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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 4480514, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury384</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A number of stories on prehistoric weapons this week, a whole shelfful of new books on a variety of subjects, museums in Ukraine and their collections, and David Blackmore publishes a novel!</p><p><br /></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>Flint arrowhead found on Cork beach <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40871414.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40871414.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40871414.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reconstructing a Bronze Age bow </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2022-05-archaeologists-reconstruct-ancient-aryan.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze Age spear found near Cirencester <a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/near-pristine-bronze-age-spear-discovered-during-wetlands-construction/143648</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Battles, towers and forts</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caithness broch damaged by stone removal <a href="https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/police-investigate-damage-to-prized-iron-age-broch-as-stones-removed-to-build-cairn-3686905" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/police-investigate-damage-to-prized-iron-age-broch-as-stones-removed-to-build-cairn-3686905" rel="nofollow">https://www.scotsman.com/heritage-and-retro/heritage/police-investigate-damage-to-prized-iron-age-broch-as-stones-removed-to-build-cairn-3686905</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alderney’s Roman fort investigated again </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-guernsey-61464804</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting round the world and through the ages</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hunting pits found in the Stonehenge landscape <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61408488" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61408488" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-61408488</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Viking DNA shows they were not all Scandinavian<a href="https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/september/viking-dna.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/september/viking-dna.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bristol.ac.uk/news/2020/september/viking-dna.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the news of the British soldiers buried near Utrecht in the 1790s <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61391848" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61391848" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-61391848</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week’s grave story blog includes a French artillery officer </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://grave-stories.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://grave-stories.com/" rel="nofollow">https://grave-stories.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating Shrewsbury motte <a href="https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/05/10/archaeologists-to-explore-the-motte-at-shrewsbury-castle/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/05/10/archaeologists-to-explore-the-motte-at-shrewsbury-castle/" rel="nofollow">https://www.shropshirelive.com/news/2022/05/10/archaeologists-to-explore-the-motte-at-shrewsbury-castle/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Excavating a crusader castle </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774" rel="nofollow">https://www.jpost.com/archaeology/article-706774</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hay castle to open to public after massive conservation project <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/25/medieval-welsh-castle-in-worlds-first-book-town-saved-from-collapse" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/25/medieval-welsh-castle-in-worlds-first-book-town-saved-from-collapse" rel="nofollow">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2022/05/25/medieval-welsh-castle-in-worlds-first-book-town-saved-from-collapse</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>17th century cannon uncovered in the Netherlands <a href="https://www.raap.nl/2022/05/23/kanon-uit-de-17e-eeuw-duikt-op-in-de-valtherschans/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.raap.nl/2022/05/23/kanon-uit-de-17e-eeuw-duikt-op-in-de-valtherschans/" rel="nofollow">https://www.raap.nl/2022/05/23/kanon-uit-de-17e-eeuw-duikt-op-in-de-valtherschans/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cannon displayed at Spanish Fort Alabama <a href="https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/05/19/mystery-cannon-be-centerpiece-spanish-ft-city-hall/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/05/19/mystery-cannon-be-centerpiece-spanish-ft-city-hall/" rel="nofollow">https://www.fox10tv.com/2022/05/19/mystery-cannon-be-centerpiece-spanish-ft-city-hall/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short articles about Falkirk, Carron and the carronade <a href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/looking-back-with-ian-scott-the-smashing-success-of-the-carronade-cannon-3709399" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/looking-back-with-ian-scott-the-smashing-success-of-the-carronade-cannon-3709399" rel="nofollow">https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/looking-back-with-ian-scott-the-smashing-success-of-the-carronade-cannon-3709399</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/carron-dams-when-water-powered-the-industrial-revolution-3700177?itm_source=parsely-api" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/carron-dams-when-water-powered-the-industrial-revolution-3700177?itm_source=parsely-api" rel="nofollow">https://www.falkirkherald.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/carron-dams-when-water-powered-the-industrial-revolution-3700177?itm_source=parsely-api</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring a gunnadefrom Cataraqui wrecked in Bass Strait in 1846&nbsp; <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/your-afternoon/cataraqui-carronade-public-for-first-time/13903276" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/your-afternoon/cataraqui-carronade-public-for-first-time/13903276" rel="nofollow">https://www.abc.net.au/radio/hobart/programs/your-afternoon/cataraqui-carronade-public-for-first-time/13903276</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Short piece on railway guns- scroll down a bit <a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=X7N2OQ_ACes" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=X7N2OQ_ACes" rel="nofollow">https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=X7N2OQ_ACes</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Derawar Fort </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/957469-the-lost-grandeur" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/957469-the-lost-grandeur" rel="nofollow">https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/957469-the-lost-grandeur</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fort Motte battlefield explored </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.postandcourier.com/news/sc-revolutionary-war-site-tells-story-of-woman-who-spurred-defeat-for-the-british/article_58cde90c-d2e1-11ec-beab-8f115f0b96db.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Olive oil of the mummies </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/olive-oil-ancient-egypt/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/olive-oil-ancient-egypt/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sapiens.org/archaeology/olive-oil-ancient-egypt/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or ancient oil </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/ancient-oil-press-found-in-field/article65401415.ece" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/ancient-oil-press-found-in-field/article65401415.ece" rel="nofollow">https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Tiruchirapalli/ancient-oil-press-found-in-field/article65401415.ece</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>With oysters </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/may-14-ancient-oyster-mounds-seagrass-sweet-secret-saving-the-mekong-delta-and-more-1.6451429/indigenous-people-harvested-huge-amounts-of-oysters-sustainably-through-history-study-finds-1.6451431" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/may-14-ancient-oyster-mounds-seagrass-sweet-secret-saving-the-mekong-delta-and-more-1.6451429/indigenous-people-harvested-huge-amounts-of-oysters-sustainably-through-history-study-finds-1.6451431" rel="nofollow">https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/may-14-ancient-oyster-mounds-seagrass-sweet-secret-saving-the-mekong-delta-and-more-1.6451429/indigenous-people-harvested-huge-amounts-of-oysters-sustainably-through-history-study-finds-1.6451431</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum of Scotland acquire Mary’s silver casket <a href="https://museumcrush.org/the-silver-casket-that-led-to-the-downfall-of-mary-queen-of-scots/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/the-silver-casket-that-led-to-the-downfall-of-mary-queen-of-scots/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/the-silver-casket-that-led-to-the-downfall-of-mary-queen-of-scots/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Duelling ladies </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/female-duel-0016802" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/female-duel-0016802" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-ancient-traditions/female-duel-0016802</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bronze guns recovered in Spanish waters go for conservation <a href="https://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2022/05/24/museo-mar-restaura-canones-bronce-66458058.html?fbclid=IwAR3zzbAMiVBMifQafBycZRWbTCQlWvwpd0H3S_s6jNhoSmV33DZZoaYJWyY" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2022/05/24/museo-mar-restaura-canones-bronce-66458058.html?fbclid=IwAR3zzbAMiVBMifQafBycZRWbTCQlWvwpd0H3S_s6jNhoSmV33DZZoaYJWyY" rel="nofollow">https://www.farodevigo.es/gran-vigo/2022/05/24/museo-mar-restaura-canones-bronce-66458058.html?fbclid=IwAR3zzbAMiVBMifQafBycZRWbTCQlWvwpd0H3S_s6jNhoSmV33DZZoaYJWyY</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pondering the fate of the Flor de la Mar<a href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/flor-de-la-mar-the-lost-treasure-ship/143632" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/flor-de-la-mar-the-lost-treasure-ship/143632" rel="nofollow">https://www.heritagedaily.com/2022/05/flor-de-la-mar-the-lost-treasure-ship/143632</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Searching for the Gaspee<a href="https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/13/rhode-island-marine-archaeology-project-volunteers-shipwreck-hms-gaspee-search/9744427002/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/13/rhode-island-marine-archaeology-project-volunteers-shipwreck-hms-gaspee-search/9744427002/" rel="nofollow">https://eu.providencejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/05/13/rhode-island-marine-archaeology-project-volunteers-shipwreck-hms-gaspee-search/9744427002/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://phys.org/news/2022-05-scientists-renew-efforts-ship-torched.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://phys.org/news/2022-05-scientists-renew-efforts-ship-torched.html" rel="nofollow">https://phys.org/news/2022-05-scientists-renew-efforts-ship-torched.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the state of the Endeavour<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/endurance-wreck-threatened-global-heating-technology-mensun-bound" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/endurance-wreck-threatened-global-heating-technology-mensun-bound" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/15/endurance-wreck-threatened-global-heating-technology-mensun-bound</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Investigating WW2 cargo ship off Greece <a href="https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/uncovering-secrets-forgotten-flotilla-off-coast-western-crete/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/uncovering-secrets-forgotten-flotilla-off-coast-western-crete/" rel="nofollow">https://greekherald.com.au/culture/history/uncovering-secrets-forgotten-flotilla-off-coast-western-crete/</a></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>ICOM defines museums </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/05/icom-museum-definition-plan-moves-forward/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/05/icom-museum-definition-plan-moves-forward/" rel="nofollow">https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2022/05/icom-museum-definition-plan-moves-forward/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum curators already out gathering stuff in Ukraine <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/23/kyiv-museums-exhibit-russian-artefacts-with-pride-and-a-warning" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/23/kyiv-museums-exhibit-russian-artefacts-with-pride-and-a-warning" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/23/kyiv-museums-exhibit-russian-artefacts-with-pride-and-a-warning</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>To make up for what is being looted <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/27/ukraine-russia-looting-museums" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/27/ukraine-russia-looting-museums" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/may/27/ukraine-russia-looting-museums</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exeter returning regalia to Native Canadians </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museumcrush.org/native-american-crowfoot-regalia-returns-from-exeter-to-its-homelands/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/native-american-crowfoot-regalia-returns-from-exeter-to-its-homelands/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/native-american-crowfoot-regalia-returns-from-exeter-to-its-homelands/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cleaning Carpaccio’s Young Knight </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://artdaily.com/news/146457/Museo-Nacional-Thyssen-Bornemisza-presents-Carpaccio-s-Young-Knight-in-a-Landscape-restoration-and-technical-study" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://artdaily.com/news/146457/Museo-Nacional-Thyssen-Bornemisza-presents-Carpaccio-s-Young-Knight-in-a-Landscape-restoration-and-technical-study" rel="nofollow">https://artdaily.com/news/146457/Museo-Nacional-Thyssen-Bornemisza-presents-Carpaccio-s-Young-Knight-in-a-Landscape-restoration-and-technical-study</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Restoring Ireland’s lost archives <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/may/22/irish-public-record-office-civil-war-bombardment-archives-reborn</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Never pick up litter in Yorkshire....</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/18/first-world-war-bomb-survives-bumpy-ride-in-yorkshire-litter-pickers-car" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/18/first-world-war-bomb-survives-bumpy-ride-in-yorkshire-litter-pickers-car" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/may/18/first-world-war-bomb-survives-bumpy-ride-in-yorkshire-litter-pickers-car</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grant’s revolvers sold for record price <a href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ulysses-grant-revolvers-sold-5m-auction" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ulysses-grant-revolvers-sold-5m-auction" rel="nofollow">https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/ulysses-grant-revolvers-sold-5m-auction</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unusual Navy gunpowder measure, dated 1850</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=knwgI6xn6bE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=knwgI6xn6bE" rel="nofollow">https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Thursday-Tidings.html?soid=1102959880889&amp;aid=knwgI6xn6bE</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sutton Hoo finds go back to Sutton Hoo</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61480771" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61480771" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-suffolk-61480771</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Andparts of the Staffordshire hoard going, too<a href="https://museumcrush.org/anglo-saxon-treasures-from-the-staffordshire-hoard-head-to-sutton-hoo/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museumcrush.org/anglo-saxon-treasures-from-the-staffordshire-hoard-head-to-sutton-hoo/" rel="nofollow">https://museumcrush.org/anglo-saxon-treasures-from-the-staffordshire-hoard-head-to-sutton-hoo/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>100 years war in Chateaudun</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.chateau-chateaudun.fr/Actualites/Exposition-Gagner-la-guerre-de-Cent-Ans" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chateau-chateaudun.fr/Actualites/Exposition-Gagner-la-guerre-de-Cent-Ans" rel="nofollow">http://www.chateau-chateaudun.fr/Actualites/Exposition-Gagner-la-guerre-de-Cent-Ans</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Italian armours at the Frist art gallery <a href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/Frist-Art-Museum-Presents-KNIGHTS-IN-ARMOR-20220518" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/Frist-Art-Museum-Presents-KNIGHTS-IN-ARMOR-20220518" rel="nofollow">https://www.broadwayworld.com/nashville/article/Frist-Art-Museum-Presents-KNIGHTS-IN-ARMOR-20220518</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Chris Fern &amp; Jenni Butterworth: Warrior Treasure, The Staffordshire Hoard in Anglo-Saxon England<a href="https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55405/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55405/" rel="nofollow">https://www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/books/id/55405/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stuart Ellis-Gorman: The Medieval Crossbow; A Weapon Fit to Kill a King<a href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval-Crossbow-Hardback/p/21280" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval-Crossbow-Hardback/p/21280" rel="nofollow">https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/The-Medieval-Crossbow-Hardback/p/21280</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Emmanuel de Crouy-Chanel: Le canon: MoyenÂge - Renaissance</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.amazon.fr/canon-Moyen-%C3%A2ge-Renaissance/dp/2869067496" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.amazon.fr/canon-Moyen-%C3%A2ge-Renaissance/dp/2869067496" rel="nofollow">https://www.amazon.fr/canon-Moyen-âge-Renaissance/dp/2869067496</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Paul Cockerham: The Incised Effigial Slabs of the Pays De La Loire<a href="https://mcusercontent.com/5557bc147d34993782f185bde/files/1e468ce4-3725-d187-8ab6-140035a5f138/Pays_de_la_Loire_slabs_flier.pdf" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://mcusercontent.com/5557bc147d34993782f185bde/files/1e468ce4-3725-d187-8ab6-140035a5f138/Pays_de_la_Loire_slabs_flier.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://mcusercontent.com/5557bc147d34993782f185bde/files/1e468ce4-3725-d187-8ab6-140035a5f138/Pays_de_la_Loire_slabs_flier.pdf</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those who enjoyed David Blackmore’s books might be interested to know he has now ventured into historical fiction: </p><p><br /></p><p>To The Douro<a href="https://djblackmore.wordpress.com/2022/05/16/published/?fbclid=IwAR0F38aMdr2x6rwGlyReAHf0Wo8zne9FUKPazYQ2D_tvN9Q5RuN4x-xHPIE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://djblackmore.wordpress.com/2022/05/16/published/?fbclid=IwAR0F38aMdr2x6rwGlyReAHf0Wo8zne9FUKPazYQ2D_tvN9Q5RuN4x-xHPIE" rel="nofollow">https://djblackmore.wordpress.com/2022/05/16/published/?fbclid=IwAR0F38aMdr2x6rwGlyReAHf0Wo8zne9FUKPazYQ2D_tvN9Q5RuN4x-xHPIE</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>20-28 August 2022 Prague </p><p><br /></p><p>ICOM-ICOMAM 2022 Annual meeting</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/icom-icomam-meeting-2022/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/icom-icomam-meeting-2022/" rel="nofollow">https://icomam.mini.icom.museum/icom-icomam-meeting-2022/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>17-18 October 2022 London</p><p><br /></p><p>Armourers &amp; Brasiers/Arms and Armour Society 700th anniversary conference, Armourers Hall, London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://zfrmz.eu/NTJUW56JEuJHLD5u27uL" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://zfrmz.eu/NTJUW56JEuJHLD5u27uL" rel="nofollow">https://zfrmz.eu/NTJUW56JEuJHLD5u27uL</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Canada’s 48th Highland regiment’s museum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://museum.48thhighlanders.ca/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://museum.48thhighlanders.ca/" rel="nofollow">https://museum.48thhighlanders.ca/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Denmark’s medieval wall-paintings </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.kalkmalerier.dk/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.kalkmalerier.dk/" rel="nofollow">http://www.kalkmalerier.dk/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.panoramas.dk/kalkmalerier/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.panoramas.dk/kalkmalerier/" rel="nofollow">http://www.panoramas.dk/kalkmalerier/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –28 May 2022</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Join me on twitter!</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>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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