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    The Basiliscoe Mercury 318


    TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


    Another medieval sword, remembering Scapa Flow, cannon in India and conserving St George. In Stockholm, the Livrustkammeren re-opens. And as the summer finally arrives, a new ICOMAM MAGAZINE to download and take to the beach with you!


    Arms and armour in the news


    Ancient arms


    Iron Age sword and chariot found in Pembrokeshire

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-48766001


    Medieval sword found in Caynton caves Shropshire in 1985 finally identified .

    https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-48719554


    Beasts of assorted varieties…


    When moas roamed the earth…

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/27/half-tonne-birds-roamed-europe-humans


    And dragons in medieval Europe

    http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/dragons-in-medieval-literature/


    Grave stories


    Cemetery of 80 shackled skeletons from 7thBC Greece to be displayed

    https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-...ss-grave-of-shackled-skeletons-in-athens.html


    Through the arrow-slit . . .


    Investigating a medievalSlovakian castle and its finds

    https://www.archaeology.org/news/7764-190617-slovakia-markusovsky-castle


    Update on Hull’s blockhouse’s future

    https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/fortress-hidden-500-years-hull-3012560


    Cannons to the left, cannon to the right - all Indian


    Bronze swivel gun found in Indian canal at Haringhata

    https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com...e-of-plassey-vintage/articleshow/69882160.cms

    http://www.millenniumpost.in/kolkat...uring-widening-of-bridge-at-haringhata-359093

    (best picture here: https://eisamay.indiatimes.com/west...recovered-from-canal/articleshow/69888413.cms)


    Cannonvisiting in India

    https://english.newstracklive.com/n...wds-gathered-to-have-a-glimpse-1017365-1.html


    Short feature on two of Bengal’s most important cannons

    https://www.thestatesman.com/supplements/voices/bengals-artillery-1502770581.html


    Living in the past


    Recreating shipwreck rescue, along with a Lyle gun at National Parks

    http://www.coastalpoint.com/45767/f...d-historic-shipwreck-rescue-drill-reenactment


    Society for Creative Anachronism

    http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/in-defence-of-the-society-for-creative-anachronism/


    Miscellany


    On the frontlines


    Leather dragon found in York

    https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/17698214.dragon-found-in-york-street/


    Fireworks and the 4th of July

    http://bayweekly.com/articles/letter-editor/article/yin-and-yang-fireworks


    Hospital site at Waterloo to be excavated

    https://www.theguardian.com/science...field-hospital-to-be-excavated-for-first-time


    Secrets of Samurai swordsmen

    https://www.livescience.com/65742-samurai-text-supernatural-powers.html


    Nautical news


    Update on the London

    https://www.southendstandard.co.uk/...ng-effort-to-save-artefacts-from-sunken-ship/


    The search for Spain’s lost Antarctic ship

    https://elpais.com/cultura/2019/06/11/actualidad/1560246108_583867.html


    Yorktown shipwreck discovery

    https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/r...Mi4zV5QOjHA2vNsAEh0_apQ5qSEogAUGB2yzLV36VJfRI


    Scapa Flow centenary

    https://inews.co.uk/news/world/scap...g-german-fleet-orkney-diving-first-world-war/

    https://www.foxnews.com/science/fou...eaxWFgJYHYBDfWMMazE2ZPL5OPWegMk_FKrD0JrKhU55w


    Update on the Graf Spee’seagle in Uruguay https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/21/uruguay-nazi-bronze-eagle-battleship-court-sell



    Museum news and exhibitions


    News


    Visiting Fort William Henry

    https://dailygazette.com/galleries/2019/06/26/step-back-time-lake-georges-fort-william-henry


    New awards for British museums- museums change lives

    https://www.museumsassociation.org/...ums Association&dm_i=2VBX,WEE0,52SJU5,3DM7I,1


    New museums


    Livrustkammeren re-opens

    http://www.hallekis.com/xx190617d.htm

    https://livrustkammaren.se/en


    New Warsaw Ghetto Museum already causing waves

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/22/warsaw-ghetto-museum-holocaust-historians-divided


    New display on 'Collecting histories: Solomon Islands' at BM

    http://artdaily.com/news/114549/Bri...ting-histories--Solomon-Islands-#.XQyWCjHsZ9A


    Newgallery of London and science at the Science Museum

    https://museumcrush.org/science-museum-tells-the-250-year-old-story-of-london-as-a-science-city/


    Vrak- new museum in Stockholm

    https://wwwhttps://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...es-conservation-experts-with-palestine-museum


    Medieval St George- re-conserved, properly

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/21/botched-spanish-statue-st-george-lovingly-unrestored


    Objects


    Van Gogh’s revolver sells, despite any really evidence

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/van-gogh-s-gun-sells-for-162-000


    Exhibitions


    This autumn: Troy comes to London

    https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/tory-british-museum-martin-bailey-exhibition


    17th century female artists in London

    https://www.lyonandturnbull.com/news-article/bright-souls


    British soldiers in Russia after WWI in Richmond

    http://www.richmondshiretoday.co.uk...fter-great-war-opens-at-green-howards-museum/


    Romanovs in Edinburgh

    http://artdaily.com/news/114550/New...tish-and-Russian-royal-dynasties#.XQyVizHsZ9A


    Henri IV at Cadillac

    https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr...GVhdXgvNS1jYXRhbG9ndWVzLWV4cG9zaXRpb24vMS8%3D


    17thcenturyDutch and Spanishpaintings in Madrid

    http://artdaily.com/news/114736/Exh...g-of-the-16th-and-17th-centuries#.XRXFRDHsZ9A


    Electors of Saxony at Schloss Hubertusburg

    https://ruestkammer.skd.museum/en/exhibitions/frederick-augustus-and-maria-josepha/


    Highland warriors in Ottawa

    https://www.warmuseum.ca/highlandwarriors/


    Books


    Ed. Peter Konieczy: Medieval Warfare Special: The Rise of the Gun

    https://www.karwansaraypublishers.com/medieval-warfare/mw-shop/special-issues/rise-of-the-gun.html


    Bartolomé Bermejo: Master of the Spanish Renaissance (includes chapter by Toby Capwell on the armour)

    https://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/p...o-master-of-the-spanish-renaissance/p_1047979


    A reminder that this is only available at the special price for another month: By Trevor J Parker: An Illustrated Technical Guide to British WWI Fuzes

    http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html


    Books on the Middle Ages

    http://www.medievalists.net/2019/06/books-about-middle-ages-great-reads/


    Online publication

    Latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE is out: Kyoto, Maximilian armour, Henry Moore, & Russian military postcards; news, collections, exhibitions and exhibits in Europe and the US, and the story of the “Frankenspencer” – lots for everyone to read and enjoy over the summer

    http://network.icom.museum/icomam/publications/the-magazine/



    Popular culture


    The Cold Blue Sky- documentary

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/20...tary-memphis-belle-story-of-a-flying-fortress


    Armour inspiresIcelandic sculptor

    https://grapevine.is/icelandic-cult...orarinsdottir-dives-into-the-human-condition/


    Chinese war epic might be withdrawn

    https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...red-premiere-cancelled-in-apparent-censorship


    Is this another film about Robert the Bruce?

    https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/28/robert-the-bruce-review-angus-macfadyen-jared-harris


    Events


    Diary dates


    4 July 2019 Lecture at the Arms and Armour Society

    https://www.thearmsandarmohttp://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/ima...8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o


    16-17 November 2019 Portsmouth

    The Nautical Archaeology Society and the Ordnance Society

    Wooden Walls and Stone Bastions

    https://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/


    Sales, fairs and auctions


    10 July 2019 Thomas del Mar London

    http://www.https://www.olympiaauctions.com/thomas-del-mar-ltd/



    Websites and downloads


    Swedish National Maritime and Transport Museums

    https://www.maritima.se/en


    Finally


    This fortnight I tweeted medieval sculpture in Worcester & Hereford

    https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



    Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 June 2019


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