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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 1280966, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury328</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More iron guns found in India, Siberian puppies, destroying crusader castles & Peter the Great in Moscow. And the annual Christmas shopping in museums</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Warriors, Hunters and their dogs</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Polish warriors and their weapons found in graves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C79521%2Cancient-warrior-graves-2000-years-old-discovered-near-bejsce.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C79521%2Cancient-warrior-graves-2000-years-old-discovered-near-bejsce.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C79521%2Cancient-warrior-graves-2000-year</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50586508" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50586508" rel="nofollow">https://ww</a><a href="https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inuit-made-the-arctic-their-home-with-some-very-special-and-tough-dogs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inuit-made-the-arctic-their-home-with-some-very-special-and-tough-dogs" rel="nofollow">https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inuit-made-the-arctic-their-home-with-some-very-special-and-tough-dogs</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Destruction of Montfort crusader castle discovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-massive-mamluk-destruction-found-at-crusader-castle-in-israel-1.8180395" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-massive-mamluk-destruction-found-at-crusader-castle-in-israel-1.8180395" rel="nofollow">https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-massive-mamluk-destruction-found-at-crusader-castle-in-israel-1.8180395</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating a lost basement of Lahore fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bolnews.com/amazing/2019/11/archaeologist-finds-secret-basement-in-lahore-fort/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bolnews.com/amazing/2019/11/archaeologist-finds-secret-basement-in-lahore-fort/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bolnews.com/amazing/2019/11/archaeologist-finds-secret-basement-in-lahore-fort/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle stations</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marking the battle of Varna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/11/bulgaria-marks-575-years-since-battle-of-varna-in-1444-battle-of-peoples-in-which-ottoman-empire-defeated-christian-europeans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/11/bulgaria-marks-575-years-since-battle-of-varna-in-1444-battle-of-peoples-in-which-ottoman-empire-defeated-christian-europeans/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/11/bulgaria-marks-575-years-since-battle-of-varna-in-1444-battle-of-peoples-in-which-ottoman-empire-defeated-christian-europeans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Protecting Culloden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/protecting-culloden" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/protecting-culloden" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/protecting-culloden</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>Trebuchet shot found at Hay Castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/centuries-old-norman-head-and-trebuchet-ball-found-where-they-fell-at-hay-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/centuries-old-norman-head-and-trebuchet-ball-found-where-they-fell-at-hay-castle/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/centuries-old-norman-head-and-trebuchet-ball-found-where-they-fell-at-hay-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Camphor in your gunpowder</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@siwaratrikalpa/an-indonesian-tree-product-in-medieval-german-gunpowder-60e0bc6929cc" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://medium.com/@siwaratrikalpa/an-indonesian-tree-product-in-medieval-german-gunpowder-60e0bc6929cc" rel="nofollow">https://medium.com/@siwaratrikalpa/an-indonesian-tree-product-in-medieval-german-gunpowder-60e0bc6929cc</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Contemporary 1620 mention of murderers in North America</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/" rel="nofollow">https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian cannon- two stories: </p><p><br /></p><p>1. Two more found <a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/two-more-old-cannons-found-buried-at-kp/articleshow/72284107.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/two-more-old-cannons-found-buried-at-kp/articleshow/72284107.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/two-more-old-cannons-found-buried-at-kp/articleshow/72284107.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p>2. What happened to the last ones</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/museum-wants-kp-cannons-for-display-heritage-panel-disagrees/articleshow/72299847.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/museum-wants-kp-cannons-for-display-heritage-panel-disagrees/articleshow/72299847.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/museum-wants-kp-cannons-for-display-heritage-panel-disagrees/articleshow/72299847.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New future for Long Tom of Parkersburg</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wtap.com/content/news/Long-Tom-cannon-exchange-considered-by-Parkersburg-City-Council-564820751.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wtap.com/content/news/Long-Tom-cannon-exchange-considered-by-Parkersburg-City-Council-564820751.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.wtap.com/content/news/Long-Tom-cannon-exchange-considered-by-Parkersburg-City-Council-564820751.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tealby’s cannon, stolen 30 years ago, returned in mysterious circumstances</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50559846" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50559846" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.c</a><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/frederick-iii-tomb-0012878" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/frederick-iii-tomb-0012878" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/frederick-iii-tomb-0012878</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval sword fighting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/flower-battle-manuscript-0012882" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/flower-battle-manuscript-0012882" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/flower-battle-manuscript-0012882</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paintingsfrom British India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50542353" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50542353" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50542353</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another skeleton of an Amazonian warrior found?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-find-remains-fabled-amazon-woman-warrior-deep-wounds-injured-bones-35026" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-find-remains-fabled-amazon-woman-warrior-deep-wounds-injured-bones-35026" rel="nofollow">https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-find-remains-fabled-amazon-woman-warrior-deep-wounds-injured-bones-35026</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Apparently the Hapsburgs were inbred- who knew? (I think we had guessed)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/42758/20191128/royal-inbreeding-throughout-history.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/42758/20191128/royal-inbreeding-throughout-history.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/42758/20191128/royal-inbreeding-throughout-history.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portrait of the young queen Elizabeth identified</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/27/long-lost-overpainted-portrait-reveals-young-queen-elizabeth-i?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/27/long-lost-overpainted-portrait-reveals-young-queen-elizabeth-i?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/27/long-lost-overpainted-portrait-reveals-young-queen-elizabeth-i?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: this week’s menu</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Barbecued clams</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/11/barbequed-clams-on-the-menu-for-ancient-puerto-ricans/124885" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/11/barbequed-clams-on-the-menu-for-ancient-puerto-ricans/124885" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/11/barbequed-clams-on-the-menu-for-ancient-puerto-ricans/124885</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Potatoes: there’s a whole museum of potatoes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/29/how-perus-potato-museum-could-stave-off-world-food-crisis" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/29/how-perus-potato-museum-could-stave-off-world-food-crisis" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/29/how-perus-potato-museum-could-stave-off-world-food-crisis</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Served with choice of beverages: Beer of the Pharaohs</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/egyptian-vats-5-600-years-old-were-for-beer-brewing/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/egyptian-vats-5-600-years-old-were-for-beer-brewing/" rel="nofollow">https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/egyptian-vats-5-600-years-old-were-for-beer-brewing/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or something a little more modern</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/new-beer-for-micro-brewery-s-20th-anniversary-9089951/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/new-beer-for-micro-brewery-s-20th-anniversary-9089951/" rel="nofollow">https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/new-beer-for-micro-brewery-s-20th-anniversary-908</a><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-50545293" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-50545293" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-50545293</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pioneering aerial photography from WWI Jordan</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/british-scholar-takes-aerial-glance-jordans-past" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/british-scholar-takes-aerial-glance-jordans-past" rel="nofollow">http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/british-scholar-takes-aerial-glance-jordans-past</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Muslim soldiers of WWI</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46124467" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46124467" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46124467</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Canada’s black soldiers of WWI</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Obituaries</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Noble Frankland</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/21/noble-frankland-obituary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/21/noble-frankland-obituary" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/21/noble-frankland-obituary</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Anew ship burial identified onNorwegian island</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-ship-burial-0012902" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-ship-burial-0012902" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-ship-burial-0012902</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nice piece on Alex Hildred of the Mary Rose</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/archaeologist-who-helped-to-excavate-the-mary-rose-celebrates-40-years-of-work-with-the-ship-1-9146246" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/archaeologist-who-helped-to-excavate-the-mary-rose-celebrates-40-years-of-work-with-the-ship-1-9146246" rel="nofollow">https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/archaeologist-who-helped-to-excavate-the-mar</a><a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/400-year-old-warships-in-swedish-channel-may-be-sisters-of-doomed-vasa/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/400-year-old-warships-in-swedish-channel-may-be-sisters-of-doomed-vasa/" rel="nofollow">https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/400-year-old-warships-in-swedish-channel-may-be-sisters-of-doomed-vasa/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update from the Mentor</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://neoskosmos.com/en/151676/diving-the-mentor-revealing-the-secrets-of-elgins-ship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://neoskosmos.com/en/151676/diving-the-mentor-revealing-the-secrets-of-elgins-ship/" rel="nofollow">https://neoskosmos.com/en/151676/diving-the-mentor-revealing-the-secrets-of-elgins-ship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for the Beagle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yellowad.co.uk/archaeologists-searching-rochford-for-remains-of-darwins-ship/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yellowad.co.uk/archaeologists-searching-rochford-for-remains-of-darwins-ship/" rel="nofollow">https://www.yellowad.co.uk/archaeologists-searching-rochford-for-remains-of-darwins-ship/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Franklin expedition</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://geographical.co.uk/people/explorers/item/3525-inside-terror" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://geographical.co.uk/people/explorers/item/3525-inside-terror" rel="nofollow">http://geographical.co.uk/people/explorers/item/3525-inside-terror</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons of USSConstitution</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/uss-constitution-original-guns?rebelltitem=2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/uss-constitution-original-guns?rebelltitem=2" rel="nofollow">https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/uss-constitution-original-guns?rebelltitem=2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tampico- Mexican gunboat sunk in 1914 located off coast of Sinaloa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/revolution-gunboat-that-sank-in-1914-located-off-coast-of-sinaloa/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/revolution-gunboat-that-sank-in-1914-located-off-coast-of-sinaloa/" rel="nofollow">https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/revolution-gunboat-that-sank-in-1914-located-off-coast-of-sinaloa/</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>Green vault in Dresden targeted by thieves</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/thieves-steal-priceless-baroque-jewels-from-dresden-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/thieves-steal-priceless-baroque-jewels-from-dresden-museum" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/thieves-steal-priceless-baroque-jewels-from-dresden-museum</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/why-the-dresden-jewel-heist-wasn-t-worth-a-billion-but-why-the-germans-are-still-really-upset" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/why-the-dresden-jewel-heist-wasn-t-worth-a-billion-but-why-the-germans-are-still-really-upset" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/why-the-dresden-jewel-heist-wasn-t-worth-a-billion-but-why-the-germans-are-still-really-upset</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RAF Museum get funding for their "Hidden Heroes" project. <a href="http://artdaily.com/news/118588/Chelsea-FC-partner-with-RAF-Museum-to-celebrate-Jewish-RAF-Heroes#.XdevrjFFB9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/118588/Chelsea-FC-partner-with-RAF-Museum-to-celebrate-Jewish-RAF-Heroes#.XdevrjFFB9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/118588/Chelsea-FC-partner-with-RAF-Museum-to-celebrate-Jewish-RAF-Heroes#.XdevrjFFB9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Estonian Maritime Museum reopens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.baltictimes.com/estonian_maritime_museum_surprises_visitors_with_700_years_old_ship_wreck/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.baltictimes.com/estonian_maritime_museum_surprises_visitors_with_700_years_old_ship_wreck/" rel="nofollow">https://www.baltictimes.com/estonian_maritime_museum_surprises_visitors_with_700_years_old_ship_wreck/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Too many people going to art galleries?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating de Hooch paintings</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/118779/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft-confirms-discoveries-in-Pieter-de-Hooch-paintings#.XeDkJTFCd9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/118779/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft-confirms-discoveries-in-Pieter-de-Hooch-paintings#.XeDkJTFCd9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/118779/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft-confirms-discoveries-in-Pieter-de-Hooch-paintings#.XeDkJTFCd9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sword making in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/this-london-blacksmith-forges-replicas-of-me/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/this-london-blacksmith-forges-replicas-of-me/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/this-london-blacksmith-forges-replicas-of-me/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cody Firearms Museum identify long-lost Winchester</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-11-16/laguna-beach-man-finds-antique-gun-on-top-of-the-world-hiking-trail" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-11-16/laguna-beach-man-finds-antique-gun-on-top-of-the-world-hiking-trail" rel="nofollow">https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-11-16/laguna-beach-man-finds-antique-gun-on-top-of-the-world-hiking-trail</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Napoleon’s boots sold</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.az/articles/world/143779" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.az/articles/world/143779" rel="nofollow">https://news.az/articles/world/143779</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese swords for sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/118911/Japanese-swords-among-highlights-in-Heritage-Auctions--Civil-War--Militaria--Arms---Armor-Auction#.Xed5rzFCd9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/118911/Japanese-swords-among-highlights-in-Heritage-Auctions--Civil-War--Militaria--Arms---Armor-Auction#.Xed5rzFCd9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/118911/Japanese-swords-among-highlights-in-Heritage-Auctions--Civil-War--Militaria--Arms---Armor-Auction#.Xed5rzFCd9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Leonardo Da Vinci in Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/118591/Largest-ever-display-of-Leonardo-da-Vinci-works-in-Scotland-opens-in-Edinburgh#.XdeupzFCd9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/118591/Largest-ever-display-of-Leonardo-da-Vinci-works-in-Scotland-opens-in-Edinburgh#.XdeupzFCd9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/118591/Largest-ever-display-of-Leonardo-da-Vinci-works-in-Scotland-opens-in-Edinburgh#.XdeupzFCd9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian company paintings at the Wallace collection</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wallacecollection.org/forgotten-masters-indian-painting-east-india-company/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wallacecollection.org/forgotten-masters-indian-painting-east-india-company/" rel="nofollow">https://www.wallacecollection.org/forgotten-masters-indian-painting-east-india-company/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter the Great in Moscow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/ocharovannyy-strannik-petr-i--issledovatel--khudozhnik--kollektsioner/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/ocharovannyy-strannik-petr-i--issledovatel--khudozhnik--kollektsioner/" rel="nofollow">https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/ocharovannyy-strannik-petr-i--issledovatel--khudozhnik--kollektsioner/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/was-peter-great-moscow-exhibition-details-tsar-s-huge-cultural-impact-1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/was-peter-great-moscow-exhibition-details-tsar-s-huge-cultural-impact-1" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/was-peter-great-moscow-exhibition-details-tsar-s-huge-cultural-impact-1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Balthazar in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/118551/Getty-opens--Balthazar--A-Black-African-King-in-Medieval-and-Renaissance-Art-#.Xde0CG52uUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/118551/Getty-opens--Balthazar--A-Black-African-King-in-Medieval-and-Renaissance-Art-#.Xde0CG52uUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/118551/Getty-opens--Balthazar--A-Black-African-King-in-Medieval-and-Renaissance-Art-#.Xde0CG52uUk</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Les canons de l'élégance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boutique.musee-armee.fr/fr/catalogues-dexposition/catalogue-de-lexposition-les-canons-de-lelegance/1399.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boutique.musee-armee.fr/fr/catalogues-dexposition/catalogue-de-lexposition-les-canons-de-lelegance/1399.html" rel="nofollow">https://boutique.musee-armee.fr/fr/catalogues-dexposition/catalogue-de-lexposition-les-canons-de-lelegance/1399.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest books 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 book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tattershall castle moat</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16112" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16112" rel="nofollow">https://researc</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/25/1917-review-sam-mendess-turns-western-front-horror-into-a-single-shot-masterpiece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/25/1917-review-sam-mendess-turns-western-front-horror-into-a-single-shot-masterpiece" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/25/1917-review-sam-mendess-turns-western-front-horror-into-a-single-shot-masterpiece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>At last the game that lets you be a museum director- The thrills! The spills! The firings!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondo-museum-game-1704516" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondo-museum-game-1704516" rel="nofollow">https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondo-museum-game-1704516</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Knight before Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/medieval-movie-review-the-knight-before-christmas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/medieval-movie-review-the-knight-before-christmas/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/medieval-movie-review-the-knight-before-christmas/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>But Norwich is not impressed...</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/the-knight-before-christmas-reaction-norwich-castle-1-6401417" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/the-knight-before-christmas-reaction-norwich-castle-1-6401417" rel="nofollow">https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/the-knight-before-christmas-reaction-norwich-castle-1-6401417</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: 100years war, Bayeux & Robert the Bruces’s letter</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-try-with-me-some-feat-of-arms/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-try-with-me-some-feat-of-arms/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-try-with-me-some-feat-of-arms/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/viewing-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-and-then/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/viewing-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-and-then/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/viewing-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-and-then/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/crowdfunder-launched-to-protect-king-of-scots-letter/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/crowdfunder-launched-to-protect-king-of-scots-letter/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/crowdfunder-launched-to-protect-king-of-scots-letter/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally Christmas shopping special!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sterling</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nts.org.uk/shop/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nts.org.uk/shop/" rel="nofollow">https://www.nts.org.uk/shop/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/?_ga=2.109545861.1802083463.1575215397-387804905.1550751097" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/?_ga=2.109545861.1802083463.1575215397-387804905.1550751097" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/?_ga=2.109545861.1802083463.1575215397-387804905.1550751097</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.nms.ac.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.nms.ac.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://shop.nms.ac.uk/</a> (check out the Lewis chessman decorations!)</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://wallacecollectionshop.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wallacecollectionshop.org/" rel="nofollow">https://wallacecollectionshop.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.royalarmouries.org/" rel="nofollow">https://shop.royalarmouries.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.historicenvironment.scot/?_ga=2.181734755.5563960.1528102017-1595220340.1526988894" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.historicenvironment.scot/?_ga=2.181734755.5563960.1528102017-1595220340.1526988894" rel="nofollow">https://shop.historicenvironment.scot/?_ga=2.181734755.5563960.1528102017-1595220340.1526988894</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/#_ga=2.36870375.635126709.1575217039-760085966.1575217039" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/#_ga=2.36870375.635126709.1575217039-760085966.1575217039" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/#_ga=2.36870375.635126709.1575217039-760085966.1575217039</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scandinavian currency</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/" rel="nofollow">https://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://middelaldercentret.dk/shop/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://middelaldercentret.dk/shop/" rel="nofollow">https://middelaldercentret.dk/shop/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Euros</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/nl?utm_source=rijksmuseum.nl&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=webshop&utm_content=button_homepage_giftshop" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/nl?utm_source=rijksmuseum.nl&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=webshop&utm_content=button_homepage_giftshop" rel="nofollow">https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/nl?utm_source=rijksmuseum.nl&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=webshop&utm_content=button_homepage_giftshop</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/" rel="nofollow">https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.skd.museum/webshop/gifts.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.skd.museum/webshop/gifts.html" rel="nofollow">https://shop.skd.museum/webshop/gifts.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.khm.at/en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.khm.at/en/" rel="nofollow">https://shop.khm.at/en/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dollars</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://store.philamuseum.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.philamuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">https://store.philamuseum.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores" rel="nofollow">https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://store.metmuseum.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.metmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">https://store.metmuseum.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And you’ll definitely want to check out the Last Knight range</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://store.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://store.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian" rel="nofollow">https://store.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I am tweeting my annual Advent Calendar: this year cannon in the natural world</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 –5 December 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 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: 1280966, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury328 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community More iron guns found in India, Siberian puppies, destroying crusader castles & Peter the Great in Moscow. And the annual Christmas shopping in museums Arms and armour in the news Warriors, Hunters and their dogs Polish warriors and their weapons found in graves [URL='http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C79521%2Cancient-warrior-graves-2000-years-old-discovered-near-bejsce.html']http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news%2C79521%2Cancient-warrior-graves-2000-year[/URL][URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-50586508']https://ww[/URL][URL]https://www.sciencealert.com/the-inuit-made-the-arctic-their-home-with-some-very-special-and-tough-dogs[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Destruction of Montfort crusader castle discovered [URL]https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/.premium.MAGAZINE-massive-mamluk-destruction-found-at-crusader-castle-in-israel-1.8180395[/URL] Investigating a lost basement of Lahore fort [URL]https://www.bolnews.com/amazing/2019/11/archaeologist-finds-secret-basement-in-lahore-fort/[/URL] Battle stations Marking the battle of Varna [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/11/bulgaria-marks-575-years-since-battle-of-varna-in-1444-battle-of-peoples-in-which-ottoman-empire-defeated-christian-europeans/[/URL] Protecting Culloden [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/protecting-culloden[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Trebuchet shot found at Hay Castle [URL]https://museumcrush.org/centuries-old-norman-head-and-trebuchet-ball-found-where-they-fell-at-hay-castle/[/URL] Camphor in your gunpowder [URL]https://medium.com/@siwaratrikalpa/an-indonesian-tree-product-in-medieval-german-gunpowder-60e0bc6929cc[/URL] Contemporary 1620 mention of murderers in North America [URL]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/thanksgiving-belongs-wampanoag-tribe/602422/[/URL] Indian cannon- two stories: 1. Two more found [URL]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/two-more-old-cannons-found-buried-at-kp/articleshow/72284107.cms[/URL] 2. What happened to the last ones [URL]https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/museum-wants-kp-cannons-for-display-heritage-panel-disagrees/articleshow/72299847.cms[/URL] New future for Long Tom of Parkersburg [URL]https://www.wtap.com/content/news/Long-Tom-cannon-exchange-considered-by-Parkersburg-City-Council-564820751.html[/URL] Tealby’s cannon, stolen 30 years ago, returned in mysterious circumstances [URL='https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-50559846']https://www.bbc.c[/URL][URL]https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/frederick-iii-tomb-0012878[/URL] Medieval sword fighting [URL]https://www.ancient-origins.net/artifacts-ancient-writings/flower-battle-manuscript-0012882[/URL] Paintingsfrom British India [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-50542353[/URL] Princesses and Amazons Another skeleton of an Amazonian warrior found? [URL]https://www.ibtimes.sg/archaeologists-find-remains-fabled-amazon-woman-warrior-deep-wounds-injured-bones-35026[/URL] Apparently the Hapsburgs were inbred- who knew? (I think we had guessed) [URL]https://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/42758/20191128/royal-inbreeding-throughout-history.htm[/URL] Portrait of the young queen Elizabeth identified [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/nov/27/long-lost-overpainted-portrait-reveals-young-queen-elizabeth-i?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Outlook[/URL] Café Basiliscoe: this week’s menu Barbecued clams [URL]https://www.heritagedaily.com/2019/11/barbequed-clams-on-the-menu-for-ancient-puerto-ricans/124885[/URL] Potatoes: there’s a whole museum of potatoes [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/29/how-perus-potato-museum-could-stave-off-world-food-crisis[/URL] Served with choice of beverages: Beer of the Pharaohs [URL]https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/egyptian-vats-5-600-years-old-were-for-beer-brewing/[/URL] Or something a little more modern [URL='https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/new-beer-for-micro-brewery-s-20th-anniversary-9089951/']https://www.buryfreepress.co.uk/news/new-beer-for-micro-brewery-s-20th-anniversary-908[/URL][URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-50545293[/URL] Into the 20th century Pioneering aerial photography from WWI Jordan [URL]http://www.jordantimes.com/news/local/british-scholar-takes-aerial-glance-jordans-past[/URL] Muslim soldiers of WWI [URL]https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-46124467[/URL] Canada’s black soldiers of WWI [URL]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/construction-battalion-black-soldiers-pictou-first-world-war-anniversary-1.4040018[/URL] Obituaries Noble Frankland [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/nov/21/noble-frankland-obituary[/URL] Nautical news Anew ship burial identified onNorwegian island [URL]https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/viking-ship-burial-0012902[/URL] Nice piece on Alex Hildred of the Mary Rose [URL='https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/archaeologist-who-helped-to-excavate-the-mary-rose-celebrates-40-years-of-work-with-the-ship-1-9146246']https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/news/people/archaeologist-who-helped-to-excavate-the-mar[/URL][URL]https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/11/400-year-old-warships-in-swedish-channel-may-be-sisters-of-doomed-vasa/[/URL] Update from the Mentor [URL]https://neoskosmos.com/en/151676/diving-the-mentor-revealing-the-secrets-of-elgins-ship/[/URL] Update on the search for the Beagle [URL]https://www.yellowad.co.uk/archaeologists-searching-rochford-for-remains-of-darwins-ship/[/URL] Update on the Franklin expedition [URL]http://geographical.co.uk/people/explorers/item/3525-inside-terror[/URL] Cannons of USSConstitution [URL]https://www.wearethemighty.com/history/uss-constitution-original-guns?rebelltitem=2[/URL] Tampico- Mexican gunboat sunk in 1914 located off coast of Sinaloa [URL]https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/revolution-gunboat-that-sank-in-1914-located-off-coast-of-sinaloa/[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions News Green vault in Dresden targeted by thieves [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/thieves-steal-priceless-baroque-jewels-from-dresden-museum[/URL] [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/comment/why-the-dresden-jewel-heist-wasn-t-worth-a-billion-but-why-the-germans-are-still-really-upset[/URL] RAF Museum get funding for their "Hidden Heroes" project. [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/118588/Chelsea-FC-partner-with-RAF-Museum-to-celebrate-Jewish-RAF-Heroes#.XdevrjFFB9A[/URL] New museums Estonian Maritime Museum reopens [URL]https://www.baltictimes.com/estonian_maritime_museum_surprises_visitors_with_700_years_old_ship_wreck/[/URL] Museum musings Too many people going to art galleries? [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/02/caught-in-the-crush-are-our-galleries-now-hopelessly-overcrowded[/URL] Conservation corner Investigating de Hooch paintings [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/118779/Museum-Prinsenhof-Delft-confirms-discoveries-in-Pieter-de-Hooch-paintings#.XeDkJTFCd9A[/URL] Sword making in London [URL]https://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/smithsonian-channel/this-london-blacksmith-forges-replicas-of-me/[/URL] Objects Cody Firearms Museum identify long-lost Winchester [URL]https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/news/story/2019-11-16/laguna-beach-man-finds-antique-gun-on-top-of-the-world-hiking-trail[/URL] Napoleon’s boots sold [URL]https://news.az/articles/world/143779[/URL] Japanese swords for sale [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/118911/Japanese-swords-among-highlights-in-Heritage-Auctions--Civil-War--Militaria--Arms---Armor-Auction#.Xed5rzFCd9A[/URL] Exhibitions Leonardo Da Vinci in Edinburgh [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/118591/Largest-ever-display-of-Leonardo-da-Vinci-works-in-Scotland-opens-in-Edinburgh#.XdeupzFCd9A[/URL] Indian company paintings at the Wallace collection [URL]https://www.wallacecollection.org/forgotten-masters-indian-painting-east-india-company/[/URL] Peter the Great in Moscow [URL]https://www.kreml.ru/en-Us/exhibitions/moscow-kremlin-exhibitions/ocharovannyy-strannik-petr-i--issledovatel--khudozhnik--kollektsioner/[/URL] [URL]https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/was-peter-great-moscow-exhibition-details-tsar-s-huge-cultural-impact-1[/URL] Balthazar in LA [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/118551/Getty-opens--Balthazar--A-Black-African-King-in-Medieval-and-Renaissance-Art-#.Xde0CG52uUk[/URL] Books Les canons de l'élégance [URL]https://boutique.musee-armee.fr/fr/catalogues-dexposition/catalogue-de-lexposition-les-canons-de-lelegance/1399.html[/URL] Latest books from Ken Trotman [URL]http://www.kentrotman.com/[/URL] Online book Tattershall castle moat [URL='https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16112']https://researc[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/nov/25/1917-review-sam-mendess-turns-western-front-horror-into-a-single-shot-masterpiece[/URL] At last the game that lets you be a museum director- The thrills! The spills! The firings! [URL]https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mondo-museum-game-1704516[/URL] The Knight before Christmas [URL]https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/medieval-movie-review-the-knight-before-christmas/[/URL] But Norwich is not impressed... [URL]https://www.edp24.co.uk/going-out/the-knight-before-christmas-reaction-norwich-castle-1-6401417[/URL] Websites and downloads 1066 etc: 100years war, Bayeux & Robert the Bruces’s letter [URL]https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-try-with-me-some-feat-of-arms/[/URL] [URL]https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/viewing-the-bayeux-tapestry-now-and-then/[/URL] [URL]https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/crowdfunder-launched-to-protect-king-of-scots-letter/[/URL] Finally Christmas shopping special! Sterling [URL]https://www.nts.org.uk/shop/[/URL] [URL]https://www.royalcollectionshop.co.uk/?_ga=2.109545861.1802083463.1575215397-387804905.1550751097[/URL] [URL]https://shop.nms.ac.uk/[/URL] (check out the Lewis chessman decorations!) [URL]https://wallacecollectionshop.org/[/URL] [URL]https://shop.royalarmouries.org/[/URL] [URL]https://shop.historicenvironment.scot/?_ga=2.181734755.5563960.1528102017-1595220340.1526988894[/URL] [URL]https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/[/URL] [URL]https://www.nationalgallery.co.uk/#_ga=2.36870375.635126709.1575217039-760085966.1575217039[/URL] Scandinavian currency [URL]https://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/[/URL] [URL]https://middelaldercentret.dk/shop/[/URL] Euros [URL]https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/nl?utm_source=rijksmuseum.nl&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=webshop&utm_content=button_homepage_giftshop[/URL] [URL]https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/[/URL] [URL]https://shop.skd.museum/webshop/gifts.html[/URL] [URL]https://shop.khm.at/en/[/URL] Dollars [URL]https://store.philamuseum.org/[/URL] [URL]https://www.si.edu/visit/museum-stores[/URL] [URL]https://store.metmuseum.org/[/URL] And you’ll definitely want to check out the Last Knight range [URL]https://store.metmuseum.org/exhibitions/last-knight-art-armor-ambition-maximilian[/URL] I am tweeting my annual Advent Calendar: this year cannon in the natural world [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –5 December 2019 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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