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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 400972, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury300</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The sharp-eyed among you will see this is the 300th Basiliscoe and you will find something to remember this by at the end.Main story is the destruction of National Museum of Brazil and much of its collections, more cheerfully cannons on the move in the UK, stories about women warriors and the V&A’s digital Leonardo. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bone arrowhead from the Yukon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arrowhead-demster-highway-archaeologist-yukon-1.4805547" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arrowhead-demster-highway-archaeologist-yukon-1.4805547" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arrowhead-demster-highway-archaeologist-yukon-1.4805547</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recording the siege of Lachish</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Sennacherib-Siege-of-Lachish" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Sennacherib-Siege-of-Lachish" rel="nofollow">http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Sennacherib-Siege-of-Lachish</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Roman legionary bases in Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurasiareview.com/25082018-bulgaria-grand-armory-of-roman-legions-mystery-unveiled/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurasiareview.com/25082018-bulgaria-grand-armory-of-roman-legions-mystery-unveiled/" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurasiareview.com/25082018-bulgaria-grand-armory-of-roman-legions-mystery-unveiled/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest thinking on the rise of Viking fortresses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/danish-viking-fortresses-were-designed-fend-other-vikings" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/danish-viking-fortresses-were-designed-fend-other-vikings" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/danish-viking-fortresses-were-designed-fend-other-vikings</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>DNA of early medieval Germanic warriors revealed</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/revealed-genetic-secrets-of-high-ranked-warriors-at-a-medieval-german-burial-site/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://popular-archaeology.com/article/revealed-genetic-secrets-of-high-ranked-warriors-at-a-medieval-german-burial-site/" rel="nofollow">https://popular-archaeology.com/article/revealed-genetic-secrets-of-high-ranked-warriors-at-a-medieval-german-burial-site/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battlefields and castles </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the new Battle of Bosworth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/battle-of-bosworth-planning-application-car-test-track-hinckley-council-a8510261.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/battle-of-bosworth-planning-application-car-test-track-hinckley-council-a8510261.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/battle-of-bosworth-planning-application-car-test-track-hinckley-council-a8510261.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What was found under Culzean Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/259432/Hidden_medieval_door_to_Scottish_castle_caves_discovered" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/259432/Hidden_medieval_door_to_Scottish_castle_caves_discovered" rel="nofollow">http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/259432/Hidden_medieval_door_to_Scottish_castle_caves_discovered</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Passing the time in medieval Russian castles- nine men’s morris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://themoscowtimes.com/news/archeologists-discover-medieval-board-game-secret-castle-crypt-russia-62792" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://themoscowtimes.com/news/archeologists-discover-medieval-board-game-secret-castle-crypt-russia-62792" rel="nofollow">https://themoscowtimes.com/news/archeologists-discover-medieval-board-game-secret-castle-crypt-russia-62792</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the gunloop…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Francis Drake in Virginia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://po.st/yfkAN3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://po.st/yfkAN3" rel="nofollow">http://po.st/yfkAN3</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Early 17th century Native American fort in Connecticut discovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-native-american-fort-connecticut.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-native-american-fort-connecticut.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-native-american-fort-connecticut.html</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>Cannon from the older HMS Victory goes on display in Portsmouth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forces.net/news/incredibly-rare-18th-century-cannon-go-display#.W5Eu1J1Aa8U.twitter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forces.net/news/incredibly-rare-18th-century-cannon-go-display#.W5Eu1J1Aa8U.twitter" rel="nofollow">https://www.forces.net/news/incredibly-rare-18th-century-cannon-go-display#.W5Eu1J1Aa8U.twitter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hartlepool’s historic gun battery faces a new battle & needs help <a href="https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/historic-gun-battery-faces-a-new-battle-and-bosses-need-your-help-1-9320695" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/historic-gun-battery-faces-a-new-battle-and-bosses-need-your-help-1-9320695" rel="nofollow">https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/historic-gun-battery-faces-a-new-battle-and-bosses-need-your-help-1-9320695</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannon dug up in Bangkok</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30353008" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30353008" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30353008</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528350/ancient-cannon-found-at-sanam-luang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528350/ancient-cannon-found-at-sanam-luang" rel="nofollow">https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528350/ancient-cannon-found-at-sanam-luang</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And what happened to it</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353271" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353271" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353271</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353457" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353457" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353457</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 shell washes up in Icelandic fjord</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2018/08/28/boys_in_east_fjords_find_live_ww_ii_shell/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2018/08/28/boys_in_east_fjords_find_live_ww_ii_shell/" rel="nofollow">https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2018/08/28/boys_in_east_fjords_find_live_ww_ii_shell/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A brief history of fireworks</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Re-enacting in Serbia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107216/The-fighting-is-real-at-Serbia-s-medieval-festival#.W4UHcjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107216/The-fighting-is-real-at-Serbia-s-medieval-festival#.W4UHcjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107216/The-fighting-is-real-at-Serbia-s-medieval-festival#.W4UHcjG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RecreatingNorse artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/coastal-job-experimental-archaeologist/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/coastal-job-experimental-archaeologist/" rel="nofollow">https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/coastal-job-experimental-archaeologist/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: today’s special</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Neolithic cheese</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/ps-eo090518.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/ps-eo090518.php" rel="nofollow">https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/ps-eo090518.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating Holyrood Palace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45355250" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45355250" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45355250</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Treasure trove of lost letters! This is an exciting project </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/05/huge-historical-national-archives-prize-papers-mail-captured-ships-online?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:img-2#img-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/05/huge-historical-national-archives-prize-papers-mail-captured-ships-online?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:img-2#img-2" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/05/huge-historical-national-archives-prize-papers-mail-captured-ships-online?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:img-2#img-2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short feature on Boudicca</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/great-britons-boadicea/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/great-britons-boadicea/" rel="nofollow">https://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/great-britons-boadicea/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Norse shield maidens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/shieldmaidens-gesta-danorum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/shieldmaidens-gesta-danorum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/shieldmaidens-gesta-danorum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Review of Empress by Ruby Lal</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/05/empress-ruby-lai-the-rise-and-reign-of-a-self-made-mughal-queen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/05/empress-ruby-lai-the-rise-and-reign-of-a-self-made-mughal-queen" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/05/empress-ruby-lai-the-rise-and-reign-</a><a href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180826-the-legend-of-benins-fearless-female-warriors" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180826-the-legend-of-benins-fearless-female-warriors" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180826-the-legend-of-benins-fearless-female-warriors</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Looking for the forgotten nurses of WWI</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/colouriser-hopes-to-jog-memories-of-forgotten-first-world-war-nurses" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/colouriser-hopes-to-jog-memories-of-forgotten-first-world-war-nurses" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/colouriser-hopes-to-jog-memories-of-forgotten-first-world-war-nurses</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle of Britain collections in the UK</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-battle-of-britain-museums-and-collections/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-battle-of-britain-museums-and-collections/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-battle-of-britain-museums-and-collections/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Øsknes: rethinking Viking boat burials</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2018-08-csi-tromsowhere-forensics-vikings.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2018-08-csi-tromsowhere-forensics-vikings.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2018-08-csi-tromsowhere-forensics-vikings.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Saving the Mary Rose</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-preserve-a-shipwreck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-preserve-a-shipwreck" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-preserve-a-shipwreck</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vasa cannon found?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20180828/the-vasa-ship-missing-cannon-may-have-been-found-stockholm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thelocal.se/20180828/the-vasa-ship-missing-cannon-may-have-been-found-stockholm" rel="nofollow">https://www.thelocal.se/20180828/the-vasa-ship-missing-cannon-may-have-been-found-stockholm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on the Beeswax wreck</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://crosscut.com/2018/08/researchers-uncover-northwest-secrets-spanish-shipwreck" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://crosscut.com/2018/08/researchers-uncover-northwest-secrets-spanish-shipwreck" rel="nofollow">https://crosscut.com/2018/08/researchers-uncover-northwest-secrets-spanish-shipwreck</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature about HMS Endeavour, colonial history and natural history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/hms-endeavour-250.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/hms-endeavour-250.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/hms-endeavour-250.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tin cans not to blame for the demise of the Franklin expedition- phew</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-poisoning-wasnt-major-factor-mysterious-demise-franklin-expedition-180970150/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-poisoning-wasnt-major-factor-mysterious-demise-franklin-expedition-180970150/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-poisoning-wasnt-major-factor-mysterious-demise-franklin-expedition-180970150/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Canada’s plans for the Franklin ships</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/05/archeologists-explore-sunken-ship-to-uncover-secrets-of-franklin-expedition-shipwreck.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/05/archeologists-explore-sunken-ship-to-uncover-secrets-of-franklin-expedition-shipwreck.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/05/archeologists-explore-sunken-ship-to-uncover-secrets-of-franklin-expedition-shipwreck.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Whaling shipwreck found in the Canadian artic</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/expedition-finds-evidence-of-first-known-whaling-wreck-in-canadas-high-arctic-692655611.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/expedition-finds-evidence-of-first-known-whaling-wreck-in-canadas-high-arctic-692655611.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/expedition-finds-evidence-of-first-known-whaling-wreck-in-canadas-high-arctic-692655611.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 USS Abner Read found off Alaska</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/noaa-researchers-found-wwii-shipwreck-in-alaska-2018-8?r=US&IR=T" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://uk.businessinsider.com/noaa-researchers-found-wwii-shipwreck-in-alaska-2018-8?r=US&IR=T" rel="nofollow">http://uk.businessinsider.com/noaa-researchers-found-wwii-shipwreck-in-alaska-2018-8?r=US&IR=T</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Destruction of the National Museum of Brazil</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-of-brazil-devastated-by-massive-fire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-of-brazil-devastated-by-massive-fire" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-of-brazil-devastated-by-massive-fire</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/protesters-decry-neglect-after-brazilian-museum-fire" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/protesters-decry-neglect-after-brazilian-museum-fire" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/protesters-decry-neglect-after-brazilian-museum-fire</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Perhaps visitor figures should be treated with a pinch of salt…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-wrong-figures" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-wrong-figures" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-wrong-figures</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Da Vinci goes digital at the V&A</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/victoria-and-albert-museum-brings-leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-to-life-online" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/victoria-and-albert-museum-brings-leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-to-life-online" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/victoria-and-albert-museum-brings-leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-to-life-online</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short article on the WA Naval Historical Display Australia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Sep2018/Community/4796#.W5I73jG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Sep2018/Community/4796#.W5I73jG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Sep2018/Community/4796#.W5I73jG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Statue–toppling reaches Canada</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canada-addresses-its-monumental-problem" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canada-addresses-its-monumental-problem" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canada-addresses-its-monumental-problem</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spain does it again</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garish-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garish-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garish-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Basket hiltedsword used at Stirling Bridge (perhaps!) sold</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forces.net/news/sword-used-wars-scottish-independence-sold-auction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forces.net/news/sword-used-wars-scottish-independence-sold-auction" rel="nofollow">https://www.forces.net/news/sword-used-wars-scottish-independence-sold-auction</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMS London in Southend</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16687108.shipwrecked-cannon-takes-centre-stage/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16687108.shipwrecked-cannon-takes-centre-stage/" rel="nofollow">http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16687108.shipwrecked-cannon-takes-centre-stage/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Magic in Oxford</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107308/The-Ashmolean-s-autumn-exhibition-explores-the-history-of-a-fascinating-cultural-phenomenon--Magic#.W4-QZjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107308/The-Ashmolean-s-autumn-exhibition-explores-the-history-of-a-fascinating-cultural-phenomenon--Magic#.W4-QZjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107308/The-Ashmolean-s-autumn-exhibition-explores-the-history-of-a-fascinating-cultural-phenomenon--Magic#.W4-QZjG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1918 in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/1918-armistices.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/1918-armistices.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/1918-armistices.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tintoretto in Venice</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/tintoretto-s-500th-takes-over-venice" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/tintoretto-s-500th-takes-over-venice" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/tintoretto-s-500th-takes-over-venice</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books of Hours in Montreal</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107317/Exhibition-features-Book-of-Hours-from-the-13th-to-the-16th-century-in-Quebec-collections#.W4-QujG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107317/Exhibition-features-Book-of-Hours-from-the-13th-to-the-16th-century-in-Quebec-collections#.W4-QujG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107317/Exhibition-features-Book-of-Hours-from-the-13th-to-the-16th-century-in-Quebec-collections#.W4-QujG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Renaissancecourt at the Getty</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/all-that-glitters-life-at-the-renaissance-court-begins-at-the-getty/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/all-that-glitters-life-at-the-renaissance-court-begins-at-the-getty/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/all-that-glitters-life-at-the-renaissance-court-begins-at-the-getty/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107227/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--All-that-Glitters--Life-at-the-Renaissance-Court-#.W4UG8zG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107227/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--All-that-Glitters--Life-at-the-Renaissance-Court-#.W4UG8zG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107227/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--All-that-Glitters--Life-at-the-Renaissance-Court-#.W4UG8zG0V9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 women at International Museum of World War II <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/ansel-adams-s-wartime-women" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/ansel-adams-s-wartime-women" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/ansel-adams-s-wartime-women</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Neil Grant: The Luger</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-luger" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-luger" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-luger</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Edited James Davey: Tudor and Stuart Seafarers; The Emergence of a Maritime Nation, 1485-1707</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tudor-and-stuart-seafarers-9781472956767/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tudor-and-stuart-seafarers-9781472956767/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tudor-and-stuart-seafarers-9781472956767/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe, Glyn Williams: Pacific Exploration;</p><p><br /></p><p>Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pacific-exploration-9781472957733/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pacific-exploration-9781472957733/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pacific-exploration-9781472957733/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RAF 100 - The Official Story</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/raf-100-1918-2018-the-official-story-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/raf-100-1918-2018-the-official-story-" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/raf-100-1918-2018-the-official-story-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Star Carr and its landscape and natural history</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book1/" rel="nofollow">https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book2/" rel="nofollow">https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Article on ceramic grenades from Ingolstadt</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/35146728/Franzkowiak_Wenzel_Abstract_2016" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/35146728/Franzkowiak_Wenzel_Abstract_2016" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/35146728/Franzkowiak_Wenzel_Abstract_2016</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.academia.edu/31775145/Explosives_aus_der_Tiefgarage_-_Ein_au%C3%9Fergew%C3%B6hnlicher_Keramikgranatenfund_aus_Ingolstadt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.academia.edu/31775145/Explosives_aus_der_Tiefgarage_-_Ein_au%C3%9Fergew%C3%B6hnlicher_Keramikgranatenfund_aus_Ingolstadt" rel="nofollow">https://www.academia.edu/31775145/Explosives_aus_der_Tiefgarage_-_Ein_außergewöhnlicher_Keramikgranatenfund_aus_Ingolstadt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making art from war-damaged artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-made-from-isis-bullet-holes-go-on-show-for-first-joint-project-between-iraq-and-kurdistan-in-the-uk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-made-from-isis-bullet-holes-go-on-show-for-first-joint-project-between-iraq-and-kurdistan-in-the-uk" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-made-from-isis-bullet-holes-go-on-show-for-first-joint-project-between-iraq-and-kurdistan-in-the-uk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese artist in Paris’sMusée de la Chasse</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107310/Mus-e-de-la-Chasse-et-de-la-Nature-opens-a-solo-exhibition-dedicated-to-Kohei-Nawa#.W4-RcjG0V9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107310/Mus-e-de-la-Chasse-et-de-la-Nature-opens-a-solo-exhibition-dedicated-to-Kohei-Nawa#.W4-RcjG0V9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107310/Mus-e-de-la-Chasse-et-de-la-Nature-opens-a-solo-exhibition-dedicated-to-Kohei-Nawa#.W</a><a href="https://manga.tokyo/interview/exclusive-interview-with-senjushi-the-thousand-musketeers-producer-takumi-kohama/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://manga.tokyo/interview/exclusive-interview-with-senjushi-the-thousand-musketeers-producer-takumi-kohama/" rel="nofollow">https://manga.tokyo/interview/exclusive-interview-with-senjushi-the-thousand-musketeers-producer-takumi-kohama/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trebuchets get a starring role in new film on Robert the Bruce</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/movie-review-outlaw-king/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/movie-review-outlaw-king/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/movie-review-outlaw-king/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>ICOMAM in Slovenia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/</a><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Material Culture of War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/" rel="nofollow">http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>13 October London</p><p><br /></p><p>London Antique Arms fair </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.antiquearmsfairsltd.co.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.antiquearmsfairsltd.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.antiquearmsfairsltd.co.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Highlights from Hermann Historica’s autumn sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Celebrating the Three Hundred</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Persian wars and the Three hundred</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Thucydides%22+OR+%22%CE%98%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82%22+OR+%22Thoukud%C3%ADd%C4%93s%22%29" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Thucydides%22+OR+%22%CE%98%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82%22+OR+%22Thoukud%C3%ADd%C4%93s%22%29" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Thucydides%22+OR+%22Θουκυδίδης%22+OR+%22Thoukudídēs%22%29</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Aeschylus and the Persians</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persians" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persians" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persians</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>300 Graphic novel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(comics)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(comics)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(comics)</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://getcomics.info/other-comics/300/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://getcomics.info/other-comics/300/" rel="nofollow">https://getcomics.info/other-comics/300/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p>The Hippodrome, </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/spectacle-power-and-romanness-in-byzantium-the-use-of-roman-heritage-in-the-ceremonial-practices-in-the-hippodrome-10th-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/spectacle-power-and-romanness-in-byzantium-the-use-of-roman-heritage-in-the-ceremonial-practices-in-the-hippodrome-10th-century/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/spectacle-power-and-romanness-in-byzantium-the-use-of-roman-heritage-in-the-ceremonial-practices-in-the-hippodrome-10th-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted pictures from recent jaunts</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>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –10 September 2018</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 400972, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury300 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Arms and armour in the news The sharp-eyed among you will see this is the 300th Basiliscoe and you will find something to remember this by at the end.Main story is the destruction of National Museum of Brazil and much of its collections, more cheerfully cannons on the move in the UK, stories about women warriors and the V&A’s digital Leonardo. Ancient arms and forts Bone arrowhead from the Yukon [URL]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/arrowhead-demster-highway-archaeologist-yukon-1.4805547[/URL] Recording the siege of Lachish [URL]http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2018/08/Sennacherib-Siege-of-Lachish[/URL] Investigating Roman legionary bases in Bulgaria [URL]https://www.eurasiareview.com/25082018-bulgaria-grand-armory-of-roman-legions-mystery-unveiled/[/URL] Latest thinking on the rise of Viking fortresses [URL]http://sciencenordic.com/danish-viking-fortresses-were-designed-fend-other-vikings[/URL] Grave stories DNA of early medieval Germanic warriors revealed [URL]https://popular-archaeology.com/article/revealed-genetic-secrets-of-high-ranked-warriors-at-a-medieval-german-burial-site/[/URL] Battlefields and castles Update on the new Battle of Bosworth [URL]https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/battle-of-bosworth-planning-application-car-test-track-hinckley-council-a8510261.html[/URL] What was found under Culzean Castle [URL]http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/259432/Hidden_medieval_door_to_Scottish_castle_caves_discovered[/URL] Passing the time in medieval Russian castles- nine men’s morris [URL]https://themoscowtimes.com/news/archeologists-discover-medieval-board-game-secret-castle-crypt-russia-62792[/URL] Through the gunloop… Francis Drake in Virginia [URL]http://po.st/yfkAN3[/URL] Early 17th century Native American fort in Connecticut discovered [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-08-archaeologists-native-american-fort-connecticut.html[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Cannon from the older HMS Victory goes on display in Portsmouth [URL]https://www.forces.net/news/incredibly-rare-18th-century-cannon-go-display#.W5Eu1J1Aa8U.twitter[/URL] Hartlepool’s historic gun battery faces a new battle & needs help [URL]https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/nostalgia/historic-gun-battery-faces-a-new-battle-and-bosses-need-your-help-1-9320695[/URL] Cannon dug up in Bangkok [URL]http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30353008[/URL] [URL]https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/1528350/ancient-cannon-found-at-sanam-luang[/URL] And what happened to it [URL]http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353271[/URL] [URL]http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30353457[/URL] WW2 shell washes up in Icelandic fjord [URL]https://icelandmonitor.mbl.is/news/news/2018/08/28/boys_in_east_fjords_find_live_ww_ii_shell/[/URL] A brief history of fireworks [URL]https://www.livescience.com/63468-fireworks-history.html[/URL] Living in the past Re-enacting in Serbia [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107216/The-fighting-is-real-at-Serbia-s-medieval-festival#.W4UHcjG0V9A[/URL] RecreatingNorse artefacts [URL]https://www.hakaimagazine.com/article-short/coastal-job-experimental-archaeologist/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe: today’s special Neolithic cheese [URL]https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-09/ps-eo090518.php[/URL] Miscellany Excavating Holyrood Palace [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-edinburgh-east-fife-45355250[/URL] Treasure trove of lost letters! This is an exciting project [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/sep/05/huge-historical-national-archives-prize-papers-mail-captured-ships-online?CMP=share_btn_tw&page=with:img-2#img-2[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Short feature on Boudicca [URL]https://www.anglotopia.net/british-history/great-britons-boadicea/[/URL] Norse shield maidens [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/shieldmaidens-gesta-danorum/[/URL] Review of Empress by Ruby Lal [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/05/empress-ruby-lai-the-rise-and-reign-of-a-self-made-mughal-queen']https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/sep/05/empress-ruby-lai-the-rise-and-reign-[/URL][URL]http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20180826-the-legend-of-benins-fearless-female-warriors[/URL] Looking for the forgotten nurses of WWI [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/06/colouriser-hopes-to-jog-memories-of-forgotten-first-world-war-nurses[/URL] Into the 20th century Battle of Britain collections in the UK [URL]https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-battle-of-britain-museums-and-collections/[/URL] Nautical news Øsknes: rethinking Viking boat burials [URL]https://phys.org/news/2018-08-csi-tromsowhere-forensics-vikings.html[/URL] Saving the Mary Rose [URL]https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-to-preserve-a-shipwreck[/URL] Vasa cannon found? [URL]https://www.thelocal.se/20180828/the-vasa-ship-missing-cannon-may-have-been-found-stockholm[/URL] More on the Beeswax wreck [URL]https://crosscut.com/2018/08/researchers-uncover-northwest-secrets-spanish-shipwreck[/URL] Feature about HMS Endeavour, colonial history and natural history [URL]http://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/hms-endeavour-250.html[/URL] Tin cans not to blame for the demise of the Franklin expedition- phew [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/lead-poisoning-wasnt-major-factor-mysterious-demise-franklin-expedition-180970150/[/URL] Update on Canada’s plans for the Franklin ships [URL]https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2018/09/05/archeologists-explore-sunken-ship-to-uncover-secrets-of-franklin-expedition-shipwreck.html[/URL] Whaling shipwreck found in the Canadian artic [URL]https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/expedition-finds-evidence-of-first-known-whaling-wreck-in-canadas-high-arctic-692655611.html[/URL] WW2 USS Abner Read found off Alaska [URL]http://uk.businessinsider.com/noaa-researchers-found-wwii-shipwreck-in-alaska-2018-8?r=US&IR=T[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Destruction of the National Museum of Brazil [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-of-brazil-devastated-by-massive-fire[/URL] [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/protesters-decry-neglect-after-brazilian-museum-fire[/URL] Perhaps visitor figures should be treated with a pinch of salt… [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/the-wrong-figures[/URL] Museum developments Da Vinci goes digital at the V&A [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/victoria-and-albert-museum-brings-leonardo-da-vinci-s-notebooks-to-life-online[/URL] Museum musings Short article on the WA Naval Historical Display Australia [URL]http://news.navy.gov.au/en/Sep2018/Community/4796#.W5I73jG0V9A[/URL] Statue–toppling reaches Canada [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/canada-addresses-its-monumental-problem[/URL] Conservation corner Spain does it again [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/07/mary-and-jesus-given-garish-robes-in-botched-spanish-restoration[/URL] Objects Basket hiltedsword used at Stirling Bridge (perhaps!) sold [URL]https://www.forces.net/news/sword-used-wars-scottish-independence-sold-auction[/URL] Exhibitions HMS London in Southend [URL]http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/16687108.shipwrecked-cannon-takes-centre-stage/[/URL] Magic in Oxford [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107308/The-Ashmolean-s-autumn-exhibition-explores-the-history-of-a-fascinating-cultural-phenomenon--Magic#.W4-QZjG0V9A[/URL] 1918 in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/1918-armistices.html[/URL] Tintoretto in Venice [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/tintoretto-s-500th-takes-over-venice[/URL] Books of Hours in Montreal [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107317/Exhibition-features-Book-of-Hours-from-the-13th-to-the-16th-century-in-Quebec-collections#.W4-QujG0V9A[/URL] Renaissancecourt at the Getty [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/all-that-glitters-life-at-the-renaissance-court-begins-at-the-getty/[/URL] [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/107227/The-J--Paul-Getty-Museum-presents--All-that-Glitters--Life-at-the-Renaissance-Court-#.W4UG8zG0V9A[/URL] WW2 women at International Museum of World War II [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/blog/ansel-adams-s-wartime-women[/URL] Books Neil Grant: The Luger [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-luger[/URL] Edited James Davey: Tudor and Stuart Seafarers; The Emergence of a Maritime Nation, 1485-1707 [URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/tudor-and-stuart-seafarers-9781472956767/[/URL] Nigel Rigby, Pieter van der Merwe, Glyn Williams: Pacific Exploration; Voyages of Discovery from Captain Cook's Endeavour to the Beagle [URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/pacific-exploration-9781472957733/[/URL] RAF 100 - The Official Story [URL]https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/raf-100-1918-2018-the-official-story-[/URL] Online books Star Carr and its landscape and natural history [URL]https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book1/[/URL] [URL]https://universitypress.whiterose.ac.uk/site/books/10.22599/book2/[/URL] Article on ceramic grenades from Ingolstadt [URL]https://www.academia.edu/35146728/Franzkowiak_Wenzel_Abstract_2016[/URL] [URL]https://www.academia.edu/31775145/Explosives_aus_der_Tiefgarage_-_Ein_au%C3%9Fergew%C3%B6hnlicher_Keramikgranatenfund_aus_Ingolstadt[/URL] Popular culture Making art from war-damaged artefacts [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/art-made-from-isis-bullet-holes-go-on-show-for-first-joint-project-between-iraq-and-kurdistan-in-the-uk[/URL] Japanese artist in Paris’sMusée de la Chasse [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/107310/Mus-e-de-la-Chasse-et-de-la-Nature-opens-a-solo-exhibition-dedicated-to-Kohei-Nawa#.W4-RcjG0V9A']http://artdaily.com/news/107310/Mus-e-de-la-Chasse-et-de-la-Nature-opens-a-solo-exhibition-dedicated-to-Kohei-Nawa#.W[/URL][URL]https://manga.tokyo/interview/exclusive-interview-with-senjushi-the-thousand-musketeers-producer-takumi-kohama/[/URL] Trebuchets get a starring role in new film on Robert the Bruce [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/09/movie-review-outlaw-king/[/URL] Events Conferences ICOMAM in Slovenia [URL='http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/detail/article/koblenz-conference/']http://network.icom.museum/icomam/news/[/URL][URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/07/call-for-papers-medieval-equestrian-history-imc-2019/[/URL] Material Culture of War [URL]http://deremilitari.org/2018/07/cfp-material-culture-of-war-imc-leeds-2019/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions 13 October London London Antique Arms fair [URL]http://www.antiquearmsfairsltd.co.uk/[/URL] Highlights from Hermann Historica’s autumn sale [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en[/URL] Websites and downloads Celebrating the Three Hundred The Persian wars and the Three hundred [URL='https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Thucydides%22+OR+%22%CE%98%CE%BF%CF%85%CE%BA%CF%85%CE%B4%CE%AF%CE%B4%CE%B7%CF%82%22+OR+%22Thoukud%C3%ADd%C4%93s%22%29']https://archive.org/search.php?query=%28%22Thucydides%22+OR+%22Θουκυδίδης%22+OR+%22Thoukudídēs%22%29[/URL] Aeschylus and the Persians [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Persians[/URL] 300 Graphic novel [URL]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/300_(comics)[/URL] [URL]https://getcomics.info/other-comics/300/[/URL] 1066 etc The Hippodrome, [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/08/spectacle-power-and-romanness-in-byzantium-the-use-of-roman-heritage-in-the-ceremonial-practices-in-the-hippodrome-10th-century/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted pictures from recent jaunts [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –10 September 2018 Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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