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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 23638, member: 54&quot;]<font size="6"><b><b>The Basiliscoe Mercury 212</b></b></font></p><p><b>The</b> <b>Internet newsletter for the arms and armour community</b></p><p><b>Arms and armour in the news</b></p><p>Autumn brings in a sleugh of blockbuster exhibitions for all tastes - medieval manuscripts, Renaissance portraits, Japanese warriors and old Morocco, as well as modern art inspired by arms and armour. Also a number of underwater discoveries, testing the Vasa replica cannon and a lost portrait of Henri III found.</p><p><b>Ancient arms</b></p><p>Warrior&#039;s belt fittings found in Bulgarian fortress</p><p><a href="http://www.novinite.com/articles/164228/Archaeologists+Unearth+Bronze+Belt+Of+Bulgar+Warrior" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.novinite.com/articles/164228/Archaeologists+Unearth+Bronze+Belt+Of+Bulgar+Warrior" rel="nofollow">http://www.novinite.com/articles/164228/Archaeologists+Unearth+Bronze+Belt+Of+Bulgar+Warrior</a></p><p>Iron Age chariot found in Leicestershire</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502651-archaeologists-make-once-in-a-career-discovery-of-bronze-remains-of-iron-age-celtic-chariot-at-hillfort" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502651-archaeologists-make-once-in-a-career-discovery-of-bronze-remains-of-iron-age-celtic-chariot-at-hillfort" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502651-archaeologists-make-once-in-a-career-discovery-of-bronze-remains-of-iron-age-celtic-chariot-at-hillfort</a></p><p>Viking age hoard found in Dumfriesshire</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502605-scottish-viking-hoard-is-most-spectacular-and-biggest-of-modern-times-say-archaeologists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502605-scottish-viking-hoard-is-most-spectacular-and-biggest-of-modern-times-say-archaeologists" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502605-scottish-viking-hoard-is-most-spectacular-and-biggest-of-modern-times-say-archaeologists</a></p><p><b>Battles, towers and forts</b></p><p>Details of the mosaic found in Greek mausoleum released</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73572/Giant-mosaic-unearthed-in-mysterious-tomb-in-Amphipolis-in-northern-Macedonia#.VDuKWLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73572/Giant-mosaic-unearthed-in-mysterious-tomb-in-Amphipolis-in-northern-Macedonia#.VDuKWLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73572/Giant-mosaic-unearthed-in-mysterious-tomb-in-Amphipolis-in-northern-Macedonia#.VDuKWLAtCUk</a></p><p>Taking a tour of FortLewis</p><p><a href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/12/3423368_forged-in-the-crucible-of-war.html?sp=/99/296/331/&amp;rh=1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/12/3423368_forged-in-the-crucible-of-war.html?sp=/99/296/331/&amp;rh=1" rel="nofollow">http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/10/12/3423368_forged-in-the-crucible-of-war.html?sp=/99/296/331/&amp;rh=1</a></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Grave stories</b></p><p>Secrets of the gladiators - beans, barley and a dose of ashes</p><p><a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141020090006.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141020090006.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/10/141020090006.htm</a></p><p>Now examining the circumstances of Moctezuma’s death</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73759/In-Mexico-s-National-Museum-of-Anthropology--codex-exhibit-rethinks-Moctezuma-s-death#.VES5BrAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73759/In-Mexico-s-National-Museum-of-Anthropology--codex-exhibit-rethinks-Moctezuma-s-death#.VES5BrAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73759/In-Mexico-s-National-Museum-of-Anthropology--codex-exhibit-rethinks-Moctezuma-s-death#.VES5BrAtCUk</a></p><p>In case you have been losing sleep about the exact route of Richard III funeral cortege</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502688-richard-cortege-journey-route-revealed-as-leicester-cathedral-prepares-to-bury-body" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502688-richard-cortege-journey-route-revealed-as-leicester-cathedral-prepares-to-bury-body" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art502688-richard-cortege-journey-route-revealed-as-leicester-cathedral-prepares-to-bury-body</a></p><p><b>Miscellany</b></p><p>City of the Golden Horde excavated</p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/48433-city-ruled-by-genghis-khan-heirs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/48433-city-ruled-by-genghis-khan-heirs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/48433-city-ruled-by-genghis-khan-heirs.html</a></p><p>Written on birch wood - medieval messages from Novgorod</p><p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/where-mud-is-archaeological-gold-russian-history-grew-on-trees.html?ref=world&amp;_r=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/where-mud-is-archaeological-gold-russian-history-grew-on-trees.html?ref=world&amp;_r=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/world/europe/where-mud-is-archaeological-gold-russian-history-grew-on-trees.html?ref=world&amp;_r=3</a></p><p>New research on the origins of the Turin Shroud</p><p><a href="http://www.historytoday.com/charles-freeman/origins-shroud-turin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historytoday.com/charles-freeman/origins-shroud-turin" rel="nofollow">http://www.historytoday.com/charles-freeman/origins-shroud-turin</a></p><p><b>On the Frontlines</b></p><p>Mortimers Cross to be registered?</p><p><a href="http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11532588.Herefordshire__39_s_most_famous_battle_site_could_be_made_official/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11532588.Herefordshire__39_s_most_famous_battle_site_could_be_made_official/" rel="nofollow">http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/11532588.Herefordshire__39_s_most_famous_battle_site_could_be_made_official/</a></p><p>15 soldiers who died 100 years ago reburied in France - a nice tribute to them</p><p><a href="http://www.itv.com/news/2014-10-22/the-15-british-ww1-soldiers-being-reburied-100-years-on/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.itv.com/news/2014-10-22/the-15-british-ww1-soldiers-being-reburied-100-years-on/" rel="nofollow">http://www.itv.com/news/2014-10-22/the-15-british-ww1-soldiers-being-reburied-100-years-on/</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Cannons to the left, cannon to the right</b></font></p><p>Indian academics researching Indian cannon-making traditions</p><p><a href="http://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/session-archaeological-objects-nml/62123/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/session-archaeological-objects-nml/62123/" rel="nofollow">http://www.avenuemail.in/jamshedpur/session-archaeological-objects-nml/62123/</a></p><p>WW1 cannon found thawing in the Italian alps <a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history/" rel="nofollow">http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2014/10/141017-white-war-first-world-war-italy-austro-hungarian-mountains-history/</a></p><p>Making a suitable home for the Wykoff cannon, Minnesota</p><p><a href="http://www.bluffcountrynews.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Wykoff-Area-Veterans-Memorial-to-provide-lasting-legacy/-3/548/55611" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bluffcountrynews.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Wykoff-Area-Veterans-Memorial-to-provide-lasting-legacy/-3/548/55611" rel="nofollow">http://www.bluffcountrynews.com/Content/Default/Homepage-Rotator/Article/Wykoff-Area-Veterans-Memorial-to-provide-lasting-legacy/-3/548/55611</a></p><p>Testing the replica Vasa cannon</p><p><a href="http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/32981" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/32981" rel="nofollow">http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/32981</a></p><p><b>Into the 20th century</b></p><p>French soldier’s room untouched since his death in WWI</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/french-soldier-room-unchanged-first-world-war" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/french-soldier-room-unchanged-first-world-war" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/14/french-soldier-room-unchanged-first-world-war</a></p><p>Looks like all is not fine in Glock-World</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/oct/13/guns-money-misery-gaston-glock-lawsuit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/oct/13/guns-money-misery-gaston-glock-lawsuit" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/shortcuts/2014/oct/13/guns-money-misery-gaston-glock-lawsuit</a></p><p><b>Café Basiliscoe</b></p><p>Brewing up a very old beer <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/13/belgian-scientists-recreate-150-year-old-shipwrecked-beer" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/13/belgian-scientists-recreate-150-year-old-shipwrecked-beer" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2014/oct/13/belgian-scientists-recreate-150-year-old-shipwrecked-beer</a></p><p>And smell 150 years old while you drink it</p><p><a href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1000263-mary-celestia-the-story-of-a-shipwrecked-fragrance/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1000263-mary-celestia-the-story-of-a-shipwrecked-fragrance/" rel="nofollow">http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1000263-mary-celestia-the-story-of-a-shipwrecked-fragrance/</a></p><p><b>Nautical news</b></p><p>Vietnam wants to make more of its shipwreck heritage</p><p><a href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/114502/10-ancient-ships-found-in-binh-chau-waters--archaeologists.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/114502/10-ancient-ships-found-in-binh-chau-waters--archaeologists.html" rel="nofollow">http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/art-entertainment/114502/10-ancient-ships-found-in-binh-chau-waters--archaeologists.html</a></p><p>Another week, another search for another Columbus wreck</p><p><a href="http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2014/10/13/iu-professor-uncovering-mysteries-columbus/17177135/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2014/10/13/iu-professor-uncovering-mysteries-columbus/17177135/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pal-item.com/story/news/local/2014/10/13/iu-professor-uncovering-mysteries-columbus/17177135/</a></p><p>Brief report on late 16th century Spanish wreck Zakynthos in Greece<a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/10/20/underwater-exploration-of-spanish-shipwreck-in-zakynthos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/10/20/underwater-exploration-of-spanish-shipwreck-in-zakynthos/" rel="nofollow">http://greece.greekreporter.com/2014/10/20/underwater-exploration-of-spanish-shipwreck-in-zakynthos/</a></p><p><a href="http://gr.euronews.com/2014/10/20/underwater-excavation-of-a-shipwreck-from-the-16th-century-in-zakynthos/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://gr.euronews.com/2014/10/20/underwater-excavation-of-a-shipwreck-from-the-16th-century-in-zakynthos/" rel="nofollow">http://gr.euronews.com/2014/10/20/underwater-excavation-of-a-shipwreck-from-the-16th-century-in-zakynthos/</a></p><p>17th century Dutch ship discovered off Tobago</p><p><a href="http://www.g-eos.org/2012/02/2012-marine-archaeological-expedition.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.g-eos.org/2012/02/2012-marine-archaeological-expedition.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.g-eos.org/2012/02/2012-marine-archaeological-expedition.html</a></p><p><a href="http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/10/uconn-archaeologist-discovers-17th-century-shipwreck/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/10/uconn-archaeologist-discovers-17th-century-shipwreck/" rel="nofollow">http://today.uconn.edu/blog/2014/10/uconn-archaeologist-discovers-17th-century-shipwreck/</a></p><p>La Salle’s <i>La Belle</i> is re-assembled for display in the Bullock Texas State History Museum <a href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/10/25/archaeologists-reassembling-remains-famed-shipwreck-lost-off-texas-coast/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/10/25/archaeologists-reassembling-remains-famed-shipwreck-lost-off-texas-coast/" rel="nofollow">http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2014/10/25/archaeologists-reassembling-remains-famed-shipwreck-lost-off-texas-coast/</a></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2014-10-french-ship-reassembled-texas.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2014-10-french-ship-reassembled-texas.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2014-10-french-ship-reassembled-texas.html</a></p><p>HMS<i> Hazardous</i> at risk</p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eastbourne-pier-and-wreck-of-the-hazardous-added-to-english-heritages-2014-at-risk-list-9811691.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eastbourne-pier-and-wreck-of-the-hazardous-added-to-english-heritages-2014-at-risk-list-9811691.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/eastbourne-pier-and-wreck-of-the-hazardous-added-to-english-heritages-2014-at-risk-list-9811691.html</a></p><p>Archaeologists raise another cannon from <i>Queen Ann’s Revenge</i>, lost 1718</p><p><a href="http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/article_820c3c1e-5c89-11e4-acbd-73ee77a14774.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/article_820c3c1e-5c89-11e4-acbd-73ee77a14774.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/article_820c3c1e-5c89-11e4-acbd-73ee77a14774.html</a></p><p>British government allows removal of artefacts from HMS <i>Victory</i>, lost 1744</p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-29756672" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-29756672" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-guernsey-29756672</a></p><p>More on the search for <i>Endeavour</i></p><p><a href="http://www.saratogian.com/20141014/local-man-helping-to-recover-lost-history-sunken-ship-might-be-capt-james-cooks-hmb-endeavour" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.saratogian.com/20141014/local-man-helping-to-recover-lost-history-sunken-ship-might-be-capt-james-cooks-hmb-endeavour" rel="nofollow">http://www.saratogian.com/20141014/local-man-helping-to-recover-lost-history-sunken-ship-might-be-capt-james-cooks-hmb-endeavour</a></p><p>Investigating cannon wreck off Northumberland</p><p><a href="http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/archaeology-probe-cannons-ship-wreck-7989650" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/archaeology-probe-cannons-ship-wreck-7989650" rel="nofollow">http://www.thejournal.co.uk/north-east-analysis/analysis-news/archaeology-probe-cannons-ship-wreck-7989650</a></p><p>HMS<i> Caroline’s</i> future secured as floating museum in Belfast</p><p><a href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hms-caroline-first-world-wars-last-surviving-battleship-docked-in-belfast-is-to-be-transformed-into-a-floating-museum-30666311.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hms-caroline-first-world-wars-last-surviving-battleship-docked-in-belfast-is-to-be-transformed-into-a-floating-museum-30666311.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/northern-ireland/hms-caroline-first-world-wars-last-surviving-battleship-docked-in-belfast-is-to-be-transformed-into-a-floating-museum-30666311.html</a></p><p>Long piece about the <i>Lusitania</i> and its fascination for divers</p><p><a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-lusitania-sinking-1.1970236?page=3" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-lusitania-sinking-1.1970236?page=3" rel="nofollow">http://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/getting-to-the-bottom-of-the-lusitania-sinking-1.1970236?page=3</a></p><p>This week’s lost U-boat (and victim) found off the coast of North Carolina</p><p><a href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wwii-shipwrecks-including-german-u-boat-discovered-off-213758411.html#8meAZBZ" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wwii-shipwrecks-including-german-u-boat-discovered-off-213758411.html#8meAZBZ" rel="nofollow">https://uk.news.yahoo.com/wwii-shipwrecks-including-german-u-boat-discovered-off-213758411.html#8meAZBZ</a></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/48392-wwii-shipwrecks-found-images.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Livesciencecom+(LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed)" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/48392-wwii-shipwrecks-found-images.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Livesciencecom+(LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed)" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/48392-wwii-shipwrecks-found-images.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+Livesciencecom+(LiveScience.com+Science+Headline+Feed)</a></p><p>raise the UK’s last surviving World War II Landing Craft,raise the UK’s last surviving World War II Landing Craft,Raising the UK’s last WWII landing craft - pictures!</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503206-operation-to-save--last-surviving-world-war-two-landing-craft-ends-in-success" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503206-operation-to-save--last-surviving-world-war-two-landing-craft-ends-in-success" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503206-operation-to-save--last-surviving-world-war-two-landing-craft-ends-in-success</a></p><p>World War II P-40K Warhawk fighter found in Papahānaumokuākea, Hawaii</p><p><a href="http://www.hawaiireporter.com/world-war-ii-era-fighter-plane-discovered-at-midway-atoll/123" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hawaiireporter.com/world-war-ii-era-fighter-plane-discovered-at-midway-atoll/123" rel="nofollow">http://www.hawaiireporter.com/world-war-ii-era-fighter-plane-discovered-at-midway-atoll/123</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Museum news and exhibitions</b></font></p><p><font size="5"><b>News</b></font></p><p>Piece on the Vietnam Museum of Weapons - many photos</p><p><a href="http://baodongnai.com.vn/english/photo-news/201410/the-vietnam-museum-of-weapons-2346854/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://baodongnai.com.vn/english/photo-news/201410/the-vietnam-museum-of-weapons-2346854/" rel="nofollow">http://baodongnai.com.vn/english/photo-news/201410/the-vietnam-museum-of-weapons-2346854/</a></p><p><b>New museums </b></p><p>Witch find at new National Civil War Centre</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art503367-bottle-used-to-ward-off-evil-spells-during-18th-century-witch-hunts-found-by-archaeologists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art503367-bottle-used-to-ward-off-evil-spells-during-18th-century-witch-hunts-found-by-archaeologists" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art503367-bottle-used-to-ward-off-evil-spells-during-18th-century-witch-hunts-found-by-archaeologists</a></p><p>Last survivor from Gallipoli to go on show at Portsmouth</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art503721-last-british-survivor-of-gallipoli-campaign-to-be-first-boardable-world-war-one-ship" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art503721-last-british-survivor-of-gallipoli-campaign-to-be-first-boardable-world-war-one-ship" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/first-world-war/art503721-last-british-survivor-of-gallipoli-campaign-to-be-first-boardable-world-war-one-ship</a></p><p><b>Museum developments</b></p><p>British Library and its portal into Arab history and culture</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73837/British-Library-portal-gives-teachers-gateway-to-Arabic-studies-and-new-research-on-Gulf#.VEpVTbAtCUl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73837/British-Library-portal-gives-teachers-gateway-to-Arabic-studies-and-new-research-on-Gulf#.VEpVTbAtCUl" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73837/British-Library-portal-gives-teachers-gateway-to-Arabic-studies-and-new-research-on-Gulf#.VEpVTbAtCUl</a></p><p><b>Museum musings</b></p><p>Museums in the war zone</p><p><a href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/treasure-trails-how-museums-became-diplomatic-fixers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/treasure-trails-how-museums-became-diplomatic-fixers" rel="nofollow">http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2014/10/treasure-trails-how-museums-became-diplomatic-fixers</a></p><p><b>Conservation corner</b></p><p>Researching the Staffordshire Hoard</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/17/staffordshire-hoard-anglo-saxon-gold-secret-technique-treasure" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/17/staffordshire-hoard-anglo-saxon-gold-secret-technique-treasure" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/17/staffordshire-hoard-anglo-saxon-gold-secret-technique-treasure</a></p><p>Tullio’s Adam at the Met restored and on show</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tullios-Adam-returns-to-view-at-the-Met/36045" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tullios-Adam-returns-to-view-at-the-Met/36045" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Tullios-Adam-returns-to-view-at-the-Met/36045</a></p><p>Scanning lay figures for exhibition in Cambridge</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/artists-mannequins-cambridge-exhibition-mri-scan" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/artists-mannequins-cambridge-exhibition-mri-scan" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/artists-mannequins-cambridge-exhibition-mri-scan</a></p><p>Update on the Dornier conservation</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503408-how-the-raf-museum-is-conserving-the-worlds-last-remaining-world-war-two-dornier-bomber" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503408-how-the-raf-museum-is-conserving-the-worlds-last-remaining-world-war-two-dornier-bomber" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/military-history/world-war-two/art503408-how-the-raf-museum-is-conserving-the-worlds-last-remaining-world-war-two-dornier-bomber</a></p><p><b>Objects</b></p><p>Investigating early medieval Ulfberht swords: <a href="http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/ulfberht-klingen-ein-schwert-fuer-europa-1.2188338" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/ulfberht-klingen-ein-schwert-fuer-europa-1.2188338" rel="nofollow">http://www.sueddeutsche.de/wissen/ulfberht-klingen-ein-schwert-fuer-europa-1.2188338</a></p><p>Pair of 17th century Brescian pistols in Bonham&#039;s November sale</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73774/Rothschild-pistols-seized-by-the-Nazis-in-1939-and-stored-in-a-salt-mine-during-WWII-for-sale-at-Bonhams#.VEpWhLAtCUl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73774/Rothschild-pistols-seized-by-the-Nazis-in-1939-and-stored-in-a-salt-mine-during-WWII-for-sale-at-Bonhams#.VEpWhLAtCUl" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73774/Rothschild-pistols-seized-by-the-Nazis-in-1939-and-stored-in-a-salt-mine-during-WWII-for-sale-at-Bonhams#.VEpWhLAtCUl</a></p><p>Portrait of Henri III of France lost in WW2 rediscovered</p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Portrait-of-French-king-taken-from-Louvre-found-at-auction/36023" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Portrait-of-French-king-taken-from-Louvre-found-at-auction/36023" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/articles/Portrait-of-French-king-taken-from-Louvre-found-at-auction/36023</a></p><p>Artefacts from <i>Zhongshan</i> warship on show in Singapore</p><p><a href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141020000021&amp;cid=1104" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141020000021&amp;cid=1104" rel="nofollow">http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20141020000021&amp;cid=1104</a></p><p><b>Exhibitions</b></p><p>History of Germany in London</p><p><a href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_memories_of_a_nation.aspx?utm_expid=1760025-3.htGHqpzSQG-BpO3BZXI8Qg.0&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2F" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_memories_of_a_nation.aspx?utm_expid=1760025-3.htGHqpzSQG-BpO3BZXI8Qg.0&amp;utm_referrer=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.britishmuseum.org%2F" rel="nofollow">http://www.britishmuseum.org/whats_on/exhibitions/germany_memories_of_a_nation.aspx?utm_expid=1760025-3.htGHqpzSQG-BpO3BZXI8Qg.0&amp;utm_referrer=http://www.britishmuseum.org/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/13/bygone-germany-british-museum-exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/13/bygone-germany-british-museum-exhibition" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/culture/2014/oct/13/bygone-germany-british-museum-exhibition</a></p><p>Moroni in London - definitely one for my next London expedition</p><p><a href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/giovanni-battista-moroni" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/giovanni-battista-moroni" rel="nofollow">https://www.royalacademy.org.uk/exhibition/giovanni-battista-moroni</a></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/14/giovanni-battista-moroni-royal-academy-tailors-favourite-artist" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/14/giovanni-battista-moroni-royal-academy-tailors-favourite-artist" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/14/giovanni-battista-moroni-royal-academy-tailors-favourite-artist</a></p><p>Late Rembrandt in London</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/rembrandt-national-gallery-late-works-london" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/rembrandt-national-gallery-late-works-london" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2014/oct/12/rembrandt-national-gallery-late-works-london</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73628/Exhibition-at-National-Gallery-in-London-explores-Rembrandt-s-final-years-of-painting#.VD4sgLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73628/Exhibition-at-National-Gallery-in-London-explores-Rembrandt-s-final-years-of-painting#.VD4sgLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73628/Exhibition-at-National-Gallery-in-London-explores-Rembrandt-s-final-years-of-painting#.VD4sgLAtCUk</a></p><p><a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/rembrandt-the-late-works?gclid=CLCzg-LKx8ECFa7KtAodaBoAqg" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/rembrandt-the-late-works?gclid=CLCzg-LKx8ECFa7KtAodaBoAqg" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/rembrandt-the-late-works?gclid=CLCzg-LKx8ECFa7KtAodaBoAqg</a></p><p>Rowlandson cartoons in Bath</p><p><a href="http://t.co/V03bYwf1w1" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://t.co/V03bYwf1w1" rel="nofollow">http://www.holburne.org/high-spirits-2/ </a></p><p>Art and war in Manchester</p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art502645-major-new-exhibition-at-manchester-art-gallery-draws-on-five-senses-to-bring-home-conflict" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art502645-major-new-exhibition-at-manchester-art-gallery-draws-on-five-senses-to-bring-home-conflict" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art502645-major-new-exhibition-at-manchester-art-gallery-draws-on-five-senses-to-bring-home-conflict</a></p><p>Medieval Morocco in Paris</p><p><a href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/medieval-morocco-empire-africa-spain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/medieval-morocco-empire-africa-spain" rel="nofollow">http://www.louvre.fr/en/expositions/medieval-morocco-empire-africa-spain</a></p><p>Memory &amp; WWI in Paris (two exhibitions)</p><p><a href="http://actualites.musee-armee.fr/expositions/la-cathedrale-saint-louis-des-invalides-accueille-lexposition-sous-le-signe-de-la-memoire/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://actualites.musee-armee.fr/expositions/la-cathedrale-saint-louis-des-invalides-accueille-lexposition-sous-le-signe-de-la-memoire/" rel="nofollow">http://actualites.musee-armee.fr/expositions/la-cathedrale-saint-louis-des-invalides-accueille-lexposition-sous-le-signe-de-la-memoire/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/ExpoVudufront/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/ExpoVudufront/" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/ExpoVudufront/</a></p><p>Fur in Copenhagen</p><p><a href="http://natmus.dk/nationalmuseet/udstillinger/saerudstillinger/pels/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://natmus.dk/nationalmuseet/udstillinger/saerudstillinger/pels/" rel="nofollow">http://natmus.dk/nationalmuseet/udstillinger/saerudstillinger/pels/</a></p><p>Hans Memling in Rome</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73600/-Hans-Memling--A-Flemish-Renaissance--opens-at-the-Scuderie-del-Quirinale-in-Rome#.VDzVorAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73600/-Hans-Memling--A-Flemish-Renaissance--opens-at-the-Scuderie-del-Quirinale-in-Rome#.VDzVorAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73600/-Hans-Memling--A-Flemish-Renaissance--opens-at-the-Scuderie-del-Quirinale-in-Rome#.VDzVorAtCUk</a></p><p><a href="http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/memling-e-l-italia-exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/memling-e-l-italia-exhibition" rel="nofollow">http://english.scuderiequirinale.it/categorie/memling-e-l-italia-exhibition</a></p><p>Velazquez in Vienna</p><p><a href="http://www.khm.at/besuchen/ausstellungen/velazquez/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.khm.at/besuchen/ausstellungen/velazquez/" rel="nofollow">http://www.khm.at/besuchen/ausstellungen/velazquez/</a></p><p>Goya in Boston</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73563/Goya-retrospective-features-more-than-160-paintings--prints-and-drawings-from-around-the-world-#.VDuJ7LAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73563/Goya-retrospective-features-more-than-160-paintings--prints-and-drawings-from-around-the-world-#.VDuJ7LAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73563/Goya-retrospective-features-more-than-160-paintings--prints-and-drawings-from-around-the-world-#.VDuJ7LAtCUk</a></p><p>Crusader Bible in NY - looks another stunner!</p><p><a href="http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/Crusader-Bible" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/Crusader-Bible" rel="nofollow">http://www.themorgan.org/exhibitions/Crusader-Bible</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73688/The-Morgan-showcases-one-of-its-greatest-illuminated-manuscripts--The-Crusader-Bible#.VEIg0LAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73688/The-Morgan-showcases-one-of-its-greatest-illuminated-manuscripts--The-Crusader-Bible#.VEIg0LAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73688/The-Morgan-showcases-one-of-its-greatest-illuminated-manuscripts--The-Crusader-Bible#.VEIg0LAtCUk</a></p><p>Chinese treasures in Richmond, VA</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73736/-Forbidden-City--Imperial-Treasures-from-the-Palace-Museum--Beijing--opens-in-Richmond#.VES4HLAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73736/-Forbidden-City--Imperial-Treasures-from-the-Palace-Museum--Beijing--opens-in-Richmond#.VES4HLAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73736/-Forbidden-City--Imperial-Treasures-from-the-Palace-Museum--Beijing--opens-in-Richmond#.VES4HLAtCUk</a></p><p><a href="http://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/forbidden-city/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/forbidden-city/" rel="nofollow">http://vmfa.museum/exhibitions/forbidden-city/</a></p><p>Dutch paintings in North Carolina</p><p><a href="http://www.ncartmuseum.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ncartmuseum.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ncartmuseum.org/</a></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73538/First-major-exhibition-to-focus-on-small-scale-paintings-from-the-Dutch-and-Flemish-Golden-Age-opens#.VDp9irAtCUk#" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73538/First-major-exhibition-to-focus-on-small-scale-paintings-from-the-Dutch-and-Flemish-Golden-Age-opens#.VDp9irAtCUk#" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73538/First-major-exhibition-to-focus-on-small-scale-paintings-from-the-Dutch-and-Flemish-Golden-Age-opens#.VDp9irAtCUk#</a></p><p>Byzantine art in Chicago</p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/15/byzantine-art-exhibition-now-open-chicago/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/15/byzantine-art-exhibition-now-open-chicago/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/15/byzantine-art-exhibition-now-open-chicago/</a></p><p>Firearms on the Texas border at The Alamo</p><p><a href="http://www.thealamo.org/education/upcoming-exhibits.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thealamo.org/education/upcoming-exhibits.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.thealamo.org/education/upcoming-exhibits.html</a></p><p><a href="http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/10/14/firearms-exhibit-to-open-at-alamo-wednesday.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/10/14/firearms-exhibit-to-open-at-alamo-wednesday.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.ksat.com/content/pns/ksat/news/2014/10/14/firearms-exhibit-to-open-at-alamo-wednesday.html</a></p><p>Samurai armour in LACMA</p><p><a href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/samurai-japanese-armor-ann-and-gabriel-barbier-mueller-collection?gclid=COXSsZ7Fu8ECFabLtAodhx0AhA" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/samurai-japanese-armor-ann-and-gabriel-barbier-mueller-collection?gclid=COXSsZ7Fu8ECFabLtAodhx0AhA" rel="nofollow">http://www.lacma.org/art/exhibition/samurai-japanese-armor-ann-and-gabriel-barbier-mueller-collection?gclid=COXSsZ7Fu8ECFabLtAodhx0AhA</a></p><p><b>Samurai: Japanese Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller CollectionSamurai: Japanese Armor from the Ann and Gabriel Barbier-Mueller Collection</b></p><p>Rubens in LA</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73608/Exhibition-at-the-Getty-explores-one-of-Peter-Paul-Rubens-s-greatest-achievements-#.VD4sqrAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73608/Exhibition-at-the-Getty-explores-one-of-Peter-Paul-Rubens-s-greatest-achievements-#.VD4sqrAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73608/Exhibition-at-the-Getty-explores-one-of-Peter-Paul-Rubens-s-greatest-achievements-#.VD4sqrAtCUk</a></p><p>Selection of Alexander Roslin’s portraits going from Sweden to Amsterdam</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73706/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-major-loan-of-Roslin-works-to-Rijksmuseum-Twenthe-#.VEIh3rAtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73706/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-major-loan-of-Roslin-works-to-Rijksmuseum-Twenthe-#.VEIh3rAtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73706/Nationalmuseum-Sweden-announces-major-loan-of-Roslin-works-to-Rijksmuseum-Twenthe-#.VEIh3rAtCUk</a></p><p>Intriguing premise for an exhibition, linking armour, defence, magic and modern art!</p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/73695/-Artful-Defense--Protective-Ornament--opens-at-Tacoma-Art-Museum#.VEIiZ7AtCUk" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/73695/-Artful-Defense--Protective-Ornament--opens-at-Tacoma-Art-Museum#.VEIiZ7AtCUk" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/73695/-Artful-Defense--Protective-Ornament--opens-at-Tacoma-Art-Museum#.VEIiZ7AtCUk</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Books</b></font></p><p>David R Cook: <b><i>Black Prince</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3758" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3758" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3758</a></p><p>Helen Castor introduces her new book on Joan of Arc <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/17/joan-arc-feminist-icon-uncomfortable-fit" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/17/joan-arc-feminist-icon-uncomfortable-fit" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/17/joan-arc-feminist-icon-uncomfortable-fit</a></p><p><b><i>The Salisbury Museum: Illustrated</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3778" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3778" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=&amp;subcategory=&amp;id=3778</a></p><p>Andrew Roberts: <b><i>Napoleon the Great</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Great-Andrew-Roberts/dp/1846140277" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Great-Andrew-Roberts/dp/1846140277" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.co.uk/Napoleon-Great-Andrew-Roberts/dp/1846140277</a></p><p>Alan Gilliland and Johnny Shumate: <b><i>The M14 Battle Rifle</i></b></p><p><a href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-M14-Battle-Rifle_9781472802552" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-M14-Battle-Rifle_9781472802552" rel="nofollow">http://www.ospreypublishing.com/store/The-M14-Battle-Rifle_9781472802552</a></p><p><b>Online book</b></p><p>The Engineer (and other similar sources available here)</p><p><a href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Main_Page</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Popular culture</b></font></p><p>War Artist Arabella Dorman to display the work from her time in Afghanistan</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/19/arabella-dorman-five-years-afghanistan-tell-story-got-to-take-risks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/19/arabella-dorman-five-years-afghanistan-tell-story-got-to-take-risks" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/oct/19/arabella-dorman-five-years-afghanistan-tell-story-got-to-take-risks</a></p><p>Bovington Tank museum gets leading role in the publicity for <i>Fury</i></p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/16/david-ayer-something-maternal-about-tank-in-fury-brad-pitt" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/16/david-ayer-something-maternal-about-tank-in-fury-brad-pitt" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/oct/16/david-ayer-something-maternal-about-tank-in-fury-brad-pitt</a></p><p>Battles and Books 1</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/24/battles-real-literary-napoleonic-wars-1793-1815-jane-austen-byron-walter-scott" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/24/battles-real-literary-napoleonic-wars-1793-1815-jane-austen-byron-walter-scott" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/24/battles-real-literary-napoleonic-wars-1793-1815-jane-austen-byron-walter-scott</a></p><p>Battles and Books 2</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/25/war-of-words-powerful-portraits-battlefield" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/25/war-of-words-powerful-portraits-battlefield" rel="nofollow">http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/25/war-of-words-powerful-portraits-battlefield</a></p><p><b>Events</b></p><p><b>Diary Dates</b></p><p>HBSA calendar</p><p><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar" rel="nofollow">https://sites.google.com/site/hbsauk/HBSA-calendar</a></p><p>19 November 2014, flint knapping in Manchester</p><p><a href="http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&amp;modid=2&amp;catid=379" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&amp;modid=2&amp;catid=379" rel="nofollow">http://estore.manchester.ac.uk/browse/product.asp?compid=1&amp;modid=2&amp;catid=379</a></p><p><font size="5"><b>Conferences: Calls for Papers</b></font></p><p><b>26 -27 February 2015</b> Horniman Museum, London</p><p>Weapons and the AnthropologyMuseum</p><p><a href="http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/weapons-and-the-anthropology-museum" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/weapons-and-the-anthropology-museum" rel="nofollow">http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/events/weapons-and-the-anthropology-museum</a></p><p>27-30 May 2015 Leiden University (Netherlands</p><p>Metalwork use-wear analysis: The loss of innocence</p><p><a href="http://archaeology.leiden.edu/awrana/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeology.leiden.edu/awrana/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeology.leiden.edu/awrana/</a></p><p>3- 6June 2015</p><p>ARCHAEOMETALLURGY IN EUROPE IV.</p><p><a href="http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/conference" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/conference" rel="nofollow">http://www.congresos.cchs.csic.es/aie4/conference</a></p><p><b>Sales, fairs and auctions</b></p><p>27 Oct 2014 New York,</p><p>Arts of the Samurai</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22248/</a></p><p>3–8 November and 8-13December 2014</p><p>Catalogues have gone online</p><p><a href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/</a></p><p>5 Nov 2014 Edinburgh</p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21880/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21880/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21880/</a></p><p>10 Nov 2014 San Francisco</p><p>Fine Antique Arms from the Estate of Joseph A. Murphy</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21653/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21653/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21653/</a></p><p>11 Nov 2014 San Francisco</p><p>Antique Arms &amp; Armour and Modern Sporting Guns</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22113/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22113/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22113/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21639/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21639/" rel="nofollow">26 Nov 2014 London, Knightsbridge </a></p><p>Antique Arms and Armour</p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21639/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21639/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21639/</a></p><p><b>Websites and downloads</b></p><p>National MuseumZurich</p><p><a href="http://www.nationalmuseum.ch/e/zuerich/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalmuseum.ch/e/zuerich/" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalmuseum.ch/e/zuerich/</a></p><p>Nice piece on bronze Portuguese swivel gun</p><p><a href="http://www1.museo.depo.es/imagenesarticulos/falconetes/Artilleria_%20Bronce_%20Museo_%20Pontevedra.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www1.museo.depo.es/imagenesarticulos/falconetes/Artilleria_%20Bronce_%20Museo_%20Pontevedra.pdf" rel="nofollow">http://www1.museo.depo.es/imagenesarticulos/falconetes/Artilleria_ Bronce_ Museo_ Pontevedra.pdf</a></p><p><b>1066 etc: Morte d’Arthur, spooky books</b></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/11/knighthood-le-morte-darthur-recapitulation-development-medieval-chivalric-literature/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/11/knighthood-le-morte-darthur-recapitulation-development-medieval-chivalric-literature/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/11/knighthood-le-morte-darthur-recapitulation-development-medieval-chivalric-literature/</a></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2014/10/23/10-terrifying-reads-halloween/</a></p><p><b>Finally pour a glass of port, put a log on the fire and draw up your i-pad while the winds howl outside the stone mullions…</b></p><p><font size="6"><b><b><i>Ghost Stories of an Antiquary</i> by M. R. James</b></b></font></p><p><a href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486" rel="nofollow">http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8486</a></p><p>This fortnight on twitter - an awful lot of battles by land and sea <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><b>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 2014</b></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><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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