05/us/new-orleans-beauregard-statue-time-capsule-trnd/index.html


    Italian government revoked license for Gerard portrait

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/italy-revokes-export-licence-for-the-frick-s-princely-pohttp://artdaily.com/news/107080/Kup...wings-from-the-Rembrandt-School-#.W30X_jG0V9A


    Japanese arms and armour and prints in Bologna

    http://artdaily.com/news/106667/Pal...--Japan--Tales-of-Love-and-War--#.W2VmJDG0V9A


    Cartoons in Washington

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/national-gallery-explores-humour-in-the-age-of-trump


    WWI posters in Athens, Georgia

    http://artdaily.com/news/106979/Exh...rt-celebrates-end-of-World-War-I#.W3p4cDG0V9A



    Books


    Pamela Hartshorne: The Royal Mews Buckingham Palace

    http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3669


    Feature on Iran’s Book of the Kings

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-the-book-of-kings-the-book-that-defines-iranians


    Selection of recent mediaeval books

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/new-medieval-books-crusaders-devils/


    Online Book


    Two underwater surveys

    https://www.boem.gov/ESPIS/4/5109.pdf

    http://museum.wa.gov.au/maritime-ar...les/no._305_broome_flying_boat_compendium.pdf



    Popular culture


    Remembering the armistice in Scottish gardens

    https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/armi...erdeenshire-to-mark-first-world-war-centenary


    Recreating Spain’s lost Antarcticadventure

    http://www.maritimeherald.com/2018/...orgotten-spaniards-who-discovered-antarctica/


    Street fashion- carry your own riot shield…

    https://www.theguardian.com/fashion.../war-core-what-is-this-fashion-trend-good-for


    Lost bits ofMonty Python and the Holy Grail found

    https://www.theguardian.com/culture...-amorous-pink-knight-unseen-sketches-revealed


    Recreating World War I lives

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-to-mark-armistice-centenary-first-world-war


    How not to make a sword like in the movies

    https://www.wearethemighty.com/entertainment/movies-get-blacksmithery-wrong


    Build your own Kenilworth Castle on Minecraft

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/building-kenilworth-castle-minecraft/


    Why we never saw Gladiator 2

    http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180810-gladiator-2-was-written-and-its-mad



    Events


    Diary Dates


    Last few weeks to tour Greenwich Naval chapel ceiling

    http://artdaily.com/news/107089/Fin...rs-of--Britain-s-Sistine-Chapel-#.W35t7TG0V9A


    27 October Royal Armouries Leeds

    Remembering John Waller


    Conferences


    ICOMAM in Slovenia

    http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/


    Material Culture of War

    http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/


    Sales Fairs and auctions


    Highlights from Hermann Historica’s autumn sale

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


    Sale of shotguns

    http://artdaily.com/news/106837/Gav...-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns-#.W3QKkvZFzmI



    Websites and downloads


    If still in holiday mode, the illustrations of Sir John de Mandeville’s travels

    http://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Fhttps://markerhunter.wordpress.com/


    1066 etc: Scottish wars, war & the state, gaining a throne, & Parisian violence

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08...n-during-the-bruce-balliol-civil-war-1332-38/

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/04/medieval-military-revolution/

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/staging-deaths-king-sverre-or-a-usurpers-path-to-the-throne/

    http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/the-calamity-of-violence-reading-the-paris-massacres-of-1418/


    Finally


    This fortnight I tweeted a visit to Hardwick Hall & its glorious plasterwork

    https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



    Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –27 August 2018


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  2. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    is this one longer than most......lots of good articles....like really...lots !!!
     
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  3. Any Jewelry

    Any Jewelry Well-Known Member

    I think it is, it took me several sessions to just read the list.:D
    But definitely worth it, as always. Thanks spring.
     
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    Bookahtoo Moderator Moderator

    Thank you Spring!
     
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