Basiliscoe Mercury 421

The Basiliscoe Mercury421


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Number of stories relating to armour in the news, from a newly discovered pikeman’s tasset to an Ethiopian shield. Interesting find from the bottom of a lake in Lithuania and Shogun back on the small screen


Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


How to choose your stone weapons

https://phys.org/news/2024-02-physical-quantify-quality-stones-tools.html


5000 year old graves with weapons found in Italyhttps://www.livescience.com/archaeo...ill-sharp-weapons-maybe-from-ancient-warriors


Hoard of bronze age axe heads found in Essexhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-68293004


Bronze age dagger found n Poland https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/rare-copper-dagger-found-in-polish-forest/150660


Cache of iron age weapons found in Poland

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/germanic-tribe-weapons-poland-0020414


How the Romans defended their fort https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/...-at-the-leibniz-centre-for-archaeology/150840


Hungarian warrior buried in lamellar armour excavated https://www.heritagedaily.com/2024/02/avar-warrior-found-buried-with-lamellar-armour/150426


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Mammoths in Poland

https://www.newsweek.com/hundreds-mammoth-bones-prehistoric-remains-found-paradise-cave-1872885


Grave stories


Investigating the life and death of a 5000 year murder victim in Denmarkhttps://www.sciencealert.com/bones-...life-before-his-violent-end-in-a-foreign-land


Medieval soldier’s remains recovered from Lithuanian lake https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/medieval-soldier-lithuania-0014532


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Appleby castle for sale

https://www.mansionglobal.com/artic...YjBiU864GA61ZTqjR9yli4ncn_lS7d-TP7eoofWh9q8wk


Excavating Castle Cornet

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-68372938


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Solving a Civil War cannon mystery https://linknky.com/culture/2024/02/18/civil-war-cannons-evergreen-cemetery/


Iron gun found in Macau

https://www.macaupostdaily.com/article20728.html


Miscellany


17th century tasset found in Maryland

https://bnnbreaking.com/history/rar...earthed-a-glimpse-into-early-colonial-america

https://macaudailytimes.com.mo/ic-to-keep-historic-cannon-barrel-for-inspection.html


Princesses and Amazons


Jemima and her pitchfork remembered in Wales https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...ench-invaders-with-pitchfork-wins-recognition


Into the 20th century


Parts of Plymouth evacuated after WW2 bomb found in garden https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-68385962



Nautical news


Columbia to begin work on the San Jose

https://thesaxon.org/colombia-the-t...galleon-san-jose-soon-brought-to-the-surface/


Identyifting slave ships in the Bahamas https://www.livescience.com/archaeo...ike-on-slaver-ships-identified-in-the-bahamas


Bell recovered from 1st US naval casualty of WWI https://www.forces.net/heritage/nav...toric-bell-wreck-first-us-navy-destroyer-sunk



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Worrying future for Idaho gun collection https://www.idahostatesman.com/opinion/from-the-opinion-editor/article284601130.html


New museums


New displays at Malbork

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/pieces-of-medieval-history-return-to-malbork-in-poland/


Museum of Berlin’s unwanted sculptures https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...ches-museum-spandau-berlin-exhibition-statues


Museum developments


New Weapons Hall in Muncaster Castle https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/...l-weapons-muncaster-castles-new-weapons-hall/



Museum musings


Now Easter Island wants its statues back

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-68332824


Gaza’s heritage underfire https://www.theartnewspaper.com/202...gaza-five-culture-workers-share-their-stories



Conservation corner


Saving traditional gun-making skills https://www.forbes.com/sites/chrisd...aker-aims-to-save-craftsmanship-and-wildlife/


Uncovering medieval fakes

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/unveiling-fake-medieval-art-through-science/


And a discussion of the Vinland maphttps://www.mentalfloss.com/posts/vinland-map-hoax-controversy-history


Objects


Is this Custer’s gun?

https://www.sweetwaternow.com/county-museum-researches-possible-custer-gun/


Ethiopian government try to stop sale of shield https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...s-to-stop-uk-auction-of-looted-maqdala-shield


And succeed

https://www.theartnewspaper.com/202...itution-of-shield-looted-from-maqdala-in-1868


Exhibitions


Age of Armor reaches SanAntonio

https://artdaily.com/news/166653/Sp...-now-showing-at-the-San-Antonio-Museum-of-Art


Reverberatory furnaces in Miko City

https://rekishikan--ibk-jp.translate.goog/special-event/?_x_tr_sl=ja&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en


Books


The Killing Ground

https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/new-medieval-books-the-killing-ground/


Godwin Vella:Valletta; Heritage Malta

https://scalapublishers.com/valletta/


Online


ICOMAM Magazine is online – latest edition https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/the-magazine/


Popular culture


New version of Shogun reaches the small screen https://www.kakuchopurei.com/2024/02/shogun-review-kkp/


The Monk and the Gun is released

https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/monk-and-the-gun-takes-aim-with-ease-at-contrasting-values/


Everyone wants to be filmed in Ludlow Castle

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-shropshire-68286085


Richard III filmmakers in case of suing for libel https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leicestershire-67003060


Events


12 March 2024, Leeds

Weapons and Society

https://royalarmouries.org/leeds/whats-on/weapons-in-society-conference


29 September-4 October 2024 London & UK

ICOMAM conference

https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/icomam-2018-conference/


Websites and downloads


1066 etc: Crusaders & Eddngton https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/forgotten-crusaders/ https://www.medievalists.net/2024/02/the-battle-of-edington-878/



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –29 February2024


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That's quite a list...Thank you!

 

Awesome list, with tons of interesting items there! Thank you so much for posting them.