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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 1361296, member: 54&quot;]I liked the photos of the pair of 16th C. Bronze cannons found in an excavation in Chile in new condition.&nbsp; See photos.&nbsp; What I wouldn’t give....</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Basiliscoe Mercury 329</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The traditional Bazzy Christmas stocking. Ancient armour! More Swedish wrecks! Books about atomic bomb archaeology! And more alcohol than you can shake a stick at… </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms &amp; Forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spain gets ancient helmets for Christmas</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/11/british-man-returns-ancient-warrior-helmets-to-spain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/11/british-man-returns-ancient-warrior-helmets-to-spain" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/11/british-man-returns-ancient-warrior-helmets-to-spain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stunning pieces of Roman armour from southern Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/19/unknown-chainmail-armors-discovered-in-roman-colony-deultum-near-bulgarias-black-sea-coast/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/19/unknown-chainmail-armors-discovered-in-roman-colony-deultum-near-bulgarias-black-sea-coast/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/11/19/unknown-chainmail-armors-discovered-in-roman-colony-deultum-near-bulgarias-black-sea-coast/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Pocklington charioteer</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://online.1stflip.com/dqyd/38qe/mobile.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://online.1stflip.com/dqyd/38qe/mobile.html" rel="nofollow">http://online.1stflip.com/dqyd/38qe/mobile.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And his shield</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/iron-age-shield-found-in-yorkshire-burial-is-the-find-of-the-millennium-1334901" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/iron-age-shield-found-in-yorkshire-burial-is-the-find-of-the-millennium-1334901" rel="nofollow">https://inews.co.uk/news/uk/iron-age-shield-found-in-yorkshire-burial-is-the-find-of-the-millennium-1334901</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on last year’s find of Viking sword fragments in Estonia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.err.ee/1012100/burial-site-ties-major-viking-swords-find-to-warriors-from-ravala" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.err.ee/1012100/burial-site-ties-major-viking-swords-find-to-warriors-from-ravala" rel="nofollow">https://news.err.ee/1012100/burial-site-ties-major-viking-swords-find-to-warriors-from-ravala</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roman fort found in Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/12/01/newly-found-1st-century-bc-roman-fort-customs-push-back-founding-almus-fortress-in-bulgarias-danube-town-of-lom/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/12/01/newly-found-1st-century-bc-roman-fort-customs-push-back-founding-almus-fortress-in-bulgarias-danube-town-of-lom/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2019/12/01/newly-found-1st-century-bc-roman-fort-customs-push-back-founding-almus-fortress-in-bulgarias-danube-town-of-lom/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Beasts of assorted varieties…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cave painting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/12/humans-were-not-centre-stage-ancient-cave-art-painting-lascaux-chauvet-altamira" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/12/humans-were-not-centre-stage-ancient-cave-art-painting-lascaux-chauvet-altamira" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2019/dec/12/humans-were-not-centre-stage-ancient-cave-art-painting-lascaux-chauvet-altamira</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The end of the Great Auk</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/science/great-auks-extinction.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Possible soldiers from the battle of Ridgefield found</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.wshu.org/post/human-remains-found-ridgefield-may-be-revolutionary-war-soldiers#stream/0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.wshu.org/post/human-remains-found-ridgefield-may-be-revolutionary-war-soldiers#stream/0" rel="nofollow">https://www.wshu.org/post/human-remains-found-ridgefield-may-be-revolutionary-war-soldiers#stream/0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>In the lists</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some games- at the tournament</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/2019/knights-tournaments-medieval-europe?fbclid=IwAR1bLonw3CvPYFKoI3rRYXTQ3QwgPcsuwHFqec88DfBoZwIRuicI1McK_Q8" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/2019/knights-tournaments-medieval-europe?fbclid=IwAR1bLonw3CvPYFKoI3rRYXTQ3QwgPcsuwHFqec88DfBoZwIRuicI1McK_Q8" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/metkids/2019/knights-tournaments-medieval-europe?fbclid=IwAR1bLonw3CvPYFKoI3rRYXTQ3QwgPcsuwHFqec88DfBoZwIRuicI1McK_Q8</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bone medieval saddles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/laugh-my-love-laugh-mottos-proverbs-and-love-inscriptions-on-late-medieval-bone-saddles/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/laugh-my-love-laugh-mottos-proverbs-and-love-inscriptions-on-late-medieval-bone-saddles/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/laugh-my-love-laugh-mottos-proverbs-and-love-inscriptions-on-late-medieval-bone-saddles/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tintagel castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/tintagel-castle-and-legendary-conception-king-arthur-006831" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/tintagel-castle-and-legendary-conception-king-arthur-006831" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/tintagel-castle-and-legendary-conception-king-arthur-006831</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Norwich castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/norwich-castle-gateway-to-medieval-england/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/norwich-castle-gateway-to-medieval-england/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/norwich-castle-gateway-to-medieval-england/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exploring Sally’s fortifications</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/borj-adoumoue-the-bastion-of-tears" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/borj-adoumoue-the-bastion-of-tears" rel="nofollow">https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/borj-adoumoue-the-bastion-of-tears</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>Two 16th century bronze guns found in excavations in Chile- beauties!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cultura.gob.cl/actualidad/historico-hallazgo-en-puerto-del-hambre/?fbclid=IwAR2KrHmfE3QOlPzH-gmd34NjBSMxAO7d4Abran3L08DAbnkNBjbd4UCvnLo" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cultura.gob.cl/actualidad/historico-hallazgo-en-puerto-del-hambre/?fbclid=IwAR2KrHmfE3QOlPzH-gmd34NjBSMxAO7d4Abran3L08DAbnkNBjbd4UCvnLo" rel="nofollow">https://www.cultura.gob.cl/actualidad/historico-hallazgo-en-puerto-del-hambre/?fbclid=IwAR2KrHmfE3QOlPzH-gmd34NjBSMxAO7d4Abran3L08DAbnkNBjbd4UCvnLo</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://laprensaaustral.cl/cronica/hallan-dos-canones-en-puerto-del-hambre-que-datan-de-1581/?fbclid=IwAR280heRiliCXwTzWsD5L2Sam4ROV23jlU-yuEaOf2XTZJUuu2Pwnbg5w4A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://laprensaaustral.cl/cronica/hallan-dos-canones-en-puerto-del-hambre-que-datan-de-1581/?fbclid=IwAR280heRiliCXwTzWsD5L2Sam4ROV23jlU-yuEaOf2XTZJUuu2Pwnbg5w4A" rel="nofollow">https://laprensaaustral.cl/cronica/hallan-dos-canones-en-puerto-del-hambre-que-datan-de-1581/?fbclid=IwAR280heRiliCXwTzWsD5L2Sam4ROV23jlU-yuEaOf2XTZJUuu2Pwnbg5w4A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring fortifications and the cannon on Mauritius at Pointe du Diable</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.lexpress.mu/article/366952/pointe-diable-canons-terre-temps-travaux?fbclid=IwAR1kfcEROHIlLme4FFb6sqPniGVoqKozy6V_pACOfxs5X_KsQXFDxiP0gys" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.lexpress.mu/article/366952/pointe-diable-canons-terre-temps-travaux?fbclid=IwAR1kfcEROHIlLme4FFb6sqPniGVoqKozy6V_pACOfxs5X_KsQXFDxiP0gys" rel="nofollow">https://www.lexpress.mu/article/366952/pointe-diable-canons-terre-temps-travaux?fbclid=IwAR1kfcEROHIlLme4FFb6sqPniGVoqKozy6V_pACOfxs5X_KsQXFDxiP0gys</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bollards &amp; cannons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://westevan.org/bollards/cannonbollards3.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://westevan.org/bollards/cannonbollards3.htm" rel="nofollow">https://westevan.org/bollards/cannonbollards3.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe- the bar’s open!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The most cheering thing you will read this Christmas:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/alcohol-may-saved-humanity-extinction-scientists-claim-11274775/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/alcohol-may-saved-humanity-extinction-scientists-claim-11274775/" rel="nofollow">https://metro.co.uk/2019/12/05/alcohol-may-saved-humanity-extinction-scientists-claim-11274775/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>So let’s start with gin…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-intoxicating-history-of-gin?verso=true" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-intoxicating-history-of-gin?verso=true" rel="nofollow">https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/12/09/the-intoxicating-history-of-gin?verso=true</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a few amphorae of Roman wine</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.newsweek.com/significant-ancient-roman-shipwreck-thousands-amphorae-clues-rise-empire-1476514" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newsweek.com/significant-ancient-roman-shipwreck-thousands-amphorae-clues-rise-empire-1476514" rel="nofollow">https://www.newsweek.com/significant-ancient-roman-shipwreck-thousands-amphorae-clues-rise-empire-1476514</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A few drams to finish</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50672313" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50672313" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-scotland-business-50672313</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I’ll just place this one here:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-paris-open-air-urinals-changed-cityand-helped-dismantle-nazi-regime-180973704/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-paris-open-air-urinals-changed-cityand-helped-dismantle-nazi-regime-180973704/" rel="nofollow">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-paris-open-air-urinals-changed-cityand-helped-dismantle-nazi-regime-180973704/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval sculptures stolen from Durham church recovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18106502.police-recover-important-stones-taken-saints-church-sockburn/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18106502.police-recover-important-stones-taken-saints-church-sockburn/" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18106502.police-recover-important-stones-taken-saints-church-sockburn/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battle Abbey’s medieval relics</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/18/a-bit-of-manger-st-nicholass-bone-the-dark-ages-greatest-christmas-relics" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/18/a-bit-of-manger-st-nicholass-bone-the-dark-ages-greatest-christmas-relics" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/18/a-bit-of-manger-st-nicholass-bone-the-dark-ages-greatest-christmas-relics</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ten things to see in Norwich- including the Fastolf sword</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/museum-to-showcase-medieval-treasures-online-1-6429570" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/museum-to-showcase-medieval-treasures-online-1-6429570" rel="nofollow">https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/museum-to-showcase-medieval-treasures-online-1-6429570</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A new use for gunpowder- tattooing…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/tattoos-victorian-convicts-history-character-tasmania-a9232471.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/tattoos-victorian-convicts-history-character-tasmania-a9232471.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/long_reads/tattoos-victorian-convicts-history-character-tasmania-a9232471.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cyprus’s fighting queen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/charlotte-de-lusignan-a-fighting-queen/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/charlotte-de-lusignan-a-fighting-queen/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/charlotte-de-lusignan-a-fighting-queen/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Have the anchors of the conquistadors been found? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/conquistador-ship-anchors-may-have-been-discovered-off-mexico" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/conquistador-ship-anchors-may-have-been-discovered-off-mexico" rel="nofollow">https://www.foxnews.com/science/conquistador-ship-anchors-may-have-been-discovered-off-mexico</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Researchers open underwater &#039;living museum&#039; in the Dominican Republic <a href="https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-open-underwater-living-museum-in-the-dominican-republic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-open-underwater-living-museum-in-the-dominican-republic" rel="nofollow">https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-open-underwater-living-museum-in-the-dominican-republic</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Another week, another ship wreck found in downtown Stockholm…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://sputniknews.com/society/201912191077624785-30-metre-16th-century-shipwreck-found-in-the-middle-of-stockholm/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sputniknews.com/society/201912191077624785-30-metre-16th-century-shipwreck-found-in-the-middle-of-stockholm/" rel="nofollow">https://sputniknews.com/society/201912191077624785-30-metre-16th-century-shipwreck-found-in-the-middle-of-stockholm/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lots of publicity for HMSInvincible’s recent recoveries</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18105869.long-lost-treasure-recovered-shipwreck/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18105869.long-lost-treasure-recovered-shipwreck/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/18105869.long-lost-treasure-recovered-shipwreck/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-50747903/revolutionary-18th-century-naval-ship-to-go-on-display-in-poole" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-50747903/revolutionary-18th-century-naval-ship-to-go-on-display-in-poole" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-dorset-50747903/revolutionary-18th-century-naval-ship-to-go-on-display-in-poole</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>SMS Scharnhorst found off the Falklands</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ww1-shipwreck-scharnhorst-german-battle-falklands-video-a9234561.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ww1-shipwreck-scharnhorst-german-battle-falklands-video-a9234561.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/ww1-shipwreck-scharnhorst-german-battle-falklands-video-a9234561.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/world-war-i-battlecruiser-wreck-discovered-falkland-islands" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.foxnews.com/science/world-war-i-battlecruiser-wreck-discovered-falkland-islands" rel="nofollow">https://www.foxnews.com/science/world-war-i-battlecruiser-wreck-discovered-falkland-islands</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>George IV’s treasuresreturns to Brighton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brighton-pavilion-gets-its-glitter-back" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brighton-pavilion-gets-its-glitter-back" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/brighton-pavilion-gets-its-glitter-back</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum developments</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>VR and museums- good or bad?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/reality-check-is-vr-set-to-revolutionise-museums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/reality-check-is-vr-set-to-revolutionise-museums" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/feature/reality-check-is-vr-set-to-revolutionise-museums</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wonderful piece on the Restoration of the Ghent altarpiece</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/facelift-for-the-mystic-lamb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/facelift-for-the-mystic-lamb" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/facelift-for-the-mystic-lamb</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fascinating piece ion the investigation of Bruegel’s wedding dance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/science-illuminates-art-in-detroit-s-celebration-of-bruegel-s-wedding-dance" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/science-illuminates-art-in-detroit-s-celebration-of-bruegel-s-wedding-dance" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/science-illuminates-art-in-detroit-s-celebration-of-bruegel-s-wedding-dance</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Making armour for the pope</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://stockdailydish.com/austrian-blacksmiths-produce-armour-for-vaticans-swiss-guards/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://stockdailydish.com/austrian-blacksmiths-produce-armour-for-vaticans-swiss-guards/" rel="nofollow">https://stockdailydish.com/austrian-blacksmiths-produce-armour-for-vaticans-swiss-guards/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Collecting sporting guns</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/special-features/how-much-old-keepsakes-worth-17366624" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/special-features/how-much-old-keepsakes-worth-17366624" rel="nofollow">https://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/special-features/how-much-old-keepsakes-worth-17366624</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More on George IV at Brighton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/languid-theatricality-and-dreams-of-distant-worlds-george-ivs-chinoiserie-clock/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/languid-theatricality-and-dreams-of-distant-worlds-george-ivs-chinoiserie-clock/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/languid-theatricality-and-dreams-of-distant-worlds-george-ivs-chinoiserie-clock/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What to see in 2020</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/the-biggest-exhibitions-around-the-world-in-2020" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/the-biggest-exhibitions-around-the-world-in-2020" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/preview/the-biggest-exhibitions-around-the-world-in-2020</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Peter Marsden1545: Who Sank the Mary Rose?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1545-Who-Sank-the-Mary-Rose-Hardback/p/16156" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1545-Who-Sank-the-Mary-Rose-Hardback/p/16156" rel="nofollow">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/1545-Who-Sank-the-Mary-Rose-Hardback/p/16156</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alexander WatsonThe Fortress</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/05/fortress-great-siege-prezemsyl-alexander-watson-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/05/fortress-great-siege-prezemsyl-alexander-watson-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/05/fortress-great-siege-prezemsyl-alexander-</a><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/books-medieval-warfare-chivalry-2019/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/books-medieval-warfare-chivalry-2019/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/books-medieval-warfare-chivalry-2019/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Archaeology of the Atomic Bomb</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/NNPS_903_D160_-38840-pg0000.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/NNPS_903_D160_-38840-pg0000.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.nps.gov/orgs/1635/upload/NNPS_903_D160_-38840-pg0000.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lodge Hill AA battery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=14896" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=14896" rel="nofollow">https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=14896</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RereadingIvanhoe</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/medieval-reads-ivanhoe-by-walter-scott/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/medieval-reads-ivanhoe-by-walter-scott/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/medieval-reads-ivanhoe-by-walter-scott/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How Sam Mendes got the details right for 1917</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/07/sam-mendes-1917-hobnails-drill-boot-camp-war-epic" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/07/sam-mendes-1917-hobnails-drill-boot-camp-war-epic" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/dec/07/sam-mendes-1917-hobnails-drill-boot-camp-war-epic</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Star Wars and the middle ages</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/the-medieval-world-of-star-wars/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/the-medieval-world-of-star-wars/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/the-medieval-world-of-star-wars/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mohawk arms</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/119216/Mohawk-Arms--Militaria-Auction-is-packed-with-1-225-lots-spanning-multiple-conflicts-and-generations#.XfifWTFCd9B" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/119216/Mohawk-Arms--Militaria-Auction-is-packed-with-1-225-lots-spanning-multiple-conflicts-and-generations#.XfifWTFCd9B" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/119216/Mohawk-Arms--Militaria-Auction-is-packed-with-1-225-lots-spanning-multiple-conflicts-and-generations#.XfifWTFCd9B</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally…the Bazzy Christmas stocking</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some games…Build your own castle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.conisbroughcastle.org.uk/games/castle-building-games/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.conisbroughcastle.org.uk/games/castle-building-games/" rel="nofollow">https://www.conisbroughcastle.org.uk/games/castle-building-games/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And some paper knights to go in them</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://minilabmodels.wordpress.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://minilabmodels.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow">https://minilabmodels.wordpress.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Downton Abbey Paper Dolls- admire the expressions and the uniforms!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/downton-abbey-paper-dolls/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/downton-abbey-paper-dolls/" rel="nofollow">https://janeaustensworld.wordpress.com/tag/downton-abbey-paper-dolls/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16th century hawking whistle for those who need a little more exercise</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/119125/Dix-Noonan-Webb-to-sell-extremely-rare-16th-century-hawking-whistle#.XfigFDFCd9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/119125/Dix-Noonan-Webb-to-sell-extremely-rare-16th-century-hawking-whistle#.XfigFDFCd9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/119125/Dix-Noonan-Webb-to-sell-extremely-rare-16th-century-hawking-whistle#.XfigFDFCd9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something to read…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Bedford Hours</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=d06e9f02-074d-46f7-a46c-090548b402d5&amp;type=book" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=d06e9f02-074d-46f7-a46c-090548b402d5&amp;type=book" rel="nofollow">http://www.bl.uk/turning-the-pages/?id=d06e9f02-074d-46f7-a46c-090548b402d5&amp;type=book</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Crime stories of medieval London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/vi-et-armis-londoners-and-violent-trespass-before-the-common-pleas-in-the-fifteenth-century/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/vi-et-armis-londoners-and-violent-trespass-before-the-common-pleas-in-the-fifteenth-century/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/vi-et-armis-londoners-and-violent-trespass-before-the-common-pleas-in-the-fifteenth-century/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short stories by Saki–aka HH Munroe, killed at Battle of the Ancre</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://interestingliterature.com/2017/05/31/the-10-best-saki-stories-everyone-should-read/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://interestingliterature.com/2017/05/31/the-10-best-saki-stories-everyone-should-read/" rel="nofollow">https://interestingliterature.com/2017/05/31/the-10-best-saki-stories-everyone-should-read/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something to listen to</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas carols from the Steel capital of the world</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.localcarols.org.uk/index.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.localcarols.org.uk/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.localcarols.org.uk/index.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Listen to a romance lay by Marie de France</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/lanval-a-tale-of-a-knight-of-the-round-table/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/lanval-a-tale-of-a-knight-of-the-round-table/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/11/lanval-a-tale-of-a-knight-of-the-round-table/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Something to nibble</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dickens’ last turkey</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/18/charles-dickenss-final-christmas-turkey-lost-by-great-western-railway" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/18/charles-dickenss-final-christmas-turkey-lost-by-great-western-railway" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/dec/18/charles-dickenss-final-christmas-turkey-lost-by-great-western-railway</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With Roman fish sauce</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-50825512?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-50825512?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/blogs-news-from-elsewhere-50825512?intlink_from_url=https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/c1038wnxyy0t/archaeology&amp;link_location=live-reporting-story</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The ghosts of Christmas past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Twelve days of Christmas atWaddesdon Manor- tournament at no 10!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/waddesdons-twelve-days-of-christmas/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/waddesdons-twelve-days-of-christmas/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/waddesdons-twelve-days-of-christmas/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Christmas -100years War style</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-christmas-in-the-counts-court/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-christmas-in-the-counts-court/" rel="nofollow">https://www.medievalists.net/2019/12/tales-from-the-hundred-years-war-christmas-in-the-counts-court/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally…Right at the toe of the stocking: </p><p><br /></p><p>Latest ICOMAM MAGAZINE now out. Includes last conference and next conference; temporary exhibitions at Reno &amp; Morges; permanent displays at Stockholm &amp; Brussels; artefacts in Canada, the Netherlands &amp; Scotland; museums in Moscow and Tehran; museum storage and education; articles about Canadians in Northwest Russia, armourers in art, the search for the Vasa cannon and finally Ken Smith-Christmas’ astonishing detective work to uncover the histories of a cargo of obsolete weapons from Ireland which arrived in the USA in 1959. More than enough to inform and entertain over the Christmas break </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Magazine22.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Magazine22.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://network.icom.museum/fileadmin/user_upload/minisites/icomam/Magazine/Magazine22.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted cannons 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>Merry Christmas- I’ll be back in the New Year!</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 21 December 2019</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></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.basiliscoe.com/id2.html</a>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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