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<p>[QUOTE="springfld.arsenal, post: 182642, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 257</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Autumn has finally arrived; the nights are drawing in and it is time to sit by the fire and read the latest Bazzy. Viking swords, cave art, U-boats and two exhibitions on alchemy. Not to mention various pieces on the 950thanniversary of the Battle of Hastings.</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 workshop found in Bulgaria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/07/archaeologists-discover-6500-year-old-flint-workshop-in-bulgarias-kamenovo-employed-manufactory-production/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/07/archaeologists-discover-6500-year-old-flint-workshop-in-bulgarias-kamenovo-employed-manufactory-production/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/07/archaeologists-discover-6500-year-old-flint-workshop-in-bulgarias-kamenovo-employed-manufactory-production/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave of GreekBronze Age warrior</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/archaeologists-unveil-new-findings-from-greek-warrior-s-tomb" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/archaeologists-unveil-new-findings-from-greek-warrior-s-tomb" rel="nofollow">http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/archaeologists-unveil-new-findings-from-greek-warrior-s-tomb</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ancient weapons emerge from Norwegian glaciers</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sciencenordic.com/viking-arrowheads-emerge-melting-norwegian-glaciers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sciencenordic.com/viking-arrowheads-emerge-melting-norwegian-glaciers" rel="nofollow">http://sciencenordic.com/viking-arrowheads-emerge-melting-norwegian-glaciers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Viking sword in Icelandic glacier story - bones found close by….</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/02/viking-sword-owner-found" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/02/viking-sword-owner-found" rel="nofollow">http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/02/viking-sword-owner-found</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>Ancient cave art found in north Spain</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654544" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654544" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654544</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Surveying Australia’s indigenous rock art</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/03/kimberleys-hidden-world-of-indigenous-rock-art-revealed-by-researchers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/03/kimberleys-hidden-world-of-indigenous-rock-art-revealed-by-researchers" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/03/kimberleys-hidden-world-of-indigenous-rock-art-revealed-by-researchers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>On the frontlines</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Article on the Medieval Soldier website</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://phys.org/news/2016-10-database-reveals-ancestor-veterans-years.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://phys.org/news/2016-10-database-reveals-ancestor-veterans-years.html" rel="nofollow">http://phys.org/news/2016-10-database-reveals-ancestor-veterans-years.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Through the arrow-slit . . . </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Castles and the Norman Conquest</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2016/10/14/1066-castles-and-the-norman-conquest/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2016/10/14/1066-castles-and-the-norman-conquest/" rel="nofollow">http://castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2016/10/14/1066-castles-and-the-norman-conquest/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/castles-william-the-conqueror-norman-conquest-1066" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/castles-william-the-conqueror-norman-conquest-1066" rel="nofollow">http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/castles-william-the-conqueror-norman-conquest-1066</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Scottish castles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/seven-of-scotland-s-oddest-castles-1-4260814" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.scotsman.com/news/seven-of-scotland-s-oddest-castles-1-4260814" rel="nofollow">http://www.scotsman.com/news/seven-of-scotland-s-oddest-castles-1-426</a><a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bodrum-castle-has-eye-on-unesco-world-heritage-list.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104620&NewsCatID=375" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bodrum-castle-has-eye-on-unesco-world-heritage-list.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104620&NewsCatID=375" rel="nofollow">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bodrum-castle-has-eye-on-unesco-world-heritage-list.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104620&NewsCatID=375</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fishguard Fort</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://warisboring.com/when-an-american-pirate-threatens-your-coast-build-a-fort-c24a5d14a87b#.ctex5bpao" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://warisboring.com/when-an-american-pirate-threatens-your-coast-build-a-fort-c24a5d14a87b#.ctex5bpao" rel="nofollow">https://warisboring.com/when-an-american-pirate-threatens-your-coast-build-a-fort-c24a5d14a87b#.ctex5bpao</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Has the body of missing Swedish count Königsmarckbeen found? Intriguing! </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-a-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solved" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-a-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solved" rel="nofollow">http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-a-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solv</a><a href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dna-analysis-might-solve-this-300-year-old-case-of-royal-adultery-and-murder" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dna-analysis-might-solve-this-300-year-old-case-of-royal-adultery-and-murder" rel="nofollow">http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dna-analysis-might-solve-this-300-year-old-case-of-royal-adultery-and-murder</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>Walker & Co 32P Blomefield in Canada</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theobserver.ca/2016/10/17/sarnias-beloved-cannon-had-its-start-in-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theobserver.ca/2016/10/17/sarnias-beloved-cannon-had-its-start-in-britain" rel="nofollow">http://www.theobserver.ca/2016/10/17/sarnias-beloved-cannon-had-its-start-in-britain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>US Civil War ammo uncovered by storm Matthew</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/09/civil-war-cannonball-found-on-south-carolina-beach-in-matthews-wake.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/09/civil-war-cannonball-found-on-south-carolina-beach-in-matthews-wake.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/09/civil-war-cannonball-found-on-south-carolina-beach-in-matthews-wake.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And what they did with it</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece about the Gonzales cannon</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://buzzworthy.blog.austin360.com/2016/09/30/181-years-ago-a-small-cannon-fires-a-big-shot-in-gonzales/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://buzzworthy.blog.austin360.com/2016/09/30/181-years-ago-a-small-cannon-fires-a-big-shot-in-gonzales/" rel="nofollow">http://buzzworthy.blog.austin360.com/2016/09/30/181-years-ago-a-small-cannon-fires-a-big-shot-in-gonzales/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bison barbeque!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/southern-alberta-archeologists-excavate-ancient-feast-at-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/southern-alberta-archeologists-excavate-ancient-feast-at-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump" rel="nofollow">http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/southern-alberta-archeologists-excavate-ancient-feast-at-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Into the 20th century</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Austria decides on the fate of the Hitler birthplace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90922/Austria-to-tear-down-Hitler-birth-house#.WAXqejHrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90922/Austria-to-tear-down-Hitler-birth-house#.WAXqejHrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90922/Austria-to-tear-down-Hitler-birth-house#.WAXqejHrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A Cold War memento</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.concordmonitor.com/There-is-a-lot-to-see-in-the-Granite-State-5246885" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.concordmonitor.com/There-is-a-lot-to-see-in-the-Granite-State-5246885" rel="nofollow">http://www.concordmonitor.com/The</a><a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-probe-hole-in-istanbuls-topkapi-palace-garden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104434&NewsCatID=341" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-probe-hole-in-istanbuls-topkapi-palace-garden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104434&NewsCatID=341" rel="nofollow">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-probe-hole-in-istanbuls-topkapi-palace-garden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104434&NewsCatID=341</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bit more on the state of Topkapi Palace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/topkapi-palace-risk-of-collapse-the-result-of-years-of-neglect-of-historical-heritage.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104509&NewsCatID=375" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/topkapi-palace-risk-of-collapse-the-result-of-years-of-neglect-of-historical-heritage.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104509&NewsCatID=375" rel="nofollow">http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/topkapi-palace-risk-of-collapse-the-result-of-years-of-neglect-of-historical-heritage.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104509&NewsCatID=375</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Interesting feature on Tradition, art blend in Morocco 'tbourida' cavalry charges</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90857/Tradition--art-blend-in-Morocco--tbourida--cavalry-charges#.WAXsYEgNNpU" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90857/Tradition--art-blend-in-Morocco--tbourida--cavalry-charges#.WAXsYEgNNpU" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90857/Tradition--art-blend-in-Morocco--tbourida--cavalry-charges#.W</a><a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Where-encroachers-hold-the-fort-as-conservation-takes-a-backseat/articleshow/54822338.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Where-encroachers-hold-the-fort-as-conservation-takes-a-backseat/articleshow/54822338.cms" rel="nofollow">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Where-encroachers-hold-the-fort-as-conservation-takes-a-back</a><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/15/battle-of-hastings-re-enacted-950th-anniversary" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/15/battle-of-hastings-re-enacted-950th-anniversary" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/15/battle-of-hastings-re-enacted-950th-anniversary</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2016/oct/14/battle-of-hastings-reenactors-at-home-in-pictures" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2016/oct/14/battle-of-hastings-reenactors-at-home-in-pictures" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2016/oct/14/battle-of-hastings-reenactors-at-home-in-pictures</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Medieval Venetian ship found in the Black Sea?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/01/pre-columbian-mediterranean-round-ship-discovered-for-the-first-time-by-underwater-archaeology-expedition-in-bulgarias-black-sea-zone/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/01/pre-columbian-mediterranean-round-ship-discovered-for-the-first-time-by-underwater-archaeology-expedition-in-bulgarias-black-sea-zone/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/01/pre-columbian-mediterranean-round-shi</a><a href="http://blackseamap.com/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://blackseamap.com/" rel="nofollow">http://blackseamap.com/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New work on the Vasa</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://wvtf.org/post/new-clues-emerge-centuries-old-swedish-shipwreck#stream/0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://wvtf.org/post/new-clues-emerge-centuries-old-swedish-shipwreck#stream/0" rel="nofollow">http://wvtf.org/post/new-clues-emerge-centuries-old-swedish-shipwreck#stream/0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Eight wrecks found off Taiwan from the Dutch colonial period</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://news.thewildeast.net/dutch-colonial-era-ships-found-in-tainan/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://news.thewildeast.net/dutch-colonial-era-ships-found-in-tainan/" rel="nofollow">http://news.thewildeast.net/dutch-colonial-era-ships-found-in-tainan/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New claims on the Whydah</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/10/09/explorer-says-found-pirates-treasure/91815050/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/10/09/explorer-says-found-pirates-treasure/91815050/" rel="nofollow">http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/10/09/explorer-says-found-pirates-treasure/91815050/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the search for HMS Endeavour</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/were-closing-in-on-it-the-hunt-for-captain-cooks-ship-the-hmb-endeavour-20160927-grph8t.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.smh.com.au/national/were-closing-in-on-it-the-hunt-for-captain-cooks-ship-the-hmb-endeavour-20160927-grph8t.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.smh.com.au/national/were-closing-in-on-it-the-hunt-for-captain-cooks-ship-the-hmb-endeavour-20160927-grph8t.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finds from slaveship Sao Jose Paquete d’ Africa, sank 1794, on display </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/10/10/shipwreck-relics-recovered-by-professor-displayed-in-new-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/10/10/shipwreck-relics-recovered-by-professor-displayed-in-new-museum/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/10/10/shipwreck-relics-recovered-by-professor-displayed-in-new-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Article about a visit to HMS Trincomalee</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161009/plus/the-voyage-of-hms-trincomalee-through-the-ages-211456.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161009/plus/the-voyage-of-hms-trincomalee-through-the-ages-211456.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161009/plus/the-voyage-of-hms-trincomalee-through-the-ages-211456.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Wreck of German U-boat UB-85 sunk in 1918found off coast of Stranraer?<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>RAF museum gets funding for future development</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/news/we-secure-national-lottery-investment-for-our-raf/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/news/we-secure-national-lottery-investment-for-our-raf/" rel="nofollow">http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/news/we-secure-national-lottery-investment-for-our-raf/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>What nations choose to remember</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/07/britains-view-of-its-history-dangerous-says-former-museum-director" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/07/britains-view-of-its-history-dangerous-says-former-museum-director" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/07/britains-view-of-its-history-dangerous-says-former-museum-director</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>V&A and photography</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/light-or-shadow-for-photography-at-the-v-a/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/light-or-shadow-for-photography-at-the-v-a/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/light-or-shadow-for-photography-at-the-v-a/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Recreatingan Ulfbreht sword</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-a-medieval-viking-ulfbreht-sword-get-made-today-1787362413" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-a-medieval-viking-ulfbreht-sword-get-made-today-1787362413" rel="nofollow">http://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-a-medieval-viking-ulfbreht-sword-get-made-today-1787</a><a href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/doubts-grow-over-old-masters-sold-by-giulano-ruffini/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/doubts-grow-over-old-masters-sold-by-giulano-ruffini/" rel="nofollow">http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/doubts-grow-over-old-masters-sold-by-giulano-ruffini/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France's Apocalypse Tapestry to be restored to medieval glory</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90652/France-s-Apocalypse-Tapestry-to-be-restored-to-medieval-glory#.V_deT-Trt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90652/France-s-Apocalypse-Tapestry-to-be-restored-to-medieval-glory#.V_deT-Trt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90652/France-s-Apocalypse-Tapestry-to-be-restored-to-medieval-glory#.V_deT-Trt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Objects</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>National Army Museum acquire robes and dagger of Lawrence of Arabia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/dagger-and-robes-of-lawrence-of-arabia-saved-for-nation" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/dagger-and-robes-of-lawrence-of-arabia-saved-for-nation" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/dagger-and-robes-of-lawrence-of-arabia-saved-for-nation</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Caravaggio‘s circle at London</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beyond-caravaggio" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beyond-caravaggio" rel="nofollow">http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beyond-caravaggio</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Indian courts in Paris</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/3380-ascetes-sultans-et-maharadjahs-pages-indiennes-du-musee-guimet/1/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/3380-ascetes-sultans-et-maharadjahs-pages-indiennes-du-musee-guimet/1/" rel="nofollow">http://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/3380-ascetes-sultans-et-maharadjahs-pages-indiennes-du-musee-guimet/1/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.guimet.fr/en/home/116-anglais/exhibitions/1380-ascetics-sultans-and-maharajas-indian-pages-of-the-musee-national-des-arts-asiatiques-guimet" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.guimet.fr/en/home/116-anglais/exhibitions/1380-ascetics-sultans-and-maharajas-indian-pages-of-the-musee-national-des-arts-asiatiques-guimet" rel="nofollow">http://www.guimet.fr/en/home/116-anglais/exhibitions/1380-ascetics-sultans-and-maharajas-indian-pages-of-the-musee-national-des-arts-asiatiques-guimet</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Flemish landscapes in Dresden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90548/Flemish-landscape-paintings-on-view-at-Kunsthalle-im-Lipsiusbau-#.V_IOrOTrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90548/Flemish-landscape-paintings-on-view-at-Kunsthalle-im-Lipsiusbau-#.V_IOrOTrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90548/Flemish-landscape-paintings-on-view-at-Kunsthalle-im-Lipsiusbau-#.V_IOrOTrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.skd.museum/de/sonderausstellungen/das-paradies-auf-erden/index.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.skd.museum/de/sonderausstellungen/das-paradies-auf-erden/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.skd.museum/de/sonderausstellungen/das-paradies-auf-erden/index.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alchemy in Halle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/sonderausstellungen/geplante_ausstellungen/alchemie_die_suche_nach_dem_weltgeheimnis/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/sonderausstellungen/geplante_ausstellungen/alchemie_die_suche_nach_dem_weltgeheimnis/" rel="nofollow">http://www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/sonderausstellungen/geplante_ausstellungen/alchemie_die_suche_nach_dem_weltgeheimnis/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>18th century marine painting at Yale</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions/spreading-canvas-eighteenth-century-british-marine-painting" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions/spreading-canvas-eighteenth-century-british-marine-painting" rel="nofollow">http://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions/spreading-canvas-eighteenth-century-british-marine-painting</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Valentin de Boulogne in NY</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90709/Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-exhibits-works-by-follower-of-Caravaggio-Valentin-de-Boulogne#.V_tZzeTrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90709/Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-exhibits-works-by-follower-of-Caravaggio-Valentin-de-Boulogne#.V_tZzeTrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90709/Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-exhibits-works-by-follower-of-Caravaggio-Valentin-de-Boulogne#.V_tZzeTrt9A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Art and war in modern Japan in Saint Louis </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90848/-Conflicts-of-Interest--explores-relationship-between-art-and-war-in-modern-Japan#.WAXr374NIxE" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90848/-Conflicts-of-Interest--explores-relationship-between-art-and-war-in-modern-Japan#.WAXr374NIxE" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90848/-Conflicts-of-Interest--explores-relationship-between-art-and-war-in-mode</a><a href="http://www.slam.org/exhibitions/CONFLICTS.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.slam.org/exhibitions/CONFLICTS.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.slam.org/exhibitions/CONFLICTS.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Alchemy in LA</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-research-institute-examines-art-alchemy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-research-institute-examines-art-alchemy" rel="nofollow">http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-research-institute-examines-art-alchemy</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/90747/Exhibition-explores-the-curious-blend-of-science-and-spirituality-known-as-alchemy#.V_yYdeTrt9A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/90747/Exhibition-explores-the-curious-blend-of-science-and-spirituality-known-as-alchemy#.V_yYdeTrt9A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/90747/Exh</a><a href="http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/alchemy/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/alchemy/" rel="nofollow">http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/alchemy/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Laura Crombie: Archery and Crossbow Guilds in Medieval Flanders, 1300-1500</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-archery-and-crossbow" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-archery-and-crossbow" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-archery-and-crossbow</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nicholas A. Gribit: Henry of Lancaster's Expedition to Aquitaine, 1345-1346; Military Service and Professionalism in the Hundred Years War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-henry-of-lancaster" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-henry-of-lancaster" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-henry-of-lancaster</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Translated by Jeffrey L. Forgeng: The Book of Horsemanship by Duarte I of Portugal</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-book-of-horsemanship" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-book-of-horsemanship" rel="nofollow">https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-book-of-horsemanship</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Robert F. Smith: Manufacturing Independence; Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/manufacturing_independence.php" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.westholmepublishing.com/manufacturing_independence.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.westholmepublishing.com/manufacturing_independence.php</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Bill Harriman: The Mosin-Nagant Rifle</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://ospreypublishing.com/the-mosin-nagant-rifle" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://ospreypublishing.com/the-mosin-nagant-rifle" rel="nofollow">https://ospreypublishing.com/the-mosin-nagant-rifle</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>144 Civil and military aircraft.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/144-civil-and-military-aircraft" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/144-civil-and-military-aircraft" rel="nofollow">http://www.klm-mra.</a><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LIVXb-zXg64C&pg=PR8&dq=Catalogue+of+a+Most+Splendid+and+Instructive+Collection+of+Ancient+Armour+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj94rT-ObPAhXFDMAKHVDuDfcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20a%20Most%20Splendid%20and%20Instructive%20Collection%20of%20Ancient%20Armour%20...&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LIVXb-zXg64C&pg=PR8&dq=Catalogue+of+a+Most+Splendid+and+Instructive+Collection+of+Ancient+Armour+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj94rT-ObPAhXFDMAKHVDuDfcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20a%20Most%20Splendid%20and%20Instructive%20Collection%20of%20Ancient%20Armour%20...&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LIVXb-zXg64C&pg=PR8&dq=Catalogue+of+a+Most+Splendid+and+Instructive+Collection+of+Ancient+Armour+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj94rT-ObPAhXFDMAKHVDuDfcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Catalogue of a Most Splendid and Instructive Collection of Ancient Armour ...&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>William Woolnoth, Edward William Brayley, William Tombleson: A series of views of the most interesting remains of ancient castles of England and Wales</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QBQHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+series+of+views+of+the+most+interesting+remains+of+ancient+castles+of+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLrq-t-ebPAhXsCMAKHXclAAYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=A%20series%20of%20views%20of%20the%20most%20interesting%20remains%20of%20ancient%20castles%20of%20...&f=false" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QBQHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+series+of+views+of+the+most+interesting+remains+of+ancient+castles+of+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLrq-t-ebPAhXsCMAKHXclAAYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=A%20series%20of%20views%20of%20the%20most%20interesting%20remains%20of%20ancient%20castles%20of%20...&f=false" rel="nofollow">https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QBQHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+series+of+views+of+the+most+interesting+remains+of+ancient+castles+of+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLrq-t-ebPAhXsCMAKHXclAAYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=A series of views of the most interesting remains of ancient castles of ...&f=false</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New serial on Guy Fawkes in the pipeline?</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/kit-harington-gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc-robert-catesby" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/kit-harington-gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc-robert-catesby" rel="nofollow">http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/kit-harington-gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc-robert-catesby</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New documentary on Cai Guo Qiang</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cai-guo-qiang-sky-ladder-netflix-652061" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cai-guo-qiang-sky-ladder-netflix-652061" rel="nofollow">https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cai-guo-qiang-sky-ladder-netflix-652061</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/wendi-deng-murdoch-rupert-trump-sky-ladder-art-of-cai-guo-qiang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/wendi-deng-murdoch-rupert-trump-sky-ladder-art-of-cai-guo-qiang" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/wendi-deng-murdoch-rupert-trump-sky-ladder-art-of-cai-guo-qiang</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 books</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/14/from-bayeux-to-brexit-the-battle-of-hastings-950-year-legacy" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/14/from-bayeux-to-brexit-the-battle-of-hastings-950-year-legacy" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/14/from-bayeux-to-brexit-the-battle-of-hastings-950-year-legacy</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/14/book-excerpt-promotion-the-norman-conquest-william-the-conquerors-subjugation-of-england-by-teresa-cole/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/14/book-excerpt-promotion-the-norman-conquest-william-the-conquerors-subjugation-of-england-by-teresa-cole/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/14/book-excerpt-promotion-the-norman-conquest-william-the-conquerors-subjugation-of-england-by-teresa-cole/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>27 - 29 October October 27 - 29Museums at Night</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art563418-Hipster-Druids-and-Summoning-the-Dead-Artist-events-during-the-Museums-at-Night-weekend" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art563418-Hipster-Druids-and-Summoning-the-Dead-Artist-events-during-the-Museums-at-Night-weekend" rel="nofollow">http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art563418-Hipster-Druids-and-Summoning-the-Dead-Artist-events-during-the-Museums-at-Night-weekend</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24 - 25 November Oxford </p><p><br /></p><p>Hakluyt and the Renaissance discovery of the World</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/hakluyt-400-exhibitions-and-events?_ga=1.249074503.1731705185.1476800162" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/hakluyt-400-exhibitions-and-events?_ga=1.249074503.1731705185.1476800162" rel="nofollow">http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/hakluyt-400-exhibitions-and-events?_ga=1.249074503.1731705185.1476800162</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales Fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>24 October – 5 November Hermann Historica, Munich</p><p><br /></p><p>Annual Autumn Auction 2016</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Les Invalides blog</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/blog-des-collections.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/blog-des-collections.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/blog-des-collections.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Arms and Armor Dept blog from the Met</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/talismans-in-islamic-arms-and-armor" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/talismans-in-islamic-arms-and-armor" rel="nofollow">http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/talismans-in-islamic-arms-and-armor</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Subchaser Archives & Notes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://subchaser.org/home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://subchaser.org/home" rel="nofollow">http://subchaser.org/home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://subchaser.org/newsletter" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://subchaser.org/newsletter" rel="nofollow">http://subchaser.org/newsletter</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: 1066, Templars and death in Damascus</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/16/kingship-in-death-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/16/kingship-in-death-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/16/kingship-in-death-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/murder-in-damascus-the-consequences-of-competition-among-medieval-muslim-religious-elites/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/murder-in-damascus-the-consequences-of-competition-among-medieval-muslim-religious-elites/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/murder-in-damascus-the-consequences-of-competition-among-medieval-muslim-religious-elites/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight I followed 1066 as it happened:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Medievalists" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Medievalists" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Medievalists</a></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 –19 October 2016</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: 182642, member: 54"]The Basiliscoe Mercury 257 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Autumn has finally arrived; the nights are drawing in and it is time to sit by the fire and read the latest Bazzy. Viking swords, cave art, U-boats and two exhibitions on alchemy. Not to mention various pieces on the 950thanniversary of the Battle of Hastings. Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms Flint workshop found in Bulgaria [URL]http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/07/archaeologists-discover-6500-year-old-flint-workshop-in-bulgarias-kamenovo-employed-manufactory-production/[/URL] Grave of GreekBronze Age warrior [URL]http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/fall-2016/article/archaeologists-unveil-new-findings-from-greek-warrior-s-tomb[/URL] Ancient weapons emerge from Norwegian glaciers [URL]http://sciencenordic.com/viking-arrowheads-emerge-melting-norwegian-glaciers[/URL] Update on the Viking sword in Icelandic glacier story - bones found close by…. [URL]http://icelandreview.com/news/2016/10/02/viking-sword-owner-found[/URL] Hunting round the world and through the ages Ancient cave art found in north Spain [URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-37654544[/URL] Surveying Australia’s indigenous rock art [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/oct/03/kimberleys-hidden-world-of-indigenous-rock-art-revealed-by-researchers[/URL] On the frontlines Article on the Medieval Soldier website [URL]http://phys.org/news/2016-10-database-reveals-ancestor-veterans-years.html[/URL] Through the arrow-slit . . . Castles and the Norman Conquest [URL]http://castlestudiestrust.org/blog/2016/10/14/1066-castles-and-the-norman-conquest/[/URL] [URL]http://www.historyextra.com/article/bbc-history-magazine/castles-william-the-conqueror-norman-conquest-1066[/URL] Scottish castles [URL='http://www.scotsman.com/news/seven-of-scotland-s-oddest-castles-1-4260814']http://www.scotsman.com/news/seven-of-scotland-s-oddest-castles-1-426[/URL][URL]http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bodrum-castle-has-eye-on-unesco-world-heritage-list.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104620&NewsCatID=375[/URL] Fishguard Fort [URL]https://warisboring.com/when-an-american-pirate-threatens-your-coast-build-a-fort-c24a5d14a87b#.ctex5bpao[/URL] Grave stories Has the body of missing Swedish count Königsmarckbeen found? Intriguing! [URL='http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-a-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solved']http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/article/watch-could-a-300-year-old-murder-mystery-finally-be-solv[/URL][URL]http://motherboard.vice.com/read/dna-analysis-might-solve-this-300-year-old-case-of-royal-adultery-and-murder[/URL] Cannons to the left, cannon to the right Walker & Co 32P Blomefield in Canada [URL]http://www.theobserver.ca/2016/10/17/sarnias-beloved-cannon-had-its-start-in-britain[/URL] US Civil War ammo uncovered by storm Matthew [URL]http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/10/09/civil-war-cannonball-found-on-south-carolina-beach-in-matthews-wake.html[/URL] And what they did with it [URL]http://www.livescience.com/56458-hurricane-matthew-uncovers-civil-war-cannonballs.html[/URL] Piece about the Gonzales cannon [URL]http://buzzworthy.blog.austin360.com/2016/09/30/181-years-ago-a-small-cannon-fires-a-big-shot-in-gonzales/[/URL] Café Basiliscoe Bison barbeque! [URL]http://calgaryherald.com/news/local-news/southern-alberta-archeologists-excavate-ancient-feast-at-head-smashed-in-buffalo-jump[/URL] Into the 20th century Austria decides on the fate of the Hitler birthplace [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90922/Austria-to-tear-down-Hitler-birth-house#.WAXqejHrt9A[/URL] A Cold War memento [URL='http://www.concordmonitor.com/There-is-a-lot-to-see-in-the-Granite-State-5246885']http://www.concordmonitor.com/The[/URL][URL]http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/experts-probe-hole-in-istanbuls-topkapi-palace-garden.aspx?pageID=238&nid=104434&NewsCatID=341[/URL] Bit more on the state of Topkapi Palace [URL]http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/topkapi-palace-risk-of-collapse-the-result-of-years-of-neglect-of-historical-heritage.aspx?PageID=238&NID=104509&NewsCatID=375[/URL] Interesting feature on Tradition, art blend in Morocco 'tbourida' cavalry charges [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/90857/Tradition--art-blend-in-Morocco--tbourida--cavalry-charges#.WAXsYEgNNpU']http://artdaily.com/news/90857/Tradition--art-blend-in-Morocco--tbourida--cavalry-charges#.W[/URL][URL='http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Where-encroachers-hold-the-fort-as-conservation-takes-a-backseat/articleshow/54822338.cms']http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/Where-encroachers-hold-the-fort-as-conservation-takes-a-back[/URL][URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/15/battle-of-hastings-re-enacted-950th-anniversary[/URL] [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/gallery/2016/oct/14/battle-of-hastings-reenactors-at-home-in-pictures[/URL] Nautical news Medieval Venetian ship found in the Black Sea? [URL='http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/01/pre-columbian-mediterranean-round-ship-discovered-for-the-first-time-by-underwater-archaeology-expedition-in-bulgarias-black-sea-zone/']http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2016/10/01/pre-columbian-mediterranean-round-shi[/URL][URL]http://blackseamap.com/[/URL] New work on the Vasa [URL]http://wvtf.org/post/new-clues-emerge-centuries-old-swedish-shipwreck#stream/0[/URL] Eight wrecks found off Taiwan from the Dutch colonial period [URL]http://news.thewildeast.net/dutch-colonial-era-ships-found-in-tainan/[/URL] New claims on the Whydah [URL]http://www.pnj.com/story/news/2016/10/09/explorer-says-found-pirates-treasure/91815050/[/URL] Update on the search for HMS Endeavour [URL]http://www.smh.com.au/national/were-closing-in-on-it-the-hunt-for-captain-cooks-ship-the-hmb-endeavour-20160927-grph8t.html[/URL] Finds from slaveship Sao Jose Paquete d’ Africa, sank 1794, on display [URL]http://www.gwhatchet.com/2016/10/10/shipwreck-relics-recovered-by-professor-displayed-in-new-museum/[/URL] Article about a visit to HMS Trincomalee [URL]http://www.sundaytimes.lk/161009/plus/the-voyage-of-hms-trincomalee-through-the-ages-211456.html[/URL] Wreck of German U-boat UB-85 sunk in 1918found off coast of Stranraer?[URL]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-south-scotland-37691283[/URL] Museum news and exhibitions New museums RAF museum gets funding for future development [URL]http://www.rafmuseum.org.uk/london/whats-going-on/news/we-secure-national-lottery-investment-for-our-raf/[/URL] Museum musings What nations choose to remember [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2016/oct/07/britains-view-of-its-history-dangerous-says-former-museum-director[/URL] V&A and photography [URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/comment/comment/light-or-shadow-for-photography-at-the-v-a/[/URL] Conservation corner Recreatingan Ulfbreht sword [URL='http://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-a-medieval-viking-ulfbreht-sword-get-made-today-1787362413']http://sploid.gizmodo.com/seeing-a-medieval-viking-ulfbreht-sword-get-made-today-1787[/URL][URL]http://theartnewspaper.com/news/news/doubts-grow-over-old-masters-sold-by-giulano-ruffini/[/URL] France's Apocalypse Tapestry to be restored to medieval glory [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90652/France-s-Apocalypse-Tapestry-to-be-restored-to-medieval-glory#.V_deT-Trt9A[/URL] Objects National Army Museum acquire robes and dagger of Lawrence of Arabia [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/oct/19/dagger-and-robes-of-lawrence-of-arabia-saved-for-nation[/URL] Exhibitions Caravaggio‘s circle at London [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2016/oct/05/artemisia-gentileshi-painter-beyond-caravaggio[/URL] [URL]http://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/beyond-caravaggio[/URL] Indian courts in Paris [URL]http://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/boutique/special/3380-ascetes-sultans-et-maharadjahs-pages-indiennes-du-musee-guimet/1/[/URL] [URL]http://www.guimet.fr/en/home/116-anglais/exhibitions/1380-ascetics-sultans-and-maharajas-indian-pages-of-the-musee-national-des-arts-asiatiques-guimet[/URL] Flemish landscapes in Dresden [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90548/Flemish-landscape-paintings-on-view-at-Kunsthalle-im-Lipsiusbau-#.V_IOrOTrt9A[/URL] [URL]http://www.skd.museum/de/sonderausstellungen/das-paradies-auf-erden/index.html[/URL] Alchemy in Halle [URL]http://www.lda-lsa.de/landesmuseum_fuer_vorgeschichte/sonderausstellungen/geplante_ausstellungen/alchemie_die_suche_nach_dem_weltgeheimnis/[/URL] 18th century marine painting at Yale [URL]http://britishart.yale.edu/exhibitions/spreading-canvas-eighteenth-century-british-marine-painting[/URL] Valentin de Boulogne in NY [URL]http://artdaily.com/news/90709/Metropolitan-Museum-of-Art-exhibits-works-by-follower-of-Caravaggio-Valentin-de-Boulogne#.V_tZzeTrt9A[/URL] Art and war in modern Japan in Saint Louis [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/90848/-Conflicts-of-Interest--explores-relationship-between-art-and-war-in-modern-Japan#.WAXr374NIxE']http://artdaily.com/news/90848/-Conflicts-of-Interest--explores-relationship-between-art-and-war-in-mode[/URL][URL]http://www.slam.org/exhibitions/CONFLICTS.php[/URL] Alchemy in LA [URL]http://patch.com/california/pacificpalisades/getty-research-institute-examines-art-alchemy[/URL] [URL='http://artdaily.com/news/90747/Exhibition-explores-the-curious-blend-of-science-and-spirituality-known-as-alchemy#.V_yYdeTrt9A']http://artdaily.com/news/90747/Exh[/URL][URL]http://www.getty.edu/research/exhibitions_events/exhibitions/alchemy/[/URL] Books Laura Crombie: Archery and Crossbow Guilds in Medieval Flanders, 1300-1500 [URL]https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-archery-and-crossbow[/URL] Nicholas A. Gribit: Henry of Lancaster's Expedition to Aquitaine, 1345-1346; Military Service and Professionalism in the Hundred Years War [URL]https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-henry-of-lancaster[/URL] Translated by Jeffrey L. Forgeng: The Book of Horsemanship by Duarte I of Portugal [URL]https://boydellandbrewer.com/bb-medieval-herald-book-of-horsemanship[/URL] Robert F. Smith: Manufacturing Independence; Industrial Innovation in the American Revolution [URL]http://www.westholmepublishing.com/manufacturing_independence.php[/URL] Bill Harriman: The Mosin-Nagant Rifle [URL]https://ospreypublishing.com/the-mosin-nagant-rifle[/URL] 144 Civil and military aircraft. [URL='http://www.klm-mra.be/D7t/en/content/144-civil-and-military-aircraft']http://www.klm-mra.[/URL][URL]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LIVXb-zXg64C&pg=PR8&dq=Catalogue+of+a+Most+Splendid+and+Instructive+Collection+of+Ancient+Armour+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjj94rT-ObPAhXFDMAKHVDuDfcQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=Catalogue%20of%20a%20Most%20Splendid%20and%20Instructive%20Collection%20of%20Ancient%20Armour%20...&f=false[/URL] William Woolnoth, Edward William Brayley, William Tombleson: A series of views of the most interesting remains of ancient castles of England and Wales [URL]https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=QBQHAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=A+series+of+views+of+the+most+interesting+remains+of+ancient+castles+of+...&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiLrq-t-ebPAhXsCMAKHXclAAYQ6AEIHjAA#v=onepage&q=A%20series%20of%20views%20of%20the%20most%20interesting%20remains%20of%20ancient%20castles%20of%20...&f=false[/URL] Popular culture New serial on Guy Fawkes in the pipeline? [URL]http://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2016/10/kit-harington-gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc-robert-catesby[/URL] New documentary on Cai Guo Qiang [URL]https://news.artnet.com/art-world/cai-guo-qiang-sky-ladder-netflix-652061[/URL] [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/oct/11/wendi-deng-murdoch-rupert-trump-sky-ladder-art-of-cai-guo-qiang[/URL] 1066 books [URL]https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/oct/14/from-bayeux-to-brexit-the-battle-of-hastings-950-year-legacy[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/14/book-excerpt-promotion-the-norman-conquest-william-the-conquerors-subjugation-of-england-by-teresa-cole/[/URL] Events 27 - 29 October October 27 - 29Museums at Night [URL]http://www.culture24.org.uk/art/art563418-Hipster-Druids-and-Summoning-the-Dead-Artist-events-during-the-Museums-at-Night-weekend[/URL] Conferences 24 - 25 November Oxford Hakluyt and the Renaissance discovery of the World [URL]http://www.chch.ox.ac.uk/library-and-archives/hakluyt-400-exhibitions-and-events?_ga=1.249074503.1731705185.1476800162[/URL] Sales Fairs and auctions 24 October – 5 November Hermann Historica, Munich Annual Autumn Auction 2016 [URL]http://www.hermann-historica.de/db2_en/newauction.html[/URL] Websites and downloads Les Invalides blog [URL]http://www.musee-armee.fr/collections/blog-des-collections.html[/URL] Arms and Armor Dept blog from the Met [URL]http://www.metmuseum.org/blogs/ruminations/2016/talismans-in-islamic-arms-and-armor[/URL] Subchaser Archives & Notes [URL]http://subchaser.org/home[/URL] [URL]http://subchaser.org/newsletter[/URL] 1066 etc: 1066, Templars and death in Damascus [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/16/kingship-in-death-in-the-bayeux-tapestry/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/embracing-death-celebrating-life-reflections-on-the-concept-of-martyrdom-in-the-order-of-the-knights-templar/[/URL] [URL]http://www.medievalists.net/2016/10/04/murder-in-damascus-the-consequences-of-competition-among-medieval-muslim-religious-elites/[/URL] Finally This fortnight I followed 1066 as it happened: [URL]https://twitter.com/Medievalists[/URL] [URL]https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe[/URL] Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –19 October 2016 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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