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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 421357, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 303</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Already the nights are drawing in, the clocks have gone back, the first frost has arrived and it is the annual Hallowe’en Bazzy already. Ghoulish storiesseem to have crept into every section; I particularly recommend the Titanic and the Curse if the Mummy- no doubt coming to big and small screens soon… Long may you dook for your apples!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Prehistoric toolsmade from antlers found in Scotland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45963734" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45963734" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45963734</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New Mycenaean-era fortress foundin South Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/10/24/3200-year-old-cyclopean-masonry-fortress-found-in-south-bulgaria-shows-ancient-thrace-was-part-of-mycenaean-civilization/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/10/24/3200-year-old-cyclopean-masonry-fortress-found-in-south-bulgaria-shows-ancient-thrace-was-part-of-mycenaean-civilization/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/10/24/3200-year-old-cyclopean-masonry-fortress-found-in-south-bulgaria-shows-ancient-thrace-was-part-of-mycenaean-civilization/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Byzantine tower in Istanbul collapses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/10/byzantine-tower-in-istanbul-collapses.html#Ye4M3J0D6apa7hZs.97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/10/byzantine-tower-in-istanbul-collapses.html#Ye4M3J0D6apa7hZs.97" rel="nofollow">https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/10/byzantine-tower-in-istanbul-collapses.html#Ye4M3J0D6apa7hZs.97</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the Picts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/63933-picts-developed-written-language.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/63933-picts-developed-written-language.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/63933-picts-developed-written-language.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting round the world and through the ages</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fishing farming in ancient times</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108452/Egyptians-farmed-fish-3-500-years-ago--study#.W8w9NDHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108452/Egyptians-farmed-fish-3-500-years-ago--study#.W8w9NDHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108452/Egyptians-farmed-fish-3-500-years-ago--study#.W8w9NDHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on the Jerusalem massacres</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-beheadings-and-holy-kings-brutal-slaughter-revealed-jerusalem-mass-1176260" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-beheadings-and-holy-kings-brutal-slaughter-revealed-jerusalem-mass-1176260" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-beheadings-and-holy-kings-brutal-slaughter-revealed-jerusalem-mass-1176260</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sir Walter Raleigh and the head-in-the-bag (well, it is almost Hallowe’en)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-mystery" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-mystery" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-mystery</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the gunloop…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New discoveries at Čičva castle, eastern Slovakia (gunloops AND vampires!) </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20940699/archaeological-research-at-cicva-castle-revealed-connecting-corridor.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20940699/archaeological-research-at-cicva-castle-revealed-connecting-corridor.html" rel="nofollow">https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20940699/archaeological-research-at-cicva-castle-revealed-connecting-corridor.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>If ever you wanted to buy an island fortress, complete with artillery…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45856719" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45856719" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45856719</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>…and a nice piece about a visit there</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/drakes-island-plymouth-live-visit-2151253" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/drakes-island-plymouth-live-visit-2151253" rel="nofollow">https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/drakes-island-plymouth-live-visit-2151253</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice illustrated piece on Fort Ostenburg, Sri Lanka- pictures of cannon!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/10/21/spectrum/fort-ostenburg-most-powerfully-gunned-bastion-ceylon" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/10/21/spectrum/fort-ostenburg-most-powerfully-gunned-bastion-ceylon" rel="nofollow">http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/10/21/spectrum/fort-ostenburg-most-powerfully-gunned-bastion-ceylon</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>Repainting Tufts University cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/87120" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/87120" rel="nofollow">https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/87120</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving a 1920 cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/07/27/cannon-csu-rams-touchdowns/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/07/27/cannon-csu-rams-touchdowns/" rel="nofollow">https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/07/27/cannon-csu-rams-touchdowns/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That sword in your car may not legal…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45918320" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45918320" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.u</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/16/battle-of-hastings-revisited-reenact-1066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/16/battle-of-hastings-revisited-reenact-1066" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/16/battle-of-hastings-revisited-reenact-1066</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Simple ides for medieval costume</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/how-to-create-your-own-medieval-costume/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/how-to-create-your-own-medieval-costume/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/how-to-create-your-own-medieval-costume/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: this week’s snacks</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Olives</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/31821-3-500-year-old-olive-pits-discovered-in-pasman-channel" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/31821-3-500-year-old-olive-pits-discovered-in-pasman-channel" rel="nofollow">https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/31821-3-500-year-old-olive-pits-discovered-in-pasman-channel</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hazelnuts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34604576" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34604576" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34604576</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany -mainly weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How the crossbow changed the world</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-crossbow-changed-warfare-forever-34332" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-crossbow-changed-warfare-forever-34332" rel="nofollow">https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-crossbow-changed-warfare-forever-</a><a href="https://southcoastherald.co.za/323370/from-my-hide-medieval-weapons-of-mass-destruction-can-take-a-bow/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://southcoastherald.co.za/323370/from-my-hide-medieval-weapons-of-mass-destruction-can-take-a-bow/" rel="nofollow">https://southcoastherald.co.za/323370/from-my-hide-medieval-weapons-of-mass-destruction-can-take-a-bow/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What’s coming out of the glaciers goes on show in Sion</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/archaeology_swiss-glaciers-surrender-secrets-of-the-past/44466602" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/archaeology_swiss-glaciers-surrender-secrets-of-the-past/44466602" rel="nofollow">https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/archaeology_swiss-glaciers-surrender-secrets-of-the-past/4</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108317/Lest-they-forget--Five-families--mementos-from-World-War-I#.W8RMxzHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108317/Lest-they-forget--Five-families--mementos-from-World-War-I#.W8RMxzHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108317/Lest-they-forget--Five-families--mementos-from-World-War-I#</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108708/-Have-you-news-of-my-boy----Kipling-s-vain-search-for-lost-son#.W9bMrjGNx9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108708/-Have-you-news-of-my-boy----Kipling-s-vain-search-for-lost-son#.W9bMrjGNx9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108708/-Have-you-news-of-my-boy----Kipling-s-vain-search-for-lost-son#.W9bMrjGNx9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Papers of TE Lawrence find a home</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2018/10/research-collections-of-te-lawrences-biographer-acquired-by-magdalen-college.phtml" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2018/10/research-collections-of-te-lawrences-biographer-acquired-by-magdalen-college.phtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2018/10/research-collections-of-te-lawrences-biographer-acquired-by-magdalen-college.phtml</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A visit to Verdun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heraldnet.com/life/the-lessons-of-verdun-where-300000-soldiers-died-in-wwi/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldnet.com/life/the-lessons-of-verdun-where-300000-soldiers-died-in-wwi/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldnet.com/life/the-lessons-of-verdun-where-300000-soldiers-died-in-wwi/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Black Sea findings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Viking ship found buried in Ostefold</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/15/viking-ship-burial-discovered-in-norway-just-50cm-underground" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/15/viking-ship-burial-discovered-in-norway-just-50cm-underground" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/15/viking-ship-burial-discovered-in-norway-just-50cm-underground</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval ship found in Enköping</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/archaeologists-find-medieval-ship-and-german-ceramics-in-enkping" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/archaeologists-find-medieval-ship-and-german-ceramics-in-enkping" rel="nofollow">https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/archaeologists-find-medieval-ship-and-german-ceramic</a><a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-archaeological-treasures-given-up-by-the-london-shipwreck/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-archaeological-treasures-given-up-by-the-london-shipwreck/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-archaeological-treasures-given-up-by-the-london-shipwreck/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Two Danish slave-ships from 1710 found in Caribbean</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://repeatingislands.com/2018/10/19/wrecks-of-danish-slave-ships-identified-in-the-caribbean/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://repeatingislands.com/2018/10/19/wrecks-of-danish-slave-ships-identified-in-the-caribbean/" rel="nofollow">https://repeatingislands.com/2018/10/19/wrecks-of-danish-slave-ships-identified-in-the-caribbean/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Mentor lost 1802</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/33044-excavation-of-lord-elgin-s-shipwrecked-brig-mentor-yields-more-passenger-items.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/33044-excavation-of-lord-elgin-s-shipwrecked-brig-mentor-yields-more-passenger-items.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/33044-excavation-of-lord-elgin-s-shipwrecked-brig-mentor-yields-more-passenger-items.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conserving the ships’ figureheads for Plymouth</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/figureheads-shipshape-and-ready-to-set-sail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/figureheads-shipshape-and-ready-to-set-sail" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/figureheads-shipshape-and-ready-to-set-sail</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Titanic and the Mummy’s Curse</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse-titanic-sinking-washington-post-article.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse-titanic-sinking-washington-post-article.html" rel="nofollow">https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse-titanic-sinking-washington-post-artic</a><a href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/17102018-luke-syson-appointed-director-fitzwilliam" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/17102018-luke-syson-appointed-director-fitzwilliam" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/17102018-luke-syson-appointed-direc</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/syria-national-museum-damascus-reopening-hailed-as-return-to-normal-life" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/syria-national-museum-damascus-reopening-hailed-as-return-to-normal-life" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/syria-national-museum-damascus-reopening-hailed-as-return-to-normal-life</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>St Fagans re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nigeria prepares for the return of looted art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nigeria-plans-museum-for-art-looted-from-benin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nigeria-plans-museum-for-art-looted-from-benin" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nigeria-plans-museum-for-art-looted-from-benin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But Southend scraps its proposed new museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/24102018-southend-council-scraps-seafront-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/24102018-southend-council-scraps-seafront-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/24102018-southend-council-scrap</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108516/Are-museums-deciding-on-the-right-exhibitions--#.W8w7ETHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108516/Are-museums-deciding-on-the-right-exhibitions--#.W8w7ETHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108516/Are-museums-deciding-on-the-right-exhibitions--#.W8w7ETHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reviving the Monuments Men</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-army-revives-monuments-men-hopes-salvaging-art-war-torn-countries-180970563/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-army-revives-monuments-men-hopes-salvaging-art-war-torn-countries-180970563/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-army-revives-monuments-men-hopes-salvaging-art-war-torn-countries-180970563/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating story about sticking together three Frans Hals portraits into one!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/jigsaw-pieces-fall-into-place" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/jigsaw-pieces-fall-into-place" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/jigsaw-pieces-fall-into-place</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Watch the NightWatchbeing conserved</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108393/Rembrandt-s--The-Night-Watch--to-be-restored---live-at-the-Rijksmuseum-in-Amsterdam#.W8w--DHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108393/Rembrandt-s--The-Night-Watch--to-be-restored---live-at-the-Rijksmuseum-in-Amsterdam#.W8w--DHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108393/Rembrandt-s--The-Night-Watch--to-be-restored---live-at-the-Rijksmuseum-in-Amsterdam#.W8w--DHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Historic Ardgour gunpowder horn on show at new V&Ahttps://<a href="http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/10/18/historic-ardgour-gunpowder-horn-on-show-at-new-va-dundee/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/10/18/historic-ardgour-gunpowder-horn-on-show-at-new-va-dundee/" rel="nofollow">www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/10/18/historic-ardgour-gunpowder-horn-on-show-at-new-va-dundee/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Louvre Abu Dhabi buy samurai armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://gulftoday.ae/portal/36b5381e-aa28-42a8-acbd-897c993ad46d.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gulftoday.ae/portal/36b5381e-aa28-42a8-acbd-897c993ad46d.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://gulftod</a><a href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-flag-captured-french-battle-9824839" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-flag-captured-french-battle-9824839" rel="nofollow">https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-flag-captured-french-battle-9824839</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/21/anglo-saxon-kingdoms-review-barbaric-splendour-and-fierce-vision" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/21/anglo-saxon-kingdoms-review-barbaric-splendour-and-fierce-vision" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/21/anglo-saxon-kingdoms-review-barbaric-splend</a><a href="https://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/losttreasures/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/losttreasures/" rel="nofollow">https://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/losttreasures/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Playing with pirates in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108470/Major-exhibition-focuses-on-fictional-pirates-in-popular-culture#.W8w8wDHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108470/Major-exhibition-focuses-on-fictional-pirates-in-popular-culture#.W8w8wDHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108470/Major-exhibition-focuses-on-fictional-pirates-in-popular-culture#.W8w8wDHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Burne-Jones in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108651/Tate-Britain-opens-the-largest-Edward-Burne-Jones-retrospective-to-be-held-in-the-UK" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108651/Tate-Britain-opens-the-largest-Edward-Burne-Jones-retrospective-to-be-held-in-the-UK" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108651/Tate-Britain-opens-the-largest-Edward-Burne-Jones-retrospective-to-be-held-in-the-UK</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Manuscript treasures in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108636/Treasures-from-Chester-Beatty-s-Collection--Exhibition-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-bequest#.W9LMdjHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108636/Treasures-from-Chester-Beatty-s-Collection--Exhibition-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-bequest#.W9LMdjHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108636/Treasures-from-Chester-Beatty-s-Collection--Exhibition-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-bequest#.W9LMdjHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian women artists in Ghent</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108435/-The-Ladies-of-the-Baroque--Women-painters-in-16th-and-17th-century-Italy--opens-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Ghent#.W8w-eDHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108435/-The-Ladies-of-the-Baroque--Women-painters-in-16th-and-17th-century-Italy--opens-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Ghent#.W8w-eDHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108435/-The-Ladies-of-the-Baroque--Women-painters-in-16th-and-17th-century-Italy--opens-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Ghent#.W8w-eDHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Family treasures at Leuven</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108717/Exhibition-in-Leuven-brings-to-life-the-grandiose-world-of-the-noble-Arenberg-family#.W9bL5TGNx9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108717/Exhibition-in-Leuven-brings-to-life-the-grandiose-world-of-the-noble-Arenberg-family#.W9bL5TGNx9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108717/Exhibition-in-Leuven-brings-to-life-the-grandiose-world-of-the-noble-Arenberg-family#.W9bL5TGNx9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Florentine paintings in Munich</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108440/Alte-Pinakothek-opens--Florence-and-its-Painters--From-Giotto-to-Leonardo-da-Vinci-" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108440/Alte-Pinakothek-opens--Florence-and-its-Painters--From-Giotto-to-Leonardo-da-Vinci-" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108440/Alte-Pinakothek-opens--Florence-and-its-Painters--From-Giotto-to-Leonardo-da-Vinci-</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The long view - tracing the history of war in Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.dw.com/en/new-exhibit-traces-wars-long-and-brutal-evolution/a-45992838" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.dw.com/en/new-exhibit-traces-wars-long-and-brutal-evolution/a-45992838" rel="nofollow">https://www.dw.com/en/new-exhibit-traces-wars-long-and-brutal-evolution/a-45992</a><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108695/Bartolom--Bermejo-s-visual-universe-shown-in-all-its-splendor-for-the-very-first-time#.W9WFPTGNx9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108695/Bartolom--Bermejo-s-visual-universe-shown-in-all-its-splendor-for-the-very-first-time#.W9WFPTGNx9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108695/Bartolom--Bermejo-s-visual-universe-shown-in-all-its-splendor-for-the-very-first-time#.W9WFPTGNx9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Frans Hals portraits at Toledo, Ohio</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108309/Toledo-Museum-of-Art-organizes-first-major-international-exhibition-of-family-portraits-by-Frans-Hals#.W8RMajHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108309/Toledo-Museum-of-Art-organizes-first-major-international-exhibition-of-family-portraits-by-Frans-Hals#.W8RMajHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108309/Toledo-Museum-of-Art-organizes-first-major-international-exhibition-of-family-portraits-by-Frans-Hals#.W8RMajHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Napoleon’s court in Kansas City</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108626/Ambience-and-spirit-of-French-court-revealed-through-rarely-seen-selection-of-works#.W9LMETHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108626/Ambience-and-spirit-of-French-court-revealed-through-rarely-seen-selection-of-works#.W9LMETHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108626/Ambience-and-spirit-of-French-court-revealed-through-rarely-seen-selection-of-works#.W9LMETHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jodhpur in Seattle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/108518/Immersive-exhibition-explores-five-centuries-of-the-artistic-and-cultural-heritage-of-the-city-of-Jodhpur-and-its-people#.W8w6jjHQZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/108518/Immersive-exhibition-explores-five-centuries-of-the-artistic-and-cultural-heritage-of-the-city-of-Jodhpur-and-its-people#.W8w6jjHQZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/108518/Immersive-exhibition-explores-five-centuries-of-the-artistic-and-cultural-heritage-of-the-city-of-Jodhpur-and-its-people#.W8w6jjHQZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alfred Geibig; Gebt Feuer! Ready to Fire!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.lesejury.de/alfred-geibig/buecher/gebt-feuer-ready-to-fire/9783874720991" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lesejury.de/alfred-geibig/buecher/gebt-feuer-ready-to-fire/9783874720991" rel="nofollow">https://www.lesejury.de/alfred-geibig/buecher/gebt-feuer-ready-to-fire/9783874720991</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pests in Houses Great and Small (the real stuff of nightmares- moths & mice!)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/pests-in-houses-great-and-small" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/pests-in-houses-great-and-small" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/pests-in-houses-great-and-small</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recent books reviewed</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/new-medieval-books-from-jousting-to-mathematics/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/new-medieval-books-from-jousting-to-mathematics/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/new-medieval-books-from-jousting-to-mathematics/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books from Les Invalides</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://boutique.musee-armee.fr/en/books/c13/1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://boutique.musee-armee.fr/en/books/c13/1/" rel="nofollow">http://boutique.musee-armee.fr/en/books/c13/1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval Warfare Magazine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/medieval-warfare" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/medieval-warfare" rel="nofollow">https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/medieval-warfare</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MR James: ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/james/mr/antiquary/chapter7.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/james/mr/antiquary/chapter7.html" rel="nofollow">https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/james/mr/antiquary/chapter7.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ghost stories from English Heritage, inspired by their properties</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/eight-ghosts-paperback" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/eight-ghosts-paperback" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/eight-ghosts-paperback</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval films</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/from-ivanhoe-to-ironclad-excavating-layers-of-tradition-in-a-medieval-film/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/from-ivanhoe-to-ironclad-excavating-layers-of-tradition-in-a-medieval-film/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/from-ivanhoe-to-ironclad-excavating-layers-of-tradition-in-a-medieval-film/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Zombies and war films- you knew it was going to happen </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/29/does-jj-abrams-war-film-overlord-really-need-added-zombies" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/29/does-jj-abrams-war-film-overlord-really-need-added-zombies" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/29/does-jj-abrams-war-film-overlord-really-need-added-zombies</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Clooney goes coffee hunting in armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bandt.com.au/advertising/george-clooney-goes-full-medieval-nespressos-latest-ad" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bandt.com.au/advertising/george-clooney-goes-full-medieval-nespressos-latest-ad" rel="nofollow">http://www.bandt.com.au/advertising/george-clooney-goes-full-medieval-nespressos-latest-ad</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Knotted guns- I think it is a thing now…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-knotted-gun" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-knotted-gun" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobsc</a><a href="https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/" rel="nofollow">https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>November dates for Hermann Historica</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>Historial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historial.fr/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historial.fr/en/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historial.fr/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Veste Coburg’s new website</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://veste.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://veste.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/" rel="nofollow">https://veste.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Historic ships in Copenhagen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-vessels-at-holmen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-vessels-at-holmen/" rel="nofollow">https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-vessels-at-holmen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Medieval rebellions, Templars & Kingly horsemanship</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/arrayed-as-if-for-war-tactical-innovation-and-technological-change-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-rebellions-1381-1554/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/arrayed-as-if-for-war-tactical-innovation-and-technological-change-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-rebellions-1381-1554/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/arrayed-as-if-for-war-tactical-innovation-and-technological-change-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-rebellions-1381-1554/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/torture-confession-templar-interrogations/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/torture-confession-templar-interrogations/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/torture-confession-templar-interrogations/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-art-riding/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-art-riding/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-art-riding/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hallowe’en</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All the best ghost stories come from Scotland andThe National Trust for Scotland has put together a number of themed stories about spooky happenings round their castles and other properties</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted on visits to East Anglian castles, cannons and effigies…</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 –30 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" 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: 421357, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 303 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Already the nights are drawing in, the clocks have gone back, the first frost has arrived and it is the annual Hallowe’en Bazzy already. Ghoulish storiesseem to have crept into every section; I particularly recommend the Titanic and the Curse if the Mummy- no doubt coming to big and small screens soon… Long may you dook for your apples! Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms and forts Prehistoric toolsmade from antlers found in Scotland [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-45963734[/URL] New Mycenaean-era fortress foundin South Bulgaria [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2018/10/24/3200-year-old-cyclopean-masonry-fortress-found-in-south-bulgaria-shows-ancient-thrace-was-part-of-mycenaean-civilization/[/URL] Byzantine tower in Istanbul collapses [URL]https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.com/2018/10/byzantine-tower-in-istanbul-collapses.html#Ye4M3J0D6apa7hZs.97[/URL] Investigating the Picts [URL]https://www.livescience.com/63933-picts-developed-written-language.html[/URL] Hunting round the world and through the ages Fishing farming in ancient times [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108452/Egyptians-farmed-fish-3-500-years-ago--study#.W8w9NDHQZ9A[/URL] Grave stories More on the Jerusalem massacres [URL]https://www.newsweek.com/ancient-beheadings-and-holy-kings-brutal-slaughter-revealed-jerusalem-mass-1176260[/URL] Sir Walter Raleigh and the head-in-the-bag (well, it is almost Hallowe’en) [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/oct/28/walter-raleigh-bag-severed-head-gory-mystery[/URL] Through the gunloop… New discoveries at Čičva castle, eastern Slovakia (gunloops AND vampires!) [URL]https://spectator.sme.sk/c/20940699/archaeological-research-at-cicva-castle-revealed-connecting-corridor.html[/URL] If ever you wanted to buy an island fortress, complete with artillery… [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-45856719[/URL] …and a nice piece about a visit there [URL]https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/plymouth-news/drakes-island-plymouth-live-visit-2151253[/URL] Nice illustrated piece on Fort Ostenburg, Sri Lanka- pictures of cannon! [URL]http://www.sundayobserver.lk/2018/10/21/spectrum/fort-ostenburg-most-powerfully-gunned-bastion-ceylon[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Repainting Tufts University cannon [URL]https://www.thesomervilletimes.com/archives/87120[/URL] Conserving a 1920 cannon [URL]https://denver.cbslocal.com/2018/07/27/cannon-csu-rams-touchdowns/[/URL] Living in the past That sword in your car may not legal… [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-45918320']https://www.bbc.co.u[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/16/battle-of-hastings-revisited-reenact-1066[/URL] Simple ides for medieval costume [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/how-to-create-your-own-medieval-costume/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe: this week’s snacks Olives [URL]https://www.total-croatia-news.com/lifestyle/31821-3-500-year-old-olive-pits-discovered-in-pasman-channel[/URL] Hazelnuts [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-34604576[/URL] Miscellany -mainly weapons How the crossbow changed the world [URL='https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-crossbow-changed-warfare-forever-34332']https://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/how-crossbow-changed-warfare-forever-[/URL][URL]https://southcoastherald.co.za/323370/from-my-hide-medieval-weapons-of-mass-destruction-can-take-a-bow/[/URL] What’s coming out of the glaciers goes on show in Sion [URL='https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/archaeology_swiss-glaciers-surrender-secrets-of-the-past/44466602']https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/society/archaeology_swiss-glaciers-surrender-secrets-of-the-past/4[/URL][URL='http://artdaily.com/news/108317/Lest-they-forget--Five-families--mementos-from-World-War-I#.W8RMxzHQZ9A']http://artdaily.com/news/108317/Lest-they-forget--Five-families--mementos-from-World-War-I#[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108708/-Have-you-news-of-my-boy----Kipling-s-vain-search-for-lost-son#.W9bMrjGNx9A[/URL] Papers of TE Lawrence find a home [URL]https://www.finebooksmagazine.com/press/2018/10/research-collections-of-te-lawrences-biographer-acquired-by-magdalen-college.phtml[/URL] A visit to Verdun [URL]https://www.heraldnet.com/life/the-lessons-of-verdun-where-300000-soldiers-died-in-wwi/[/URL] Nautical news Update on the Black Sea findings [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/23/oldest-intact-shipwreck-thought-to-be-ancient-greek-discovered-at-bottom-of-black-sea[/URL] Viking ship found buried in Ostefold [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/15/viking-ship-burial-discovered-in-norway-just-50cm-underground[/URL] Medieval ship found in Enköping [URL='https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/archaeologists-find-medieval-ship-and-german-ceramics-in-enkping']https://www.thelocal.se/20181024/archaeologists-find-medieval-ship-and-german-ceramic[/URL][URL]https://museumcrush.org/the-archaeological-treasures-given-up-by-the-london-shipwreck/[/URL] Two Danish slave-ships from 1710 found in Caribbean [URL]https://repeatingislands.com/2018/10/19/wrecks-of-danish-slave-ships-identified-in-the-caribbean/[/URL] Update on the Mentor lost 1802 [URL]http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/culture/33044-excavation-of-lord-elgin-s-shipwrecked-brig-mentor-yields-more-passenger-items.html[/URL] Conserving the ships’ figureheads for Plymouth [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/figureheads-shipshape-and-ready-to-set-sail[/URL] Titanic and the Mummy’s Curse [URL='https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse-titanic-sinking-washington-post-article.html']https://slate.com/culture/2018/10/mummy-curse-titanic-sinking-washington-post-artic[/URL][URL='https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/17102018-luke-syson-appointed-director-fitzwilliam']https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/17102018-luke-syson-appointed-direc[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/28/syria-national-museum-damascus-reopening-hailed-as-return-to-normal-life[/URL] St Fagans re-opens [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/oct/18/st-fagans-welsh-history-museum-revamp-completed[/URL] Nigeria prepares for the return of looted art [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/nigeria-plans-museum-for-art-looted-from-benin[/URL] But Southend scraps its proposed new museum [URL='https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/24102018-southend-council-scraps-seafront-museum']https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/24102018-southend-council-scrap[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108516/Are-museums-deciding-on-the-right-exhibitions--#.W8w7ETHQZ9A[/URL] Museum musings Reviving the Monuments Men [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/british-army-revives-monuments-men-hopes-salvaging-art-war-torn-countries-180970563/[/URL] Conservation corner Fascinating story about sticking together three Frans Hals portraits into one! [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/jigsaw-pieces-fall-into-place[/URL] Watch the NightWatchbeing conserved [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108393/Rembrandt-s--The-Night-Watch--to-be-restored---live-at-the-Rijksmuseum-in-Amsterdam#.W8w--DHQZ9A[/URL] Objects Historic Ardgour gunpowder horn on show at new V&Ahttps://[URL="http://www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/10/18/historic-ardgour-gunpowder-horn-on-show-at-new-va-dundee/"]www.obantimes.co.uk/2018/10/18/historic-ardgour-gunpowder-horn-on-show-at-new-va-dundee/[/URL] Louvre Abu Dhabi buy samurai armour [URL='http://gulftoday.ae/portal/36b5381e-aa28-42a8-acbd-897c993ad46d.aspx']http://gulftod[/URL][URL]https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/huge-flag-captured-french-battle-9824839[/URL] Exhibitions Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms in London [URL='https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/21/anglo-saxon-kingdoms-review-barbaric-splendour-and-fierce-vision']https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2018/oct/21/anglo-saxon-kingdoms-review-barbaric-splend[/URL][URL]https://www.strawberryhillhouse.org.uk/losttreasures/[/URL] Playing with pirates in London [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108470/Major-exhibition-focuses-on-fictional-pirates-in-popular-culture#.W8w8wDHQZ9A[/URL] Burne-Jones in London [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108651/Tate-Britain-opens-the-largest-Edward-Burne-Jones-retrospective-to-be-held-in-the-UK[/URL] Manuscript treasures in Dublin [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108636/Treasures-from-Chester-Beatty-s-Collection--Exhibition-celebrates-50th-anniversary-of-bequest#.W9LMdjHQZ9A[/URL] Italian women artists in Ghent [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108435/-The-Ladies-of-the-Baroque--Women-painters-in-16th-and-17th-century-Italy--opens-at-Museum-of-Fine-Arts-Ghent#.W8w-eDHQZ9A[/URL] Family treasures at Leuven [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108717/Exhibition-in-Leuven-brings-to-life-the-grandiose-world-of-the-noble-Arenberg-family#.W9bL5TGNx9A[/URL] Florentine paintings in Munich [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108440/Alte-Pinakothek-opens--Florence-and-its-Painters--From-Giotto-to-Leonardo-da-Vinci-[/URL] The long view - tracing the history of war in Vienna [URL='https://www.dw.com/en/new-exhibit-traces-wars-long-and-brutal-evolution/a-45992838']https://www.dw.com/en/new-exhibit-traces-wars-long-and-brutal-evolution/a-45992[/URL][URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108695/Bartolom--Bermejo-s-visual-universe-shown-in-all-its-splendor-for-the-very-first-time#.W9WFPTGNx9A[/URL] Frans Hals portraits at Toledo, Ohio [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108309/Toledo-Museum-of-Art-organizes-first-major-international-exhibition-of-family-portraits-by-Frans-Hals#.W8RMajHQZ9A[/URL] Napoleon’s court in Kansas City [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108626/Ambience-and-spirit-of-French-court-revealed-through-rarely-seen-selection-of-works#.W9LMETHQZ9A[/URL] Jodhpur in Seattle [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/108518/Immersive-exhibition-explores-five-centuries-of-the-artistic-and-cultural-heritage-of-the-city-of-Jodhpur-and-its-people#.W8w6jjHQZ9A[/URL] Books Alfred Geibig; Gebt Feuer! Ready to Fire! [URL]https://www.lesejury.de/alfred-geibig/buecher/gebt-feuer-ready-to-fire/9783874720991[/URL] Pests in Houses Great and Small (the real stuff of nightmares- moths & mice!) [URL]https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/pests-in-houses-great-and-small[/URL] Recent books reviewed [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/new-medieval-books-from-jousting-to-mathematics/[/URL] Books from Les Invalides [URL]http://boutique.musee-armee.fr/en/books/c13/1/[/URL] Medieval Warfare Magazine [URL]https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/medieval-warfare[/URL] Online book MR James: ‘Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad’ [URL]https://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/j/james/mr/antiquary/chapter7.html[/URL] Popular culture Ghost stories from English Heritage, inspired by their properties [URL]https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/eight-ghosts-paperback[/URL] Medieval films [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/from-ivanhoe-to-ironclad-excavating-layers-of-tradition-in-a-medieval-film/[/URL] Zombies and war films- you knew it was going to happen [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/oct/29/does-jj-abrams-war-film-overlord-really-need-added-zombies[/URL] Clooney goes coffee hunting in armour [URL]http://www.bandt.com.au/advertising/george-clooney-goes-full-medieval-nespressos-latest-ad[/URL] Knotted guns- I think it is a thing now… [URL='https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/the-knotted-gun']https://www.atlasobsc[/URL][URL]https://royalarmouries.org/event/the-heart-of-the-art-of-combat/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions November dates for Hermann Historica [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en[/URL] Websites and downloads Historial [URL]https://www.historial.fr/en/[/URL] Veste Coburg’s new website [URL]https://veste.kunstsammlungen-coburg.de/[/URL] Historic ships in Copenhagen [URL]https://en.natmus.dk/museums-and-palaces/the-vessels-at-holmen/[/URL] 1066 etc: Medieval rebellions, Templars & Kingly horsemanship [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/arrayed-as-if-for-war-tactical-innovation-and-technological-change-in-late-medieval-and-early-modern-rebellions-1381-1554/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/torture-confession-templar-interrogations/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2018/10/medieval-art-riding/[/URL] Hallowe’en All the best ghost stories come from Scotland andThe National Trust for Scotland has put together a number of themed stories about spooky happenings round their castles and other properties [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories[/URL] Finally This fortnight we tweeted on visits to East Anglian castles, cannons and effigies… [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 October 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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