The Basiliscoe Mercury 342

The Basiliscoe Mercury342


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Museums and historical sites are beginning to open up. News stories percolate through, with updates from earlier projects. Sales beginning to re-appear, and the odd exhibition. And important book on Dutch cannon is published.


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms & forts


Hand axes of east Africa

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-homo-erectus-ax-east-africa.html


Early medieval fortifications found in Poznań, Poland

https://www.thefirstnews.com/articl...rst-capital-of-poland-say-archeologists-13717


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Uses for 323 dead reindeer: No1

https://www.theguardian.com/environ...g-carcasses-of-reindeer-taught-scientists-aoe


Horsemanship in the Bronze Age

https://phys.org/news/2020-07-ancient-evidence-horsemanship-bronze-age.html


Grave stories


More on medieval arrow injuries

https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/analysing-injuries-from-medieval-arrows.htm


Princesses and Amazons


Women in the crusades

https://www.historyextra.com/period/medieval/did-women-fight-crusades/


Through the arrow-slit . . .


More great walls in China

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0524-2




Restormel castle

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-europe/restormel-castle-0013918


Inscription found in Teutonic Knights’ Cēsis Castle in central Latvia

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/c-sis-castle-inscription-0013914


Restoration of Põltsamaa castle, Estonia

https://news.err.ee/1110390/poltsamaa-castle-prepares-for-reconstruction


Remains of a later, previously unknown, castle found at Oud Haerlem

https://www.heritagedaily.com/2020/07/geophysical-survey-reveals-lost-castle/134135


Watch tower in the Emirates restored

https://wam.ae/en/details/1395302853010


Clearing Hue Citadel

https://e.vnexpress.net/photo/place...-as-hue-citadel-area-depopulated-4124946.html


Café Basiliscoe- thebar’s open!


The Norman diet

https://www.theguardian.com/science...s-passed-on-their-love-of-pork-study-suggests


Sarsaparilla Beer,

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/03/dr-cronk-drink-canada-brewery


Or Bernard Castle brew

https://www.ladbible.com/news/uk-ke...cummings-during-visit-to-brewdog-pub-20200706


Ice cream to round off- not forgetting thesaltpetre

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/ice-cream-the-inside-scoop/


Miscellany


Possible winter camp of Genghis Khan identified

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-07...find-new-clues-to-genghis-khan-world/12421784


Navajo nation buying Remington?

https://newstalk955.com/navajo-nation-aims-to-buy-bankrupt-remington/




Into the 20th century


WW2 aircraftidentified

https://edition.cnn.com/2020/02/23/us/missing-wwii-aircraft-found-trnd/index.html


Nautical news


New docudrama about Irelands Armada wrecks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/06/armada-docudrama-sligo-normal-people-irish-spanish


Maps of the Spanish Armada up for sale and export

https://artdaily.com/news/126350/Incredibly-rare-maps-of-the-defeat-of-the-Spanish-Armada-at-rishttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-53183454


More on the Mentor

https://greekcitytimes.com/2020/06/...ecovered-ancient-treasures-from-the-wreckage/



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Coping with C19

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...tional-trust-fight-for-survival-post-covid-19

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/new...navirus-gbp1-57bn-rescue-package-for-the-arts


Preparing to re-open

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...lleries-covid-proofed-london-dundee-llandudno

https://artdaily.com/news/126450/V-A-announces-6-August-reopening-date--and-major-exhibition-and-gallery-openings#.Xw7SHhOSmUk

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/07/heritage-reopening-scotland/


Museum musings


Dutch museums decolonize

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/dutch-museums-begin-journey-to-decolonisation


Conservation corner


Grant for x-raying maritime finds

https://museumcrush.org/how-historic-england-peers-beneath-the-layers-in-maritime-archaeology/


Objects


Portrait of Mehmet II returns to Istanbul

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/07/portrait-of-mehmed-the-conqueror-returns-to-istanbul/


What they found under Robert E Lee’s statue:

https://us.cnn.com/2020/07/06/us/time-capsule-gen-lee-raleigh-monument-trnd/index.html


Exhibitions


Sweden, Europe and the 18th century

https://artdaily.com/news/125084/The-exhibition-18th-century---Sweden-and-Europe-opens-at-Nationalmuseum-Jamtli-#.XwGJA-WSmUk



Books


Nico Brinck: Kannonnen van Nederland/Guns of the Netherlands.

Contact kanonnenvannederland@gmail.com for details, costs and postage


Marc Romanych & Martin Rupp: World War II German Super-Heavy Siege Guns

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/...th/world-war-ii-german-super-heavy-siege-guns


Medieval book of the month club: Formal Combats in the Fourteenth Century, by Steven Muhlberger.

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/0...lub-formal-combats-in-the-fourteenth-century/



Online books


Jean Deloche: Studies on fortification in India

https://books.openedition.org/ifp/3975


New article added to the last ICOMAM MAGAZINE

http://icomam.mini.icom.museum/the-magazine/


Popular culture


Greyhound

https://www.greyhound.movie/



Sales, fairs and auctions


30 July 2020 Arms and armour sale, London

https://www.olympiaauctions.com/sales/arms-armour/as300720/?p=1&s=40&v=list

https://artdaily.com/news/125150/Thomas-Del-Mar-to-offer-important-arms---armour-from-prestigious-collections#.XwBKkeWSmUk



Websites and downloads


Enjoy a virtual tour of 16th century London

https://blog.britishmuseum.org/historical-city-travel-guide-london-late-16th-century/


Passing the time in ancient Egypt

https://museumcrush.org/how-to-play-the-ancient-egyptian-game-of-senet/


1066 etc: 100years’ war, and crusaders’legacy

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/07/band-brothers/

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/07/wit-humour-hundred-years-war/

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/07/engaging-crusades/


Finally


This fortnight I tweeted on cannon and monuments- more to come.

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –16 July 2020


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