The Basiliscoe Mercury 265

The Basiliscoe Mercury 265


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


Arms and armour in the news


Several stories about prehistoric weapons, James I of Scotland is the latest monarch to be looked for, several stories from India- including the moving of Tipu Sultan’s armoury- and a few downloadable reports. Even better the days are drawing out here in the northern hemisphere and temperatures are creeping up. It's almost spring….


Ancient arms and forts


The Bronze Age moved by horse

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/02/thousands-horsemen-may-have-swept-bronze-age-europe-transfhttps://phys.org/news/2017-02-sharpening-knowledge-prehistory-east-africa.html


Violence in prehistoric California

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/02/170217013044.htm


Bronze Age weapon hoard found in Angus

http://www.scotsman.com/news/3-000-year-old-spearhead-found-in-angus-find-of-a-lifetime-1-4367614


Roman gate found in Israeli dig

http://www.timesofisrael.com/archaeologists-shocked-to-find-ancient-gateway-at-house-of-gates/


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Woolly mammoths returning, sometime soon…

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2017/feb/16/woolly-mammoth-resurrection-scientists


Ancient hunting weapons and tools found in Denmark

http://www.startribune.com/hunting-tools-tell-how-first-people-in-denmark-lived/413388013/


Grave stories


Death in Pictland

http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/02/2017/facial-reconstruction-of-pictish-man-bhttp://www.livescience.com/57793-viking-warrhttp://artdaily.com/news/93950/Long-lost-lions-from-Charles-V-s-tomb-to-be-auctioned-at-Chrhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-39028871


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Lincoln Castle Revealed wins award

http://lincolnshiretoday.net/mag/heritage-project-award-lincoln-castle-revealhttp://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/castle-sale-le-chateau-de-pouzilhac/


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Piece about Malik-e-Maidan, one of India’s largest cannons

https://www.ibcwhttp://www.gilmermirror.com/view/fu...cannon?instance=secondary_stories_left_column


Protecting Fort Jefferson

http://wlrn.org/post/protecting-pro...ilize-historic-fort-jefferson-almost-complete


Living in the past


How to sword fight

https://champions.co/p/watch-everything-you-know-about-sword-fighting-from-movies-is-wronhttp://www.medievalists.net/2017/02...menting-event-authenticity-medieval-festival/


Burnt turnips- a Siberian delicacy (interesting article!)

http://sibhttp://artdaily.com/news/93972/MOLA-excavations-at-Crossrail-Farringdon-site-reveal-secrethttp://www.thecantoncitizen.com/2017/02/10/true-https://www.theguardian.com/cities/...s-inside-newly-discovered-underworld-valletta


Civil war artefacts from Starborough Castle on display in Eden Valley.

http://www.oxted-today.co.uk/article.cfm?id=113232&headline=Civil%20war%20artefacts%20inspire%20http://www.bbc.co.uhttp://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertahttp://navaltoday.com/2017/02/22/another-wwii-bomb-found-in-portsmouth/


Legacy of landmines

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innov...nd-why-weve-struggled-get-rid-them-180962276/


World Heritage


Update on Nimrud

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new...ologist-assesses-isil-destruction-of-nimrud-/


BM sends experts to Mosul to assess damage

http://artdaily.com/news/93936/Brit...i-experts-to-save-Mosul-heritage#.WKwBRjGml9A


Short piece on Pacific trade

http://www.ancient-origins.net/hist...ty-fascinating-history-manila-galleons-007607


400-year-old map shows Edo Castle’s purpose when builthttp://www.asahi.com/ajwhttps://www.nyoooz.com/news/mysore/...-help-shift--tipu-sultans-armoury-by-march-10

http://www.deccanherald.com/content/597983/tipus-armoury-shifting-goes-smooth.html


A walk round Kot Diji Fort

http://nation.com.pk/http://combatarchaeology.org/traces-of-color-on-the-figurehead-of-gribshttp://juneauempire.com/art/art/2017-02-23/200-year-old-russian-wreck-found-kruzov-island-near-sitka


WW1 shipwreck HMS Anglia sunk 1915 off Folkestone gets legal protection http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-39065046


Japanese warships stripped for scrap

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...japanese-wwii-shipwrecks-torn-apart-for-scrap


Project set up to investigate the tanks lost before the D-Day landings

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/ne...pictures_of_Poole_Bay__39_s_Valentine_tanks_/



Museum news and exhibitions


News


RAF Museum celebrates the centenary with special book

http://artdaily.com/news/93666/The-RAF-Centenary-Anthology--An-extraordinary-editionhttp://artdaily.com/news/93641/19th-century-painting-of-Washington-and-Rochambehttp://theartnewspaper.com/newhttp://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/early-victorian-photos-featured-on-new-websithttp://artdaily.com/news/93679/Oxfo...orks-of-William-Henry-Fox-Talbot#.WJ7kITGml9A


Digital exhibition of 18th century South Africa

http://artdaily.com/news/93779/Rijk...h-comprehensive-digital-portrait#.WKQbKDGml9A


Asian Art Museum’s new video art to commemorate 75th anniversary of Japanese incarceration during WWII

http://artdaily.com/news/93902/Asia...anese-incarceration-during-WWII-#.WKqsDzGml9A


Sistine Chapel from the comfort of your own laptop

http://artdaily.com/news/94069/Sistine-chapel-photographed-in-unprecedented-detail#.WLKc_DGml9A



Museum musings


Invasion of Singapore still causes problems

http://artdaily.com/news/94073/Singapore-renames-WWII-exhibition-after-outcry#http://www.smithsonianmag.com/innov...nd-why-weve-struggled-get-rid-them-180962276/


Banning ivory

https://www.theguardian.com/artandd...g/2017/feb/16/uk-ivory-art-ban-prince-william


Conservation corner


Breughel uncovered in Bath Museum store

http://theartnewspaper.com/news/conservation/brueghel-painting-emerges-from-bath-museum-s-storeroom/


Atlanta’s Cyclorama on the move

http://www.myajc.com/news/the-cyclorama-how-move-ton-painting/w2Dq3JspX6QySp9qtn2FHI/

http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/explore/destinations/atlanta-cyclorama


Objects


Beith Bronze Age Shield

https://www.sal.orghttp://www.artsandcollections.com/article/antiquhttps://www.apollo-magazine.chttp://artdaily.com/news/93825/Giant-French-flag-going-on-display-at-British-castlhttp://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...at-bhagat-singhs-gun/articleshow/57158060.cms


AdolfHitler’s telephone sold

http://artdaily.com/news/93919/Hitler-s-phone-sells-for-more-than--240-000#.WKqr0zGml9A


Exhibitions


London archaeology in Docklands

https://www.theguardian.com/science...t-into-londons-history-thrown-up-by-crossrail


WWI photographs in London

http://artdaily.com/news/93636/Exhi...ect-of-Britain-s-First-World-War#.WJ2MnzGml9A


Women in the navy in Portsmouth

http://www.historicdockyard.co.uk/n...-stories-to-celebrate-women-in-the-royal-navy


Brueghels in Bath

http://artdaily.com/news/93804/The-...n-devoted-to-the-Bruegel-dynasty#.WKVoETGml9A


Caravaggio in Dublin

http://artdaily.com/news/93710/-Bey...-the-National-Gallery-of-Ireland#.WKAkSDGml9A


South Africa in Amsterdam

https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/good-hope


Bosch in Venice

http://artdaily.com/news/93946/Exhi...esents-works-by-Hieronymus-Bosch#.WKwBnTGml9A


Gothic boxwood in New York

http://www.metmuseum.org/exhibithttps://ospreypublishing.com/the-fn-minimi-light-machine-gun


Colin J M Martin: A Cromwellian Warship wrecked off Duart Castle, Mull, Scotland, in 1653

http://www.socantscot.org/product/a-cromwellian-warship-wrecked-off-duart-castle-mull-scotland-1653/


Review of picturebook on World War I tankshttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4244860/Pictures-British-tank-secured-victory-Allies.html



Online Books


Andrei Octavian Farcas: Maces in medieval Transylvania between the thirteenth and the sixteenth centuries (Master’s Thesis, Central European University, 2016)

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/maces-medieval-transylvania-thirteenth-sixteenth-centuries/


H. L. Hunley: Recovery Operations

https://www.history.navy.mil/resear...hip-wrecksites/hl-hunley/recovery-report.html



Popular culture


Making armour and weapons for entertainment media in India

http://www.thehindu.com/society/dressing-up-vintage-warriors/article17326572.ece


And armour for ladies who game

http://kotaku.com/for-honor-http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/gunpowder-drama-kit-harington_uk_58a8b4b4e4b0https://www.landmarktrust.org.uk/crownhill-fort/crownhill-fort-whats-on/


Conferences


24 June 2017 Ludlow

Memorials in the Marches: Monuments in the church of St Laurence, Ludlow

http://www.ludlowpalmers.uk/Ludlow_Monuments.pdf


September Germany

ICOMAM

https://icomam-germany2017.de/



Sales, fairs and auctions


28 March 2017 London

Two Great Scottish Collections: Property from the Forbeses of Pitsligo and the Marquesses of Lothian

http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2017/two-great-scottish-collections-l17317.html


Preview for Hermann-Historica

http://www.hermann-historica.de/AuctionData/1/A74/pdf/flyer/A74_Flyer_komplett_Netz.pdf



Websites and downloads


L'Echo du Dôme n°38 février-mai 2017

http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/le-magazine-du-musee.html


Richard III’s book of hours goes on line

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/richard-lll-book-hours-now-online/


1066 etc: Robin Hood, Teutonic Knights, cavalry Byzantine soldiers

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/robin-hood-three-estates-medieval-society/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/teutonic-order-cyprus-ca-1197-1250/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/thoughts-role-cavalry-medieval-warfare/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/02/soldiers-life-early-byzantine-masculinity-manliness-war/


Finally


We have begun planning the next ICOMAM MAGAZINE- let us know if you have news or articles for it!


A fortnight on Twitter


James I of Scotland gets his own twitterfeed so you can follow the search for his remains! https://twitter.com/james1ofscots

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Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –27 February 2017


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