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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 866495, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury321</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>All sorts of stories today; skeleton from Prague, a trebuchet stone from Wales, Spanish armour, a cannon in Vietnam and Islamic horses. New museums in Paris and Suffolk, and ideas how to spend the last weeks of summer- when it stops raining….</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battles, towers and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Repairing Exeter’s Roman wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/roman-wall-exeter-collapsed-pub-3153059" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/roman-wall-exeter-collapsed-pub-3153059" rel="nofollow">https://www.devonlive.com/news/devon-news/roman-wall-exeter-collapsed-pub-3153059</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>York’s Roman gate to be excavated</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/porta-decumana-everything-we-know-about-the-hidden-roman-gateway-in-york-that-could-soon-be-revealed-1-9927225" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/porta-decumana-everything-we-know-about-the-hidden-roman-gateway-in-york-that-could-soon-be-revealed-1-9927225" rel="nofollow">https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage/porta-decumana-everything-we-know-about-the-hidden-roman-gateway-in-york-that-could-soon-be-revealed-1-9927225</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Maya and total war- not a video game…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/mayans-conducted-total-war-much-earlier-than-thought" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/mayans-conducted-total-war-much-earlier-than-thought" rel="nofollow">https://cosmosmagazine.com/archaeology/mayans-conducted-total-war-much-earlier-than-thought</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hogs in cities are now apparently a thing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/boar-wars-how-wild-hogs-are-trashing-european-cities" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/boar-wars-how-wild-hogs-are-trashing-european-cities" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/30/boar-wars-how-wild-hogs-are-trashing-european-cities</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The skeleton of Prague castle- a fascinating read</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-identity-of-this-medieval-skeleton-haunted-the-nazis-and-the-soviets/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-identity-of-this-medieval-skeleton-haunted-the-nazis-and-the-soviets/" rel="nofollow">https://www.iflscience.com/editors-blog/the-identity-of-this-medieval-skeleton-haunted-the-nazis-and-the-soviets/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Death of Richard III</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/the-death-of-richard-iii/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/the-death-of-richard-iii/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/the-death-of-richard-iii/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the Medieval Frontlines</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A visit to the Battle of Visby Gallery in Stockholm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medieval-massacre-the-battle-of-gotland-1361" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medieval-massacre-the-battle-of-gotland-1361" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/medieval-massacre-the-battle-of-gotland-1361</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What’s the point of battles in the Middle ages?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/why-battles-could-be-so-decisive-in-the-middle-ages/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/why-battles-could-be-so-decisive-in-the-middle-ages/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/why-battles-could-be-so-decisive-in-the-middle-ages/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Toby Capwell talks about the armour in a painting- video</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/bermejo-and-the-armour-of-an-archangel/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/bermejo-and-the-armour-of-an-archangel/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/bermejo-and-the-armour-of-an-archangel/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Horse armour in the medieval Islamic world</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/horse-armour-in-the-medieval-islamic-middle-east/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/horse-armour-in-the-medieval-islamic-middle-east/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/horse-armour-in-the-medieval-islamic-middle-east/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princely finds from Belarus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://eng.belta.by/society/view/fragments-of-12th-century-polotsk-princely-residence-unearthed-in-belarus-123220-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://eng.belta.by/society/view/fragments-of-12th-century-polotsk-princely-residence-unearthed-in-belarus-123220-2019/" rel="nofollow">https://eng.belta.by/society/view/fragments-of-12th-century-polotsk-princely-residence-unearthed-in-belarus-123220-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Possible trebuchet stone found at Hay Castle, Powys</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49269127" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49269127" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-49269127</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Digging up Auckland castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17824911.see-latest-discoveries-made-auckland-castle-dig-site/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17824911.see-latest-discoveries-made-auckland-castle-dig-site/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17824911.see-latest-discoveries-made-auckland-castle-dig-site/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7890-medieval-trash-reveals-the-habits-of-england-s-prince-bishops" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7890-medieval-trash-reveals-the-habits-of-england-s-prince-bishops" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/7890-medieval-trash-reveals-the-habits-of-england-s-prince-bishops</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gendering the castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/gender-and-medieval-archaeology-storming-the-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/gender-and-medieval-archaeology-storming-the-castle/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/gender-and-medieval-archaeology-storming-the-castle/</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>Ottoman round shot found in Danube</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/08/02/359-ottoman-turkish-cannonballs-from-danube-river-bastion-found-by-accident-in-bulgarias-ruse/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/08/02/359-ottoman-turkish-cannonballs-from-danube-river-bastion-found-by-accident-in-bulgarias-ruse/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/08/02/359-ottoman-turkish-cannonballs-from-danube-river-bastion-found-by-accident-in-bulgarias-ruse/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze cannon dug up in Vietnam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.vietnamplus.vn/old-cannon-found-in-da-nang-originates-from-netherlands-scientists/156939.vnp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.vietnamplus.vn/old-cannon-found-in-da-nang-originates-from-netherlands-scientists/156939.vnp" rel="nofollow">https://en.vietnamplus.vn/old-cannon-found-in-da-nang-originates-from-netherlands-scientists/156939.vnp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.qdnd.vn/social-affairs/news/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang-506014" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.qdnd.vn/social-affairs/news/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang-506014" rel="nofollow">https://en.qdnd.vn/social-affairs/news/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang-506014</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://vietnam.vnanet.vn/english/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang/418824.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vietnam.vnanet.vn/english/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang/418824.html" rel="nofollow">https://vietnam.vnanet.vn/english/nguyen-dynasty-cannon-found-in-da-nang/418824.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/lifestyle/20190730/vietnamese-scientists-trace-origin-of-centuriesold-cannon-found-in-da-nang/50823.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/lifestyle/20190730/vietnamese-scientists-trace-origin-of-centuriesold-cannon-found-in-da-nang/50823.html" rel="nofollow">https://tuoitrenews.vn/news/lifestyle/20190730/vietnamese-scientists-trace-origin-of-centuriesold-cannon-found-in-da-nang/50823.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the two MRLs found in Mumbai last year and a new museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://orissadiary.com/president-india-inaugurate-underground-bunker-museum-raj-bhavan-mumbai/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://orissadiary.com/president-india-inaugurate-underground-bunker-museum-raj-bhavan-mumbai/" rel="nofollow">https://orissadiary.com/president-india-inaugurate-underground-bunker-museum-raj-bhavan-mumbai/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nagpurtoday.in/president-of-india-unveils-plaque-in-front-of-raj-era-twin-cannons/08172135" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nagpurtoday.in/president-of-india-unveils-plaque-in-front-of-raj-era-twin-cannons/08172135" rel="nofollow">https://www.nagpurtoday.in/president-of-india-unveils-plaque-in-front-of-raj-era-twin-cannons/08172135</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lincoln Castle’s cannon gets its carriage repaired</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/07/lincoln-castle-cannon-back-in-place/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/07/lincoln-castle-cannon-back-in-place/" rel="nofollow">https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2019/07/lincoln-castle-cannon-back-in-place/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WWI Howitzer for Brantford, Ontario</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/refurbished-first-world-war-howitzer-due-to-return-to-brantford" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/refurbished-first-world-war-howitzer-due-to-return-to-brantford" rel="nofollow">https://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/news/local-news/refurbished-first-world-war-howitzer-due-to-return-to-brantford</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The history of ballistics</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ballistic-a-loaded-term-with-a-rising-trajectory-11565981191" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/ballistic-a-loaded-term-with-a-rising-trajectory-11565981191" rel="nofollow">https://www.wsj.com/articles/ballistic-a-loaded-term-with-a-rising-trajectory-11565981191</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Venetian walls in Nicosia collapsing</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/36452-cyprus-department-of-antiquities-on-latest-collapse-of-venetian-walls-of-nicosia-section.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/36452-cyprus-department-of-antiquities-on-latest-collapse-of-venetian-walls-of-nicosia-section.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.tornosnews.gr/en/tourism-businesses/thematic-tourism/36452-cyprus-department-of-antiquities-on-latest-collapse-of-venetian-walls-of-nicosia-section.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on Fort George</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17828822.history-highland-fortress-built-fend-off-jacobites-celebrated/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17828822.history-highland-fortress-built-fend-off-jacobites-celebrated/" rel="nofollow">https://www.heraldscotland.com/news/17828822.history-highland-fortress-built-fend-off-jacobites-celebrated/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting goes high tech</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/jousting-comes-21st-century-cutting-edge-var-technology-200560" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/jousting-comes-21st-century-cutting-edge-var-technology-200560" rel="nofollow">https://www.countrylife.co.uk/news/jousting-comes-21st-century-cutting-edge-var-technology-200560</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Feature on re-enactors</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/the-sunday-times-magazine/spectrum-meet-the-re-enactors-bringing-history-to-life-for-english-heritage-rgwmkhrqt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/the-sunday-times-magazine/spectrum-meet-the-re-enactors-bringing-history-to-life-for-english-heritage-rgwmkhrqt" rel="nofollow">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/magazine/the-sunday-times-magazine/spectrum-meet-the-re-enactors-bringing-history-to-life-for-english-heritage-rgwmkhrqt</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anglo-Saxon feasts- boar and venison</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-royal-manor-faversham-kent-pub-beer-garden-archeologists-pre-roman-era-a9040241.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-royal-manor-faversham-kent-pub-beer-garden-archeologists-pre-roman-era-a9040241.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/anglo-saxon-royal-manor-faversham-kent-pub-beer-garden-archeologists-pre-roman-era-a9040241.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And sourdough bread of the Pharaohs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/egypt-bread-xbox-seamus-blackly-peabody-museum-mfa-boston" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/egypt-bread-xbox-seamus-blackly-peabody-museum-mfa-boston" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/egypt-bread-xbox-seamus-blackly-peabody-museum-mfa-boston</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Washed down with Wine of the crusaders</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/2019/08/#314112757193235384" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/2019/08/#314112757193235384" rel="nofollow">http://archaeology-in-europe.blogspot.com/2019/08/#314112757193235384</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or something a little more explosive…wine and gunpowder…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/08/strange-tales-gunpowder-and-the-urine-of-a-wine-drinking-man/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/08/strange-tales-gunpowder-and-the-urine-of-a-wine-drinking-man/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thedrinksbusiness.com/2019/08/strange-tales-gunpowder-and-the-urine-of-a-wine-drinking-man/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval alabaster and its uses</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/marble-alabaster-english-mistaken-medieval-sculpture" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/marble-alabaster-english-mistaken-medieval-sculpture" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/review/marble-alabaster-english-mistaken-medieval-sculpture</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sideplate from trade gun found in Fort Michilimackinac</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7876-190805-michigan-gun-sideplate" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.org/news/7876-190805-michigan-gun-sideplate" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.org/news/7876-190805-michigan-gun-sideplate</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Women at war</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/03/brave-confrontations-its-time-writers-broke-the-taboo-of-the-female-warrior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/03/brave-confrontations-its-time-writers-broke-the-taboo-of-the-female-warrior" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/aug/03/brave-confrontations-its-time-writers-broke-the-taboo-of-the-female-warrior</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short piece about Jeffrey Hudson, Queen’s jester, and his dwarf armour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&amp;objectid=12255524" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&amp;objectid=12255524" rel="nofollow">https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&amp;objectid=12255524</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last urban WWI tank still on display- in Ashford, Kent</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-last-remaining-first-world-war-tank-on-display-in-a-town/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-last-remaining-first-world-war-tank-on-display-in-a-town/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/britains-last-remaining-first-world-war-tank-on-display-in-a-town/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>WW2 Spitfire flies off on world tour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115821/-Majestic--WWII-Spitfire-takes-off-on-round-the-world-flight#.XUkrxzHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115821/-Majestic--WWII-Spitfire-takes-off-on-round-the-world-flight#.XUkrxzHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115821/-Majestic--WWII-Spitfire-takes-off-on-round-the-world-flight#.XUkrxzHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>VOC ship Haarlemlost 1647 off South Africa discovered? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.capetownetc.com/cape-town/1647-shipwreck-uncovered-on-bloubergs-shores/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.capetownetc.com/cape-town/1647-shipwreck-uncovered-on-bloubergs-shores/" rel="nofollow">https://www.capetownetc.com/cape-town/1647-shipwreck-uncovered-on-bloubergs-shores/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Background to the Franklin Expedition</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/08/1845-explorers-sought-the-northwest-passage-then-vanished" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/08/1845-explorers-sought-the-northwest-passage-then-vanished" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/history-and-civilisation/2019/08/1845-explorers-sought-the-northwest-passage-then-vanished</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for HMS Beagle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/search-royal-navy-warship-carried-3193954" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/search-royal-navy-warship-carried-3193954" rel="nofollow">https://www.plymouthherald.co.uk/news/history/search-royal-navy-warship-carried-3193954</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Submarine USS Grunion’s bow found </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/30/world/ww2-submarine-uss-grunion-bow-discovered-trnd/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/30/world/ww2-submarine-uss-grunion-bow-discovered-trnd/index.html" rel="nofollow">https://edition.cnn.com/2019/07/30/world/ww2-submarine-uss-grunion-bow-discovered-trnd/index.html</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>No more spontaneous visits to the Louvre...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115755/Paris--packed-Louvre-to-make-reservations-compulsory#.XUVPbTHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115755/Paris--packed-Louvre-to-make-reservations-compulsory#.XUVPbTHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115755/Paris--packed-Louvre-to-make-reservations-compulsory#.XUVPbTHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum loans</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-national-museums-loans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-national-museums-loans" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk-national-museums-loans</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museum on the Paris Liberation</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/15/museum-tells-gripping-story-of-liberation-of-paris-75-years-on" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/15/museum-tells-gripping-story-of-liberation-of-paris-75-years-on" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/15/museum-tells-gripping-story-of-liberation-of-paris-75-years-on</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museum and visitor experience at Sutton Hoo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/05/national-trust-brings-sutton-hoo-alive-with-4m-revamp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/05/national-trust-brings-sutton-hoo-alive-with-4m-revamp" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/aug/05/national-trust-brings-sutton-hoo-alive-with-4m-revamp</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting the newly refurbished Cody Museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/8/9/touring-the-newly-refurbished-cody-firearms-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/8/9/touring-the-newly-refurbished-cody-firearms-museum/" rel="nofollow">https://www.americanrifleman.org/articles/2019/8/9/touring-the-newly-refurbished-cody-firearms-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New slavery museum for London? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-slavery-museum-plan-garners-praise-and-criticism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-slavery-museum-plan-garners-praise-and-criticism" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-slavery-museum-plan-garners-praise-and-criticism</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museums, security and facial recognition technology</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/liverpool-world-museum-used-facial-recognition-technology-on-visitors-to-terracotta-warriors-show" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/liverpool-world-museum-used-facial-recognition-technology-on-visitors-to-terracotta-warriors-show" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/liverpool-world-museum-used-facial-recognition-technology-on-visitors-to-terracotta-warriors-show</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Immerse yourself in Da Vinci</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-national-gallery-leonardo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-national-gallery-leonardo" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/london-national-gallery-leonardo</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japan and Korea – culture gets in the way</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115791/Japan-halts-exhibit-of-Sout-Korea-s--comfort-women--statue#.XUfh_THsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115791/Japan-halts-exhibit-of-Sout-Korea-s--comfort-women--statue#.XUfh_THsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115791/Japan-halts-exhibit-of-Sout-Korea-s--comfort-women--statue#.XUfh_THsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UK’s best seaside museums</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-seaside-museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-seaside-museums/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-seaside-museums/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Armour alert! The Virgin and Child with Saints by Giovanni Martini da Udineback on display:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-gallery-altarpiece-restoration" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-gallery-altarpiece-restoration" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/national-gallery-altarpiece-restoration</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring the Isenheim altarpiece</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/isenheim-altarpiece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/isenheim-altarpiece" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/isenheim-altarpiece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Importance of Carbon 14 as a tool</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/10/most-important-isotope-how-carbon-14-revolutionised-science" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/10/most-important-isotope-how-carbon-14-revolutionised-science" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/aug/10/most-important-isotope-how-carbon-14-revolutionised-science</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects &amp; museums for Peterloo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/10-museum-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-the-peterloo-massacre/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/10-museum-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-the-peterloo-massacre/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/10-museum-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-the-peterloo-massacre/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Confederate general&#039;s Colt gun for sale <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115676/Confederate-general-s-Colt-gun-leads-Milestone-s-Premier-Firearms-Auction#.XUKazDHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115676/Confederate-general-s-Colt-gun-leads-Milestone-s-Premier-Firearms-Auction#.XUKazDHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115676/Confederate-general-s-Colt-gun-leads-Milestone-s-Premier-Firearms-Auction#.XUKazDHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Guns stolen from Conception Bay Museum, Newfoundland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://vocm.com/2019/08/03/search-continuing-for-guns-stolen-from-conception-bay-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://vocm.com/2019/08/03/search-continuing-for-guns-stolen-from-conception-bay-museum/" rel="nofollow">https://vocm.com/2019/08/03/search-continuing-for-guns-stolen-from-conception-bay-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Highlights from the Old Masters of Dresden go on show during renovations</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115806/Special-exhibition-presents-highlights-of-Dresden-s-Old-Masters-Picture-Gallery#.XUfhCDHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115806/Special-exhibition-presents-highlights-of-Dresden-s-Old-Masters-Picture-Gallery#.XUfhCDHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115806/Special-exhibition-presents-highlights-of-Dresden-s-Old-Masters-Picture-Gallery#.XUfhCDHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tartan and the Highlands in Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/114025/Major-exhibition-explores-the-romantic-fascination-with-the-Scottish-Highlands#.XVfkCuTsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/114025/Major-exhibition-explores-the-romantic-fascination-with-the-Scottish-Highlands#.XVfkCuTsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/114025/Major-exhibition-explores-the-romantic-fascination-with-the-Scottish-Highlands#.XVfkCuTsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bill Harriman: The Arisaka Rifle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-arisaka-rifle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-arisaka-rifle" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/store/military-history/upcoming-books/available-this-month/the-arisaka-rifle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books on the Cold war</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/26/Cold-War/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/26/Cold-War/" rel="nofollow">http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/26/Cold-War/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest catalogue from Ken Trotman</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kentrotman.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kentrotman.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kentrotman.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stone Castles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha-stone-castles" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha-stone-castles" rel="nofollow">https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/iha-stone-castles</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Swash Channel Wreck Conservation Statement and Management Plan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/swash-channel-wreck-conservation-statement-and-management-plan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/swash-channel-wreck-conservation-statement-and-management-plan" rel="nofollow">https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/swash-channel-wreck-conservation-statement-and-management-plan</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Summer events</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/" rel="nofollow">https://www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/whats-on/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://middelaldercentret.dk/?lang=en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://middelaldercentret.dk/?lang=en" rel="nofollow">https://middelaldercentret.dk/?lang=en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://historiska.se/events/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://historiska.se/events/" rel="nofollow">https://historiska.se/events/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-marine.fr/index.php?lg=fr&amp;nav=1&amp;flash=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-marine.fr/index.php?lg=fr&amp;nav=1&amp;flash=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-marine.fr/index.php?lg=fr&amp;nav=1&amp;flash=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.vasamuseet.se/en" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.vasamuseet.se/en" rel="nofollow">https://www.vasamuseet.se/en</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>5 Sept 2019 Arms and Armour Society meeting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thearmsandarmoursociety.org.uk/events/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>September 2019 KyotoICOMAM 2019 Conference, Kyoto (Japan) <a href="http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o" rel="nofollow">http://icom-kyoto-2019.org/data/images/ICOM2019_leaflet.pdf?fbclid=IwAR1yUuzU74CjPT8E-Qdx4KsoD_htE1_BHGVouQhJSu4YRKPyN4D4N8ckh3o</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16-17 November 2019 Portsmouth</p><p><br /></p><p>The Nautical Archaeology Society and the Ordnance Society </p><p><br /></p><p>Wooden Walls and Stone Bastions</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/" rel="nofollow">https://ordnancesociety.org.uk/events-2/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>26 August Gleneagles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/115636/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-included-in-its-Auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns#.XT_3RDHsZ9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/115636/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-included-in-its-Auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns#.XT_3RDHsZ9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/115636/Gavin-Gardiner-Ltd-announces-highlights-included-in-its-Auction-of-Modern---Vintage-Sporting-Guns#.XT_3RDHsZ9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The National Swedish Museums of Military History</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sfhm.se/english/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sfhm.se/english/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sfhm.se/english/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Crusades, Gawain &amp; Breton lays</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/a-transient-pulse-of-genetic-admixture-from-the-crusaders-in-the-near-east-identified-from-ancient-genome-sequences/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/a-transient-pulse-of-genetic-admixture-from-the-crusaders-in-the-near-east-identified-from-ancient-genome-sequences/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/a-transient-pulse-of-genetic-admixture-from-the-crusaders-in-the-near-east-identified-from-ancient-genome-sequences/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/speech-representation-as-a-narrative-technique-in-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/speech-representation-as-a-narrative-technique-in-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/speech-representation-as-a-narrative-technique-in-sir-gawain-and-the-green-knight/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/what-makes-breton-lays-breton-bretons-britons-and-celtic-otherness-in-medieval-romance/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/what-makes-breton-lays-breton-bretons-britons-and-celtic-otherness-in-medieval-romance/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2019/08/what-makes-breton-lays-breton-bretons-britons-and-celtic-otherness-in-medieval-romance/</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 London</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 –20 August 2019</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 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