Basiliscoe Mercury 353

The Basiliscoe Mercury 353


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


A sad start to the New Year


Obituaryof Claude Gaier

https://www.rtc.be/video/culture/mu...rmes-et-d-histoire-militaire_1507790_325.html



Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Human bones as weapons

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/scie...hunters-carved-human-bones-weapons-180976570/


A reminder of last year’s weapons finds

https://www.livescience.com/ancient-weapons-swords-found-in-2020.html


Roman weapons and armour cache found in Spain

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/roman-armor-0014736


Battles, towers and forts


Looking for ancient fortifications near Persepolis https://www.tehrantimes.com/news/45...n-ruined-castle-near-Persepolis-archaeologist


Victorian excavations at South Shields remembered https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/history/how-roman-finds-south-shields-19565255


Crusader era siege ramp found

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...ecting-israeli-city-from-the-desert-1.9421886


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Woolly rhino found in Siberia

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/worl...-e2-80-99-woolly-rhino-in-siberia/ar-BB1cn2SH


Oldest cave art found in Indonesia

https://www.livescience.com/pig-oldest-cave-animal-drawing.html

Tang dynasty murals of horse and camel trainersfound https://www.msn.com/en-xl/news/other/tang-dynasty-murals-unearthed-in-chinas-shaanxi/ar-BB1cAeA7


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Removing an Ottoman gun position reveals Jerusalem’s medieval past https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-to...re-excavations-rewrite-ancient-citadels-past/


St Bravials castle damaged in floods https://www.gloucestershirelive.co..../flooding-destroys-part-castle-forest-4838904


Second break-in at Dunnottar Castle https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime...tle-former-home-scottish-crown-jewels-3091211


RestoringCragievar’s defences

https://www.nts.org.uk/stories/a-path-to-the-past


Arms and armour


Armour of Sigmund II returned to Poland from Hungary

https://notesfrompoland.com/2020/12...ungary-after-18th-century-bureaucratic-error/


Arrowhead found in the Thames

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nds-900-year-old-arrowhead-washed-Thames.html


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


WW2 cannon used as memorial

https://www.wlfi.com/content/news/M...cated-to-soldiers-and-families-573481141.html


What happened when a Yorkshire village got a German trophy- spoiler alert – they weren’t happy…https://www.keighleynews.co.uk/news...ivery-field-gun-gets-steeton-residents-fired/


Uppsala police looking for the owner of a recovered cannon

https://www.svt.se/nyheter/lokalt/u...GMOJ0ol1yA53twgy8zcFdaJIZSJMhKUj-HILSy_sF7t8w



Miscellany


Researching the Galloway hoard

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...o-unlock-secrets-of-viking-era-treasure-trove


Investigating the damage caused by the Great North war in Estonia https://news.err.ee/1227481/archaeo...val-early-modern-objects-in-tartu-city-center

https://www.archaeology.org/news/9356-210106-estonia-tartu-war


Living in the past


These days I think we would all appreciate living in the past…https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...he-people-whose-homes-are-portals-to-the-past


Café Basiliscoe


Olives- useful for salads and fighting Romans

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news...gainst-the-romans-in-ancient-israel-1.9382518


Eat like a centurion

https://medium.com/exploring-histor...ld-roman-legions-fields-and-fury-f78eb4bd2e75


With optional fish sauce

http://www.asor.org/anetoday/2021/01/fish-sauces


Christmas with King Richard https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18964156.king-richard-spent-christmas-southampton-castle/


Waddesdon exhibition in kitchenshttps://www.theguardian.com/culture...-lunch-queen-victoria-waddesdon-manor-kitchen



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Florence Nightingale Museum to close https://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/covid-closes-nightingale-museum


What damage was done to the Capitol collections https://artdaily.com/news/131839/Curators-scour-Capitol-for-damage-to-the-building-or-its-art

New museums


Greece’s display of royal carriages https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/09/royal-carriages-renovations/


Taiwan’s National Palace Museum and its past https://www.scmp.com/comment/opinio...l-palace-museum-controversy-more-storm-teacup


New future for the iron country at Merthyr Tydfil https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news...aims-to-bring-merthyr-tydfils-history-to-life


Museum developments


The Prado at your finger tips

https://artdaily.com/news/131299/Th...fficial-Guide-for-Android-and-iOS-smartphones


The Met launches a game

https://artdaily.com/news/131966/Th...zon-launch-interactive-Virtual-art-experience


Museum musings


Robert E Lee leaves his pedestal

https://artdaily.com/news/131339/Robert-E--Lee-statue-is-removed-from-U-S--Capitol


Museums and colonial wars https://www.heraldscotland.com/news...eal-truth-last-loot-scotlands-empire/?ref=rss


Bronze sword returned to statuehttps://edition.cnn.com/2021/01/04/us/massachusetts-statue-sword-returned-trnd/index.html


Objects


What the National Heritage Memorial Fund has spent its money on https://museumcrush.org/just-some-of-the-museum-stunning-museum-treasures-saved-by-the-nhmf/


Exhibitions


Queen Victoria’s watercolours in Edinburgh https://artdaily.com/news/131597/Tr...d-Prince-Albert-to-go-on-display-in-Edinburgh



Books


Eric Lowe: The Use of Medieval Weaponry

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/book-month-medieval-weaponry/


Eric Goldberg:In the Manner of the Franks: Hunting, Kingship, and Masculinity in Early Medieval Europe

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/new-book-examines-early-medieval-hunting/


Julius von Scholsser: Art and Curiosity Cabinets of the Late Renaissance A Contribution to the History of Collectinghttps://artdaily.com/news/131705/No...nal-work-in-the-history-of-art-and-collecting


French museum publications

https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/cadeaux/5-catalogues-exposition/1


Military history books & publishers

https://ospreypublishing.com/

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/


Online books


The RoyalBrass Foundry, Woolwich https://research.historicengland.or...939&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&t=woolwich&ns=1


Heritage, Natural Capacity and Ecosystem: Case Study Wrecks in Coastal and Marine Ecosystem: The Goodwin Sands and Kent Coast

https://research.historicengland.org.uk/Report.aspx?i=16402&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&k=wreck&ns=1


Popular culture


WonderWoman’s changing costumeshttps://artdaily.com/news/131580/Wonder-Woman-and-her-evolving-look


Music for Tudor plagues

https://artdaily.com/news/131656/From-a-1550s-pandemic--a-choral-work-still-casts-its-spell


Sea shanties are what we all want to sing in lockdown https://www.msn.com/en-gb/money/tec...man-and-why-are-shanties-trending/ar-BB1cKrCy


Sir Gawain at the cinema

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/gawain-green-knight-movies/

Events


Discover the Londonhttps://www.nauticalarchaeologysociety.org/Appeal/save-the-london

https://www.wallacecollection.org/whats-on/seminar-in-the-history-of-collecting-15/


Calls for papers


30June - 10:00 am - 5:00 pm

Weapons in society

https://royalarmouries.org/event/weapons-in-society/



Websites and downloads


British state papers are available free till 30 April

https://www.british-history.ac.uk/search/series/cal-state-papers--domestic--edw-eliz


Met still producing Dispatches from the Field regularly

https://us19.campaign-archive.com/home/?u=a84329d90ebce21b14f4a0c23&id=1891b1f9ee


Things to do at the Royal Armouries

https://royalarmouries.org/


1066 etc


Trial by Combat, Jousting & War in Medieval Scandinavia

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/trial-combat-medieval/

https://www.medievalists.net/2020/12/medieval-tournaments-jousting/

https://www.medievalists.net/2021/01/medieval-scandinavia-kalmar-union/


Finally


These last weeks I tweeted beautiful cannons

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe


Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown – 15 January 2021


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