Basiliscoe Mercury 276

The Basiliscoe Mercury 276


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Arms and armour in the news


Plenty of news about ancient arms and battles this week, from the Bronze-Age through classical times to the Vikings. The usual dollop of haunted castles and a mutilated skeleton. Interesting exhibitions on the Medway, narwhals & colonial Denmark.


Ancient arms


Bronze Age warrior found with weapon in Siberia

http://siberiantimes.com/other/othe...th-his-dagger-drawn-wearing-stylish-earrings/


Rijksmuseum buys Bronze Age dirk

https://www.antiquestradegazette.co...nze-sword-sells-to-dutch-museum-at-christies/


Excavating ancient Troy- new discoveries

http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/ex...-war.aspx?pageID=238&nid=116282&NewsCatID=375


Exploring England’s hillforts

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/...ts-wiltshire-downs-england-atlas-of-hillforts


Ballista

http://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/tv/a27520/game-of-thrones-ballista/


Delving into the Galloway Hoard

http://museumcrush.org/uncovering-the-galloway-viking-hoard-layer-by-layer/


Viking shields

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07...hanges-use-8th-11th-century-england-isle-man/


Battles, towers and forts


Re-examining theBattle of the Teutoburg Forest

http://www.dw.com/en/unearthing-the-mysteries-of-the-battle-that-created-germany/a-39817362


Gladiators clash on ancient tomb stone

http://www.ansamed.info/ansamed/en/...13-f15b-43d1-8405-a6f11fccd33b.html?idPhoto=1


Chariot race on Cyprus mosaic

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/08/ancient-mosaic-cyprus-roman-chariot-race-archaeology-spd/


Grave stories


Investigating three medieval mutilated skeletons in Portugal

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe/status/896355940315934722


Has the tomb of the first historian of the Americas been discovered? https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/07/27/inenglish/1501149491_780251.html


In the lists


Fitness tips for knights

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/08/medieval-fitness-tips/


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Excavating Sheffield castle

http://www.scotsman.com/heritage/pe...ueen-of-scots-was-held-for-14-years-1-4518077


If you are searching for a castle with a ghost in armour, look no further!

http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/clonony-castle-offaly-haunted-soldier-10897939


MedievalIrish castle and what to do with it…

http://www.chron.com/life/style/hom...s-glioblastoma-patient-s-gift-to-11734893.php


Luna Site largest mid-16th century Spanish settlement in southeast US

http://wuwf.org/post/luna-site-confirmed-largest-mid-16th-century-spanish-settlement-southeast


Investigating early fort in Yellowstone Park

http://www.columbian.com/news/2017/jul/23/researcher-traces-ties-between-fort-yellowstone/


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Cannonball found at Brooklyn Heights home dates to Revolutionary War (!) http://www.brooklynpaper.com/storie...-found-in-brooklyn-heights-2017-08-11-bk.html


Two Hotchkiss mountain cannons outside NY store to be restored- pictures!

https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20.../kaufmans-army-navy-store-cannons-42nd-street


City to restore Great War trophy, Brantford Canada, http://www.brantfordexpositor.ca/2017/08/02/city-to-restore-great-war-trophy


Tynemouth WW2 cannon to be conserved

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/see-tynemouth-castle-priorys-historic-13393402


Café Basiliscoe


Etruscan honey….

https://www.livescience.com/59970-etruscans-were-expert-beekeepers.html


….drizzled on 100-year–old fruit cake

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-40907084


Into the 20th century


Medicine in the trenches- one man’s experience

http://museumcrush.org/the-wwi-ampu...-and-had-the-first-front-line-blood-transfer/


Training trenches in the UK being explored.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...ngland-during-first-world-war-unearthed-again


Build your own Mosquito

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-north-east-wales-40873628


The future of rail guns

http://www.popsci.com/navy-prepares-railgun-for-future-war#page-2


Obituaries


Robert Hardy

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/aug/03/robert-hardy-obituary


Nautical news


16th century wreck being investigated off Esposende, Portugal

http://portocanal.sapo.pt/noticia/130493


Searching for HMAS Sydney and Endurance- stunning pictures

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-07-31/shipwreck-hunter-searching-the-holy-grail-in-antarcticahttps://www.theguardian.com/busines...-mines-fail-to-stop-cross-channel-power-cable


And cannons found when dredging Portsmouth approaches

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-40787660


What to do with the Graf Spee’s eagle

https://sputniknews.com/art_living/201708101056342933-uruguay-german-warship-crest/



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Director of the National Army Museum retires

http://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/07082017-museum-direhttp://starofmysore.com/museums-of-mysuru/


New museums


Postal Museum opens in London

http://artdaily.com/news/97848/Sign...um-in-London-opens-for-business-#.WXxSBjFK19A


Museum developments


Fort Ticonderoga has an App for its cannon

http://www.suncommunitynews.com/articles/the-sun/new-fort-ticonderoga-app-details-guns/


Museum musings


Piece about the US’s National Endowment for the Humanities

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/neh-grants/


Interesting article about our need for cultural fakes

http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/fake-heritage-for-the-fake-news-era-/


Conservation corner


Investigating medieval French sculptures

http://artdaily.com/news/98008/A-te...f-the-luckless-apostles-of-Paris#.WYWGczFK19A


Trying to keep craft skills alive

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2017/aug/04/hats-heritage-crafts-association-artisanship


Objects


General Hill, Waterloo veteran's medals sold

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-40716456


Napoleonic sword for Fort George- no picture of the sword!

http://www.inverness-courier.co.uk/...rt-George-receives-ancient-sword-28072017.htm


Boer war 'time capsule' sold

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-40715985


Exhibitions


Battle of the Medway in Chatham

http://museumcrush.org/medway-the-forgotten-battle-that-shook-britain-to-its-core/


Castles in British art in Southampton

http://artdaily.com/news/97900/-Cap...-at-Southampton-City-Art-Gallery#.WYA9szFK19A


Lord Nelson at Norwich

http://artdaily.com/news/97864/Exhi...connected-to-Admiral-Lord-Nelson#.WX7hcTFK19A


Early photographs of India in London

http://artdaily.com/news/97908/Exhi...c-views-of-India-and-its-people-#.WYA-UDFK19A


Grant family portraits at Grantown

http://www.grantownmuseum.co.uk/exhibitions-events/


Denmark’s colonial past in Copenhagen

http://artdaily.com/news/95703/Unto...-the-National-Gallery-of-Denmark#.WZANSjFK19A


WWI in Nuremburg

http://www.gnm.de/en/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/wartime-in-the-national-museum/


Science and philosophy in Cambridge, Massachusetts

http://artdaily.com/news/96068/Exhi...gotten-icons-of-American-culture#.WZAMizFK19A


Narwhals in Washington

http://artdaily.com/news/97970/Smit...al-and-new-knowledge-of-Narwhals#.WYLfsjFK19A


Books


Ferdinand II

https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/...984-01&cHash=e09bde8e48e6535529dafd55f83b8e67


Kathleen Walker-Meikle: The Horse Book: Horses of Historical Distinction

https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-horse-book-9781784422271/


Martin Pegler: Sharpshooting Rifles of the American Civil War; Colt, Sharps, Spencer, and Whitworth

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/...harpshooting-rifles-of-the-american-civil-war


Marc Romanych & Greg Heuer: Railway Guns of World War I

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/...ilable-this-month/railway-guns-of-world-war-i



Events


Diary Dates


Roman London

http://www.visitlondon.com/romans


Paris

http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation.html


Jousting in the UK

http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-on/knights-jousts-events/


Jousting in Denmark

https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en


Conferences


September, Germany

ICOMAM

https://icomam-germany2017.de/


14 October 2017Hindlip Hall

The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use

Contact Roger Emmerson for details: emmersonrw@aol.com


15-17 November 2017, Canterbury

Black Prince Conference

https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/


Calls for papers


Call for Papers for the sessions on the medieval horse at the International Medieval Congress 2018 at Leeds, 2-5 July 2018

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/call-papers-medieval-horse-imc-2018/


Sales Fairs and auctions


Gavin Gardiner auction of Modern & Vintage Sporting Guns at Gleneagles http://artdaily.com/news/97969/Gavi...ng-Guns-to-be-held-at-Gleneagles#.WYLkUzFK19A



Websites and downloads


Iron-making sites of the lake District- our summer so far!

http://www.wealdenirohttp://www.wealdeniron.org.uk/prog.htm


Wealdenironresearchgroup’shome page- lots to explore

http://www.wealdeniron.org.uk/index.htm


Rüstkammer of Dresden

http://www.skd.museum/en/museums-institutions/residenzschloss/ruestkammer/index.html


1066 etc: Pharmacy & Malory,

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/pharmacy-testing-language-truth-renaissance-italy/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/07/love-freedom-marital-fidelity-malorys-morte-darthur/


Finally


This fortnight I tweeted Bolsover Castle & a week in London

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –14 August 2017


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Its my favourite day of the month! And it appears that it is going to be a loooooooong day at that. I'm off to get lost in a tangle of links and stories and articles and monographs and publications and oh MY!

Thanks Spring..............

 

For the jewellery folks - the article on the Galloway Hoard is fascinating........just a bit earlier than Victoria..................