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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 285290, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 279</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>There is a good sprinkling of Irish stories this week, from Viking swords to Roger Casement via gunpowder gin & the Spanish Armada. This week’s statue in the news is Kalashnikov, plus human sacrifice in Peru, Teutonic knights in Poland and a bunch of new books.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and armour in the news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient arms</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian arrow heads from North Carolina</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of-the-piedmont" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of-the-piedmont" rel="nofollow">https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of-the-piedmont</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Viking knife found in Cork</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2017/0926/907642-viking-sword-cork/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2017/0926/907642-viking-sword-cork/" rel="nofollow">https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2017/0926/907642-viking-sword-cork/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating human sacrifices in Peru</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pre-incan-grave-skeletons-1000-year-old-human-sacrifices-found-peru-1640974" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pre-incan-grave-skeletons-1000-year-old-human-sacrifices-found-peru-1640974" rel="nofollow">http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pre-incan-grave-skeletons-1000-year-old-human-sacrifices-found-peru-1640974</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibition on skeletons in Leeds</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/leedscitymuseum/Skeletons.aspx" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/leedscitymuseum/Skeletons.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/leedscitymuseum/Skeletons.aspx</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Why we name our weapons</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/09/07/why-do-we-name-our-weapons-famous-weapons-from-excalibur-to-little-boy/#2dd10f2b2547" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/09/07/why-do-we-name-our-weapons-famous-weapons-from-excalibur-to-little-boy/#2dd10f2b2547" rel="nofollow">https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/09/07/why-do-we-name-our-weapons-famous-weapons-from-excalibur-to-little-boy/#2dd10f2b2547</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Adopt an armour, sword or even a dragon in Norwich Castle </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/historic-dragon-among-the-first-artefacts-snapped-up-in-fundraising-campaign-for-norwich-castle-keep-project-1-5200525" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/historic-dragon-among-the-first-artefacts-snapped-up-in-fundraising-campaign-for-norwich-castle-keep-project-1-5200525" rel="nofollow">http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/historic-dragon-among-the-first-artefacts-snapped-up-in-fundraising-campaign-for-norwich-castle-keep-project-1-5200525</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Lost Ruben’s portrait of duke of Buckingham found on a Glasgow wall</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/lost-rubens-portrait-james-i-lover-rediscovered-glasgow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/lost-rubens-portrait-james-i-lover-rediscovered-glasgow" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/lost-rubens-portrait-james-i-lover-rediscovered-glasgow</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 Carron guns in Prince Edward County rededicated</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.countyweeklynews.ca/2017/09/19/historic-cannons-will-be-rededicated" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.countyweeklynews.ca/2017/09/19/historic-cannons-will-be-rededicated" rel="nofollow">http://www.countyweeklynews.ca/2017/09/19/historic-cannons-will-be-rededicated</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannons in Maharashtra forts to be preserved & geotagged – stunning cannon!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/633433/cannons-maharashtra-forts-preserved-geotagged.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanherald.com/content/633433/cannons-maharashtra-forts-preserved-geotagged.html" rel="nofollow">http://ww</a><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/conserving-heritage-neglected-cannons-across-forts-in-state-to-be-mapped-preserved-4848485/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/conserving-heritage-neglected-cannons-across-forts-in-state-to-be-mapped-preserved-4848485/" rel="nofollow">http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/conserving-heritage-neglected-cannons-across-forts-in-state-to-be-mapped-preserved-4848485/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>History of Mariners Museum’s signal cannons uncovered</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/2017/09/object-secret-even-curators-didnt-know/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/2017/09/object-secret-even-curators-didnt-know/" rel="nofollow">http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/2017/09/object-secret-even-curators-didnt-know/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Back to the front</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Archaeologists find weapons and a seal at Grunewald</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,459853,artefacts-found-at-grunwald-teutonic-seal-and-prussian-spearheads.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,459853,artefacts-found-at-grunwald-teutonic-seal-and-prussian-spearheads.html" rel="nofollow">http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,459853,artefacts-found-at-grunwald-teutonic-seal-and-prussian-spearheads.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating the Battle of Wood Lake, 1862</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wctrib.com/news/region/4334334-archaeological-study-sheds-new-light-battle-wood-lake" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wctrib.com/news/region/4334334-archaeological-study-sheds-new-light-battle-wood-lake" rel="nofollow">http://www.wctrib.com/news/region/4334334-archaeological-study-sheds-new-light-battle-wood-lake</a></p><p><br /></p><p>seal at Grunewald</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Philippineswants its bells back</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/29/1743739/palace-renews-call-us-return-bells" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/29/1743739/palace-renews-call-us-return-bells" rel="nofollow">http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/29/1743739/palace-renews-call-us-return-bells</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>World jousting championship in Sydney</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-world-jousting-championship-sydney-st-ives-medieval-fair/13rtopsahmqre1gcnv7ie66ami" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-world-jousting-championship-sydney-st-ives-medieval-fair/13rtopsahmqre1gcnv7ie66ami" rel="nofollow">http://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-world-jousting-championship-sydney-st-ives-medieval-fair/13rtopsahmqre1gcnv7ie66ami</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dutch food from the Golden age on show</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/98993/Exhibition-showcases-the-magnificent-food-still-lifes-of-the-Golden-Age#.Wcd0HjFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/98993/Exhibition-showcases-the-magnificent-food-still-lifes-of-the-Golden-Age#.Wcd0HjFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/98993/Exhibition-showcases-the-magnificent-food-still-lifes-of-the-Golden-Age#.Wcd0HjFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Irish gunpowder gin- what could possibly go wrong? </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/a-gin-teresting-combination-butlers-launches-gin-enhanced-chocolates/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/a-gin-teresting-combination-butlers-launches-gin-enhanced-chocolates/" rel="nofollow">https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/a-gin-teresting-combination-butlers-launches-gin-enhanced-chocolates/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week in statues</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Russian sculptor doesn’t know the difference between a Kalashnikov and a StG44</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/98994/Red-faces-as-Russia-s-Kalashnikov-monument-shows-Nazi-gun#.WcYfjTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/98994/Red-faces-as-Russia-s-Kalashnikov-monument-shows-Nazi-gun#.WcYfjTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/98994/Red-faces-as-Russia-s-Kalashnikov-monument-shows-Nazi-gun#.WcYfjTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>HMS Colossus trail 2017</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]UgWmSeSNcBI[/MEDIA]</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>Arms and armour displays at Fitzwilliam Museum inspires 12 year old boy <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41318891" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41318891" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41318891</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Call to bring back London Met’s arts squad</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squad/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squad/" rel="nofollow">https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squad/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Russia plans a new Museum Quarter in Moscow</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-move-into-moscow's-huge-soviet-era-fairground" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-move-into-moscow's-huge-soviet-era-fairground" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-move-into-moscow's-huge-soviet-era-fairground</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Funding for palaces and parks in Berlin and Potsdam</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-stumps-up-euro400m-for-prussian-palaces-and-parks" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-stumps-up-euro400m-for-prussian-palaces-and-parks" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-stumps-up-euro400m-for-prussian-palaces-and-parks</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Horniman Museum, London, plans new displays</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/how-the-horniman-museum-plans-to-reconnect-people-with-its-anthropology-collection/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/how-the-horniman-museum-plans-to-reconnect-people-with-its-anthropology-collection/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/how-the-horniman-museum-plans-to-reconnect-people-with-its-anthropology-collection/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Britain’s best medical collections</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-medical-collections-and-museums/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-medical-collections-and-museums/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-medical-collections-and-museums/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Suggestion that Dutch schoolchildren must visit the Night Watch</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99136/Dutch-school-kids-must-visit-Rembrandt--parliament--Report#.Wc4BJTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99136/Dutch-school-kids-must-visit-Rembrandt--parliament--Report#.Wc4BJTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99136/Dutch-school-kids-must-visit-Rembrandt--parliament--Report#.Wc4BJTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>D-day landing craft to be conserved</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/worlds-last-d-day-landing-craft-tank-to-be-restored-and-displayed-in-southsea/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/worlds-last-d-day-landing-craft-tank-to-be-restored-and-displayed-in-southsea/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/worlds-last-d-day-landing-craft-tank-to-be-restored-and-displayed-in-southsea/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Iron making in early Norway</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-enigma-of-early-norwegian-iron.html#ze6q1yL2qS6Qj8Sr.97" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-enigma-of-early-norwegian-iron.html#ze6q1yL2qS6Qj8Sr.97" rel="nofollow">https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-enigma-of-early-norwegian-iron.html#ze6q1yL2qS6Qj8Sr.97</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New York State Museum acquires collection of 17thcenturycolonial artefacts</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-and-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-and-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s" rel="nofollow">https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-and-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recently stolen guns in Ontario</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/opp-firearms-antique-guns-rifles-stolen-thames-centre-1.4311559" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/opp-firearms-antique-guns-rifles-stolen-thames-centre-1.4311559" rel="nofollow">http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/opp-firearms-antique-guns-rifles-stolen-thames-centre-1.4311559</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/28/reflections-van-eyck-and-the-pre-raphaelites-review-not-worth-a-look" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/28/reflections-van-eyck-and-the-pre-raphaelites-review-not-worth-a-look" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/28/reflections-van-eyck-and-the-pre-raphaelites-review-not-worth-a-look</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Spanish paintings in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/130" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/130" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/130</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Opera in London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/27/opera-passion-power-and-politics-victoria-and-albert-museum-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/27/opera-passion-power-and-politics-victoria-and-albert-museum-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/27/opera-passion-power-and-politics-victoria-and-albert-museum-review</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Clontarf in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Clontarf-1014" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Clontarf-1014" rel="nofollow">http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Clontarf-1014</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roger Casement in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Roger-Casement-voice-of-the-voiceless" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Roger-Casement-voice-of-the-voiceless" rel="nofollow">http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Roger-Casement-voice-of-the-voiceless</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Irish in WWI in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/War-in-the-Mud,-The-Irish-soldier-in-Belgium-in-th" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/War-in-the-Mud,-The-Irish-soldier-in-Belgium-in-th" rel="nofollow">http://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/War-in-the-Mud,-The-Irish-soldier-in-Belgium-in-th</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Japanese swords in Stockholm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/katanas" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/katanas" rel="nofollow">http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/katanas</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Last chance to see animals & war in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Soldiers’ lives in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/dans-la-peau-dun-soldat-de-la-rome-antique-a-nos-jours.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/dans-la-peau-dun-soldat-de-la-rome-antique-a-nos-jours.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/dans-la-peau-dun-soldat-de-la-rome-antique-a-nos-jours.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Art and power in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99106/Exhibition-at-the-Louvre-focuses-on-the-connection-between-art-and-political-power#.WcywUTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99106/Exhibition-at-the-Louvre-focuses-on-the-connection-between-art-and-political-power#.WcywUTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99106/Exhibition-at-the-Louvre-focuses-on-the-connection-between-art-and-political-power#.WcywUTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>China and Europe in Berlin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99123/Berlin-State-Museums-opens--Exchanging-Gazes--Between-China-and-Europe-1669-1907-#.Wc4CjDFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99123/Berlin-State-Museums-opens--Exchanging-Gazes--Between-China-and-Europe-1669-1907-#.Wc4CjDFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99123/Berlin-State-Museums-opens--Exchanging-Gazes--Between-China-and-Europe-1669-1907-#.Wc4CjDFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>JP Morgan at the Wadsworth athenaeum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/98990/More-than-100-objects-illuminate-groundbreaking-art-collection-of-J--P--Morgan--at-Wadsworth-Atheneum#.WcYgWzFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/98990/More-than-100-objects-illuminate-groundbreaking-art-collection-of-J--P--Morgan--at-Wadsworth-Atheneum#.WcYgWzFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/98990/More-than-100-objects-illuminate-groundbreaking-art-collection-of-J--P--Morgan--at-Wadsworth-Atheneum#.WcYgWzFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>16thcent woodcuts in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2017/in-the-library-jost-jmman-sixteenth-century-woodcut-illustration.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2017/in-the-library-jost-jmman-sixteenth-century-woodcut-illustration.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2017/in-the-library-jost-jmman-sixteenth-century-woodcut-illustration.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>M C Bishop: The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm" rel="nofollow">https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting Picts: Medieval sculptures at St Vigeans, Angus. Volumes 1 & 2</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/hunting-picts-medieval-sculptures-at-st-vigeans-angus-volumes-1-2" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/hunting-picts-medieval-sculptures-at-st-vigeans-angus-volumes-1-2" rel="nofollow">https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/hunting-picts-medieval-sculptures-at-st-vigeans-angus-volumes-1-2</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The War Diaries of the Battalions who Fought the Great War on The Western Front</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/9781783311514/The-War-Diaries-of-the-Battalions-Who-Fought-The-Great-War-on-the-Western-Front/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/9781783311514/The-War-Diaries-of-the-Battalions-Who-Fought-The-Great-War-on-the-Western-Front/" rel="nofollow">http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/9781783311514/The-War-Diaries-of-the-Battalions-Who-Fought-The-Great-War-on-the-Western-Front/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Spanish Armada Wrecks, Streedagh, Co. Sligo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/new-heritage-guide-to-wrecks-published-36143214.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/new-heritage-guide-to-wrecks-published-36143214.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/new-heritage-guide-to-wrecks-published-36143214.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sam Oakley: The Wreck of the Ten Sail: A true story of Cayman’s past</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.caymanreporter.com/2017/09/14/urban-myth-maybe-not/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.caymanreporter.com/2017/09/14/urban-myth-maybe-not/" rel="nofollow">http://www.caymanreporter.com/2017/09/14/urban-myth-maybe-not/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The Gunpowder People</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-gunpowder-people-hodgdons-new-book-documenting-70-historic-years/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-gunpowder-people-hodgdons-new-book-documenting-70-historic-years/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-gunpowder-people-hodgdons-new-book-doc</a><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illuminated-manuscripts-9781784422363/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illuminated-manuscripts-9781784422363/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illuminated-manuscripts-9781784422363/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Roger S. Wieck: The Medieval Calendar; Locating Time in the Middle Ages</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3878" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3878" rel="nofollow">http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3878</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kathleen Walker-Meikle: The Horse Book:Horses of Historical Distinction</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-horse-book-9781784422271/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-horse-book-9781784422271/" rel="nofollow">https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-horse-book-9781784422271/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gunfounders of Enkhuizen</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/view/19947762/schutters-enkhuizen-thijspostmanl" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/view/19947762/schutters-enkhuizen-thijspostmanl" rel="nofollow">https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/view/19947762/schutters-enkhuizen-thijspostmanl</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Night in the Front Lineand Other Second World War Stories</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/shop/night-in-the-front-line/p-1155" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bl.uk/shop/night-in-the-front-line/p-1155" rel="nofollow">https://www.bl.uk/shop/night-in-the-front-line/p-1155</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Canberra</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.awm.gov.au/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.awm.gov.au/" rel="nofollow">https://www.awm.gov.au/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Ottawa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.warmuseum.ca/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.warmuseum.ca/" rel="nofollow">http://www.warmuseum.ca/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in the IWM</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.iwm.org.uk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.iwm.org.uk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>14 October 2017 Hindlip Hall</p><p><br /></p><p>The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use</p><p><br /></p><p>Contact Roger Emmerson for details: <a href="mailto:emmersonrw@aol.com">emmersonrw@aol.com</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15-17 November 2017, Canterbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Prince Conference </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" rel="nofollow">https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogue for Hermann Historica now online </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 September Olympia Arms Fair</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/98709/The-Olympia-Arms-Fair-to-be-held-on-30th-September-at-Pillar-Hall--London-#.WbaFYbpuL4g" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/98709/The-Olympia-Arms-Fair-to-be-held-on-30th-September-at-Pillar-Hall--London-#.WbaFYbpuL4g" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/98709/The-Olympia-Arms-Fair-to-be-held-on-30th-September-at-Pillar-Hall--London-#.WbaFYbpuL4g</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>25 Oct 2017 Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p>The Sporting Sale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Berlin’s military collections </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dhm.de/en/collections-research/sammlungen00/militaria.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dhm.de/en/collections-research/sammlungen00/militaria.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.dhm.de/en/collections-research/samm</a><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2017/world-of-sports-at-met" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2017/world-of-sports-at-met" rel="nofollow">http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2017/world-of-sports-at-met</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mounted knights & Hobbits,</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/east-meets-west-mounted-encounters-early-high-mediaeval-europe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/east-meets-west-mounted-encounters-early-high-mediaeval-europe/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/east-meets-west-mounted-encounters-early-high-mediaeval-europe/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/hobbit-fiction-j-r-r-tolkien-roots-medieval-heroic-literature-language/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/hobbit-fiction-j-r-r-tolkien-roots-medieval-heroic-literature-language/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/hobbit-fiction-j-r-r-tolkien-roots-medieval-heroic-literature-language/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I tweeted medieval German effigies</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><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 September 2017</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</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 285290, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 279 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community There is a good sprinkling of Irish stories this week, from Viking swords to Roger Casement via gunpowder gin & the Spanish Armada. This week’s statue in the news is Kalashnikov, plus human sacrifice in Peru, Teutonic knights in Poland and a bunch of new books. Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms Indian arrow heads from North Carolina [URL]https://www.carolinacountry.com/carolina-stories/stories/indian-arrowheads-of-the-piedmont[/URL] Viking knife found in Cork [URL]https://www.rte.ie/news/munster/2017/0926/907642-viking-sword-cork/[/URL] Grave stories Investigating human sacrifices in Peru [URL]http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pre-incan-grave-skeletons-1000-year-old-human-sacrifices-found-peru-1640974[/URL] Exhibition on skeletons in Leeds [URL]http://www.leeds.gov.uk/museumsandgalleries/Pages/leedscitymuseum/Skeletons.aspx[/URL] Miscellany Why we name our weapons [URL]https://www.forbes.com/sites/drsarahbond/2017/09/07/why-do-we-name-our-weapons-famous-weapons-from-excalibur-to-little-boy/#2dd10f2b2547[/URL] Adopt an armour, sword or even a dragon in Norwich Castle [URL]http://www.edp24.co.uk/news/historic-dragon-among-the-first-artefacts-snapped-up-in-fundraising-campaign-for-norwich-castle-keep-project-1-5200525[/URL] Lost Ruben’s portrait of duke of Buckingham found on a Glasgow wall [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/24/lost-rubens-portrait-james-i-lover-rediscovered-glasgow[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Two Carron guns in Prince Edward County rededicated [URL]http://www.countyweeklynews.ca/2017/09/19/historic-cannons-will-be-rededicated[/URL] Cannons in Maharashtra forts to be preserved & geotagged – stunning cannon! [URL='http://www.deccanherald.com/content/633433/cannons-maharashtra-forts-preserved-geotagged.html']http://ww[/URL][URL]http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/mumbai/conserving-heritage-neglected-cannons-across-forts-in-state-to-be-mapped-preserved-4848485/[/URL] History of Mariners Museum’s signal cannons uncovered [URL]http://www.marinersmuseum.org/blog/2017/09/object-secret-even-curators-didnt-know/[/URL] Back to the front Archaeologists find weapons and a seal at Grunewald [URL]http://scienceinpoland.pap.pl/en/news/news,459853,artefacts-found-at-grunwald-teutonic-seal-and-prussian-spearheads.html[/URL] Investigating the Battle of Wood Lake, 1862 [URL]http://www.wctrib.com/news/region/4334334-archaeological-study-sheds-new-light-battle-wood-lake[/URL] seal at Grunewald Philippineswants its bells back [URL]http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2017/09/29/1743739/palace-renews-call-us-return-bells[/URL] Living in the past World jousting championship in Sydney [URL]http://www.sportingnews.com/au/other-sports/news/everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-first-ever-world-jousting-championship-sydney-st-ives-medieval-fair/13rtopsahmqre1gcnv7ie66ami[/URL] Café Basiliscoe Dutch food from the Golden age on show [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/98993/Exhibition-showcases-the-magnificent-food-still-lifes-of-the-Golden-Age#.Wcd0HjFe59A[/URL] Irish gunpowder gin- what could possibly go wrong? [URL]https://www.moodiedavittreport.com/a-gin-teresting-combination-butlers-launches-gin-enhanced-chocolates/[/URL] This week in statues Russian sculptor doesn’t know the difference between a Kalashnikov and a StG44 [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/98994/Red-faces-as-Russia-s-Kalashnikov-monument-shows-Nazi-gun#.WcYfjTFe59A[/URL] Nautical news HMS Colossus trail 2017 [MEDIA=youtube]UgWmSeSNcBI[/MEDIA] Museum news and exhibitions News Arms and armour displays at Fitzwilliam Museum inspires 12 year old boy [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-cambridgeshire-41318891[/URL] Call to bring back London Met’s arts squad [URL]https://www.apollo-magazine.com/bring-back-the-mets-art-and-antiquities-squad/[/URL] New museums Russia plans a new Museum Quarter in Moscow [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/museums-move-into-moscow's-huge-soviet-era-fairground[/URL] Funding for palaces and parks in Berlin and Potsdam [URL]http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/germany-stumps-up-euro400m-for-prussian-palaces-and-parks[/URL] Horniman Museum, London, plans new displays [URL]http://museumcrush.org/how-the-horniman-museum-plans-to-reconnect-people-with-its-anthropology-collection/[/URL] Museum musings Britain’s best medical collections [URL]http://museumcrush.org/britains-best-places-to-see-medical-collections-and-museums/[/URL] Suggestion that Dutch schoolchildren must visit the Night Watch [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99136/Dutch-school-kids-must-visit-Rembrandt--parliament--Report#.Wc4BJTFe59A[/URL] Conservation corner D-day landing craft to be conserved [URL]http://museumcrush.org/worlds-last-d-day-landing-craft-tank-to-be-restored-and-displayed-in-southsea/[/URL] Iron making in early Norway [URL]https://archaeologynewsnetwork.blogspot.co.uk/2017/09/the-enigma-of-early-norwegian-iron.html#ze6q1yL2qS6Qj8Sr.97[/URL] Objects New York State Museum acquires collection of 17thcenturycolonial artefacts [URL]https://altamontenterprise.com/09212017/pieces-past-tell-how-dutch-settlers-and-native-peoples-collaborated-1600s[/URL] Recently stolen guns in Ontario [URL]http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/opp-firearms-antique-guns-rifles-stolen-thames-centre-1.4311559[/URL] Exhibitions Van Eyck and the Pre-Raphaelites in London [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/28/reflections-van-eyck-and-the-pre-raphaelites-review-not-worth-a-look[/URL] Spanish paintings in London [URL]http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/130[/URL] Opera in London [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/27/opera-passion-power-and-politics-victoria-and-albert-museum-review[/URL] Clontarf in Dublin [URL]http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Clontarf-1014[/URL] Roger Casement in Dublin [URL]http://www.museum.ie/Archaeology/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/Roger-Casement-voice-of-the-voiceless[/URL] The Irish in WWI in Dublin [URL]http://www.museum.ie/Decorative-Arts-History/Exhibitions/Current-Exhibitions/War-in-the-Mud,-The-Irish-soldier-in-Belgium-in-th[/URL] Japanese swords in Stockholm [URL]http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/katanas[/URL] Last chance to see animals & war in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/animaux-guerres.html[/URL] Soldiers’ lives in Paris [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/programmation/expositions/detail/dans-la-peau-dun-soldat-de-la-rome-antique-a-nos-jours.html[/URL] Art and power in Paris [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99106/Exhibition-at-the-Louvre-focuses-on-the-connection-between-art-and-political-power#.WcywUTFe59A[/URL] China and Europe in Berlin [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/99123/Berlin-State-Museums-opens--Exchanging-Gazes--Between-China-and-Europe-1669-1907-#.Wc4CjDFe59A[/URL] JP Morgan at the Wadsworth athenaeum [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/98990/More-than-100-objects-illuminate-groundbreaking-art-collection-of-J--P--Morgan--at-Wadsworth-Atheneum#.WcYgWzFe59A[/URL] 16thcent woodcuts in Washington [URL]https://www.nga.gov/content/ngaweb/exhibitions/2017/in-the-library-jost-jmman-sixteenth-century-woodcut-illustration.html[/URL] Books M C Bishop: The Pilum: The Roman Heavy Javelin [URL]https://www.archaeology.co.uk/articles/review-pilum-roman-heavy-javelin.htm[/URL] Hunting Picts: Medieval sculptures at St Vigeans, Angus. Volumes 1 & 2 [URL]https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/hunting-picts-medieval-sculptures-at-st-vigeans-angus-volumes-1-2[/URL] The War Diaries of the Battalions who Fought the Great War on The Western Front [URL]http://bookshop.nationalarchives.gov.uk/9781783311514/The-War-Diaries-of-the-Battalions-Who-Fought-The-Great-War-on-the-Western-Front/[/URL] The Spanish Armada Wrecks, Streedagh, Co. Sligo [URL]http://www.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/new-heritage-guide-to-wrecks-published-36143214.html[/URL] Sam Oakley: The Wreck of the Ten Sail: A true story of Cayman’s past [URL]http://www.caymanreporter.com/2017/09/14/urban-myth-maybe-not/[/URL] The Gunpowder People [URL='http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-gunpowder-people-hodgdons-new-book-documenting-70-historic-years/']http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2017/09/18/the-gunpowder-people-hodgdons-new-book-doc[/URL][URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/illuminated-manuscripts-9781784422363/[/URL] Roger S. Wieck: The Medieval Calendar; Locating Time in the Middle Ages [URL]http://www.scalapublishers.com/title.aspx?category=new-titles&subcategory=&id=3878[/URL] Kathleen Walker-Meikle: The Horse Book:Horses of Historical Distinction [URL]https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/the-horse-book-9781784422271/[/URL] Online book Gunfounders of Enkhuizen [URL]https://www.yumpu.com/nl/document/view/19947762/schutters-enkhuizen-thijspostmanl[/URL] Popular culture Night in the Front Lineand Other Second World War Stories [URL]https://www.bl.uk/shop/night-in-the-front-line/p-1155[/URL] Events Diary Dates Events in Canberra [URL]https://www.awm.gov.au/[/URL] Events in Ottawa [URL]http://www.warmuseum.ca/[/URL] Events in the IWM [URL]http://www.iwm.org.uk/[/URL] Conferences 14 October 2017 Hindlip Hall The Black Powder Ordnance: A conference on safe use Contact Roger Emmerson for details: [EMAIL]emmersonrw@aol.com[/EMAIL] 15-17 November 2017, Canterbury Black Prince Conference [URL]https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/[/URL] Sales, fairs and auctions Catalogue for Hermann Historica now online [URL]https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende[/URL] 30 September Olympia Arms Fair [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/98709/The-Olympia-Arms-Fair-to-be-held-on-30th-September-at-Pillar-Hall--London-#.WbaFYbpuL4g[/URL] 25 Oct 2017 Edinburgh The Sporting Sale [URL]http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24090/[/URL] Websites and downloads Berlin’s military collections [URL='http://www.dhm.de/en/collections-research/sammlungen00/militaria.html']http://www.dhm.de/en/collections-research/samm[/URL][URL]http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/now-at-the-met/2017/world-of-sports-at-met[/URL] 1066 etc Mounted knights & Hobbits, [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/east-meets-west-mounted-encounters-early-high-mediaeval-europe/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2017/09/hobbit-fiction-j-r-r-tolkien-roots-medieval-heroic-literature-language/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I tweeted medieval German effigies [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 September 2017 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: [URL='http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html']http://www[/URL].basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]
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