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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 414726, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury302</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sadly Margaret Vining of the Smithsonian died in the last month but she leaves a wonderful legacy. Otherwise another sword from a lake- this time in Sweden - Portuguese cannons, Welsh castles and the Eighty Years War. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obituaries</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Margaret Vining</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newbernsj/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-simmons-vining&amp;pid=190411465" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newbernsj/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-simmons-vining&amp;pid=190411465" rel="nofollow">http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/newbernsj/obituary.aspx?n=margaret-simmons-vining&amp;pid=190411465</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/528" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/528" rel="nofollow">http://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/528</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>90,000 year old stone knife out of Africa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bone-knife-hints-special-tools-appeared-early-africa" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bone-knife-hints-special-tools-appeared-early-africa" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencenews.org/article/ancient-bone-knife-hints-special-tools-appeared-early-africa</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Horse and chariot found in Iron Age Yorkshire site</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/iron-age-horse-and-chariot-discovered-in-east-yorkshire-town-1-9376726" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/iron-age-horse-and-chariot-discovered-in-east-yorkshire-town-1-9376726" rel="nofollow">https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/iron-age-horse-and-chariot-discovered-in-east-yorkshire-town-1-9376726</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman legionaries graves found in Bulgaria?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31093%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31093%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,31093,bulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week swords in a lake- Swedish, pre-Viking</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45753455" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45753455" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45753455</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman legionaries graves found in Bulgaria?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31093%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C31093%2Cbulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,31093,bulgaria-polish-archaeologists-discover-rich-graves-roman-period.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grisly remains of the victims of Civil War 2000 years ago found in Israel</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-burial-site-uncovered-in-jerusalem-evidence-of-holy-kings-bloody-reign/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-burial-site-uncovered-in-jerusalem-evidence-of-holy-kings-bloody-reign/" rel="nofollow">https://www.timesofisrael.com/mass-burial-site-uncovered-in-jerusalem-evidence-of-holy-kings-bloody-reign/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>3D copy of the Man of Janisławice- oldest skeleton found in Poland <a href="http://disq.us/t/36tgb4x" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://disq.us/t/36tgb4x" rel="nofollow">http://disq.us/t/36tgb4x</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Offa’s Dyke and Chirk Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45592682?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45592682?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45592682?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on excavations at Sheffield Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-castle-dig-shows-site-s-potential-as-new-finds-fire-public-imagination-1-9376227" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-castle-dig-shows-site-s-potential-as-new-finds-fire-public-imagination-1-9376227" rel="nofollow">https://www.thestar.co.uk/news/sheffield-castle-dig-shows-site-s-potential-as-new-finds-fire-public-imagination-1-9376227</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>Genoese cannon in Spain</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sansebastian1813.es/440786309" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sansebastian1813.es/440786309" rel="nofollow">http://www.sansebastian1813.es/440786309</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece on a 17th century Macao-Portuguese cannon in Oman</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofoman.com/article/225395/Oman/17th-century-Portuguese-cannon-a-blast-at-National-Museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofoman.com/article/225395/Oman/17th-century-Portuguese-cannon-a-blast-at-National-Museum" rel="nofollow">https://timesofoman.com/article/225395/Oman/17th-century-Portuguese-cannon-a-blast-at-National-Museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British cast-iron cannon found in fort in Lahore</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/1815411/1-inquiry-launched-cannons-discovered-lahore-fort/#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tribune.com.pk/story/1815411/1-inquiry-launched-cannons-discovered-lahore-fort/#" rel="nofollow">https://tribune.com.pk/story/1815411/1-inquiry-launched-cannons-discovered-lahore-fort/#</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the front</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Bosworth planning decision</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/battle-bosworth-field-planning-historical-towton-sites-historians-george-goodwin-horiba-mira-car-track-archaeology/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/battle-bosworth-field-planning-historical-towton-sites-historians-george-goodwin-horiba-mira-car-track-archaeology/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/battle-bosworth-field-planning-historical-towton-sites-historians-george-goodwin-horiba-mira-car-track-archaeology/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>80 years’ war from the Spanish point of view? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/09/30/actualidad/1538326311_241582.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/09/30/actualidad/1538326311_241582.html" rel="nofollow">https://elpais.com/cultura/2018/09/30/actualidad/1538326311_241582.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News from Culloden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden-thanks-local-community-this-autumn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden-thanks-local-community-this-autumn" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/culloden-thanks-local-community-this-autumn</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exploring the lives of Fort Douglas’s 19th century soldiers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&amp;sid=46395469" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&amp;sid=46395469" rel="nofollow">https://www.ksl.com/?nid=960&amp;sid=46395469</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval re-enactor killed in accident in Kentucky</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/107818079/medieval-reenactor-dies-after-2m-lance-spears-his-abdomen" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/107818079/medieval-reenactor-dies-after-2m-lance-spears-his-abdomen" rel="nofollow">https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/107818079/medieval-reenactor-dies-after-2m-lance-spears-his-abdomen</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Woman warriors of the ancient world</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/warrior-women-despite-what-gamers-might-believe-the-ancient-world-was-full-of-female-fighters-104343" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://theconversation.com/warrior-women-despite-what-gamers-might-believe-the-ancient-world-was-full-of-female-fighters-104343" rel="nofollow">https://theconversation.com/warrior-women-despite-what-gamers-might-believe-the-ancient-world-was-full-of-female-fighters-104343</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16th century Portuguese wreck found near Lisbon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/400-year-old-ship-found-off-portuguese-coast-cascais" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/400-year-old-ship-found-off-portuguese-coast-cascais" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/24/400-year-old-ship-found-off-portuguese-coast-cascais</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The truth about Edward Barlow- EICo sailor</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107992/British-curator-uncovers-rape-confession----300-years-on#.W7iH6jHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107992/British-curator-uncovers-rape-confession----300-years-on#.W7iH6jHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107992/British-curator-uncovers-rape-confession----300-years-on#.W7iH6jHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More bits of HMS Severn found off New Jersey, lost 1804</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/10/04/remnants-of-214-year-old-shipwreck-found-on-a-jersey-beach/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/10/04/remnants-of-214-year-old-shipwreck-found-on-a-jersey-beach/" rel="nofollow">https://jerseyeveningpost.com/news/2018/10/04/remnants-of-214-year-old-shipwreck-found-on-a-jersey-beach/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-45798633" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-45798633" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-jersey-45798633</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on this season’s work on HMS Erebus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/63704-franklin-expedition-artifacts-recovered.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/63704-franklin-expedition-artifacts-recovered.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/63704-franklin-expedition-artifacts-recovered.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diving Cornwall’s U-boats</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://divernet.com/2018/08/08/the-u-boat-coast/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://divernet.com/2018/08/08/the-u-boat-coast/" rel="nofollow">https://divernet.com/2018/08/08/the-u-boat-coast/</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>Store of Deutches Museum in Ingolstadt destroyed by fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/fire-consumes-depot-at-deutsches-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/fire-consumes-depot-at-deutsches-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/fire-consumes-depot-at-deutsches-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Updates from Rio fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/rio-national-museum-fire-restoration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/rio-national-museum-fire-restoration" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/rio-national-museum-fire-restoration</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-in-rio-starts-rebuilding-efforts-with-temporary-exhibitions" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-in-rio-starts-rebuilding-efforts-with-temporary-exhibitions" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-museum-in-rio-starts-rebuilding-efforts-with-temporary-exhibitions</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nationalmuseum, Stockholm, re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/sweden-s-biggest-museum-goes-free" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/sweden-s-biggest-museum-goes-free" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/sweden-s-biggest-museum-goes-free</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gallery of Japanese Culture re-opens in the British Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/japanese-collection-back-on-show-from-armour-to-the-a-bomb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/japanese-collection-back-on-show-from-armour-to-the-a-bomb" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/japanese-collection-back-on-show-from-armour-to-the-a-bomb</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>V&amp;A Photography centre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/va-photography-centre-one-of-the-most-inspiring-collections-of-photography-in-the-world/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/va-photography-centre-one-of-the-most-inspiring-collections-of-photography-in-the-world/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/va-photography-centre-one-of-the-most-inspiring-collections-of-photography-in-the-world/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>British museum defends its collections against accusations of looting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/12/collected-histories-not-everything-was-looted-british-museum-defends-collections" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/12/collected-histories-not-everything-was-looted-british-museum-defends-collections" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/12/collected-histories-not-everything-was-looted-british-museum-defends-collections</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What to do with the Berghof?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/what-to-do-about-hitler-alpine-retreat" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/what-to-do-about-hitler-alpine-retreat" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/25/what-to-do-about-hitler-alpine-retr</a><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/death-triumphs-at-the-prado" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/death-triumphs-at-the-prado" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/death-triumphs-at-the-prado</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving a Japanese armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://blog.britishmuseum.org/conserving-a-suit-of-samurai-armour/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://blog.britishmuseum.org/conserving-a-suit-of-samurai-armour/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.britishmuseum.org/conserving-a-suit-of-samurai-armour/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bellini and Mantegna in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108152/Exhibition-at-The-National-Gallery-presents-a-tale-of-two-artists--their-families-and-their-cities#.W7sUczHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108152/Exhibition-at-The-National-Gallery-presents-a-tale-of-two-artists--their-families-and-their-cities#.W7sUczHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108152/Exhibition-at-The-National-Gallery-presents-a-tale-of-two-artists--their-families-and-their-cities#.W7sUczHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oceanic art in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107939/Royal-Academy-of-Arts-opens-first-ever-major-survey-of-Oceanic-art-held-in-the-UK#.W7iKHDHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107939/Royal-Academy-of-Arts-opens-first-ever-major-survey-of-Oceanic-art-held-in-the-UK#.W7iKHDHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107939/Royal-Academy-of-Arts-opens-first-ever-major-survey-of-Oceanic-art-held-in-the-UK#.W7iKHDHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Tsars in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/107818/New-exhibition-marking-100-years-since-the-death-of-Russia-s-last-Tsar-opens-at-the-Science-Museum#.W6nxBzHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/107818/New-exhibition-marking-100-years-since-the-death-of-Russia-s-last-Tsar-opens-at-the-Science-Museum#.W6nxBzHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/107818/New-exhibition-marking-100-years-since-the-death-of-Russia-s-last-Tsar-opens-at-the-Science-Museum#.W6nxBzHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roger Fenton’s Crimea War photographs in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-birth-of-war-photography-roger-fenton-and-the-crimean-war/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-birth-of-war-photography-roger-fenton-and-the-crimean-war/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-birth-of-war-photography-roger-fenton-and-the-crimean-war/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unicorns in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/magiques-licornes-5338/1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/magiques-licornes-5338/1/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/magiques-licornes-5338/1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Louis Phillipe in Versailles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/louis-philippe-versailles-5447/1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/louis-philippe-versailles-5447/1/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/selection/louis-philippe-versailles-5447/1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>80 Years’ War in Amsterdam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/80-years-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/80-years-war" rel="nofollow">https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/80-years-war</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Brueghel in Vienna- a stunner!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108018/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-once-in-a-lifetime-Pieter-Bruegel-the-Elder-exhibition#.W7iHdDHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108018/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-once-in-a-lifetime-Pieter-Bruegel-the-Elder-exhibition#.W7iHdDHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108018/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-once-in-a-lifetime-Pieter-Bruegel-the-Elder-exhibition#.W7iHdDHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>History of embroidery at Winterhur</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108095/-Embroidery--The-Thread-of-History--at-Winterthur-explores-needlework-as-a-document-of-record#.W7iFxzHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108095/-Embroidery--The-Thread-of-History--at-Winterthur-explores-needlework-as-a-document-of-record#.W7iFxzHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108095/-Embroidery--The-Thread-of-History--at-Winterthur-explores-needlework-as-a-document-of-record#.W7iFxzHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Royal British portraits at Houston</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108101/Unprecedented-loans-from-the-National-Portrait-Gallery--London--chronicle-500-years-of-the-British-monarchy-#.W7nBNzHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108101/Unprecedented-loans-from-the-National-Portrait-Gallery--London--chronicle-500-years-of-the-British-monarchy-#.W7nBNzHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108101/Unprecedented-loans-from-the-National-Portrait-Gallery--London--chronicle-500-years-of-the-British-monarchy-#.W7nBNzHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New publication from Ingolstadt</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/ingolstadt/In-neuem-Licht;art599,3941229" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/ingolstadt/In-neuem-Licht;art599,3941229" rel="nofollow">https://www.donaukurier.de/lokales/ingolstadt/In-neuem-Licht;art599,3941229</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books from the Rjiksmuseum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/books-and-dvd-s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/books-and-dvd-s" rel="nofollow">https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/books-and-dvd-s</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Selection of arms and armour articles available till December</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/yaaa-15th-anniversary-vsi?platform=hootsuite" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/yaaa-15th-anniversary-vsi?platform=hootsuite" rel="nofollow">http://explore.tandfonline.com/page/ah/yaaa-15th-anniversary-vsi?platform=hootsuite</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular Culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for the original Wolf Hall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/03/remains-of-real-wolf-hall-discovered-by-archaeologists-hilary-mantel-novel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/03/remains-of-real-wolf-hall-discovered-by-archaeologists-hilary-mantel-novel" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/oct/03/remains-of-real-wolf-hall-discovered-by-archaeologists-hilary-mantel-novel</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cai Guo-Qiang in Florence</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-artist-and-netflix-star-cai-guo-qiang-to-get-major-show-at-uffizi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-artist-and-netflix-star-cai-guo-qiang-to-get-major-show-at-uffizi" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/chinese-artist-and-netflix-star-cai-guo-qiang-to-get-major-show-at-uffizi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter Jackson brings colour and sound to the First World War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-45806234/the-lord-of-the-rings-director-peter-jackson-makes-ww1-in-colour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-45806234/the-lord-of-the-rings-director-peter-jackson-makes-ww1-in-colour" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/entertainment-arts-45806234/the-lord-of-the-rings-director-peter-jackson-makes-ww1-in-colour</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rachel Whiteread’s 1918 memorial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/rachel-whiteread-turns-a-nissen-hut-inside-out-for-her-first-uk-permanent-piece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/rachel-whiteread-turns-a-nissen-hut-inside-out-for-her-first-uk-permanent-piece" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/rachel-whiteread-turns-a-nissen-hut-inside-out-for-her-first-uk-permanent-piece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Celebration of Where Eagles Dare</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/03/broadsword-calling-danny-boy-where-eagles-dare-geoff-dyer-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/03/broadsword-calling-danny-boy-where-eagles-dare-geoff-dyer-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/03/broadsword-calling-danny-boy-where-eagles-dare-geoff-dyer-review</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lion of Punjab treasure leads Bonham’s Islamic and Indian Art sale in London <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108258/Lion-of-Punjab-treasure-leads-Bonhams-Islamic-and-Indian-Art-sale-in-London#.W8BaLjHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108258/Lion-of-Punjab-treasure-leads-Bonhams-Islamic-and-Indian-Art-sale-in-London#.W8BaLjHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108258/Lion-of-Punjab-treasure-leads-Bonhams-Islamic-and-Indian-Art-sale-in-London#.W8BaLjHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17 Oct 2018 London</p><p><br /></p><p>The Marine Sale </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24654/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24654/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24654/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>23 Oct 2018 London </p><p><br /></p><p>Islamic and Indian Art including Sikh Treasures and Arts of the Punjab</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24624/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24624/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24624/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24 Oct 2018 Edinburgh </p><p><br /></p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24759/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24759/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24759/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogues for Hermann Historica autumn sale out</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New website for Veste Coburg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/en/home/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/en/home/" rel="nofollow">https://www.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/en/home/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wallace Collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wallacecollection.org/?gclid=CJKYnb63jsICFSX3wgod56QATg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wallacecollection.org/?gclid=CJKYnb63jsICFSX3wgod56QATg" rel="nofollow">https://www.wallacecollection.org/?gclid=CJKYnb63jsICFSX3wgod56QATg</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News from Paris- latest edition</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin-cru-1539353676/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_43.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin-cru-1539353676/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_43.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/fileadmin-cru-1539353676/user_upload/Documents/Echo-du-Dome/museearmee_echodudome_43.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: London guilds, Gawain, fighting clerics and Norwegian kings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-importance-of-london-for-craft-and-industry-in-medieval-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-importance-of-london-for-craft-and-industry-in-medieval-england/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-importance-of-london-for-craft-and-industry-in-medieval-england/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/gawain-scribe-also-artist/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/gawain-scribe-also-artist/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/gawain-scribe-also-artist/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-church-military-power/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-church-military-power/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-church-military-power/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-leaders-king-sverre-and-king-haakon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-leaders-king-sverre-and-king-haakon/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/the-leaders-king-sverre-and-king-haakon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I’ll be tweeting pictures from Slovenia</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 –14 October 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" 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