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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 303654, member: 54&quot;]The Basiliscoe Mercury 281</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Unsurprisingly since we are so close to Hallowe’en, a large number of grave stores, and other related pieces scattered throughout. Fireworks and gunpowder feature, too. Otherwise exhibitions about spies and code-breakers, Flemish portraits and stories about Indian cannons. </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>Oldest flint axe in NW Europe- from Norfolk!</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/the-happisburgh-hand-axe-the-oldest-hand-axe-in-north-west-europe/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/the-happisburgh-hand-axe-the-oldest-hand-axe-in-north-west-europe/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/the-happisburgh-hand-axe-the-oldest-hand-axe-in-north-west-europe/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ironmaking in Alexander the Great’s empirein Bulgaria.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/23/archaeologists-find-alexander-great-lysimachus-iron-making-center-strategos-residence-thracian-mound-southeast-bulgaria/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/23/archaeologists-find-alexander-great-lysimachus-iron-making-center-strategos-residence-thracian-mound-southeast-bulgaria/" rel="nofollow">http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/2017/10/23/archaeologists-find-alexander-great-lysimachus-iron-making-center-strategos-residence-thracian-mound-southeast-bulgaria/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Thracian chariots</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60678-thracian-chariot-on-reddit-explained.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/60678-thracian-chariot-on-reddit-explained.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/60678-thracian-chariot-on-reddit-explained.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Grave stories</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on Germany’sBronze Agebattlefield</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60739-europe-oldest-battlefield-yields-secrets.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/60739-europe-oldest-battlefield-yields-secrets.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/60739-europe-oldest-battlefield-yields-secrets.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.dw.com/en/what-europes-most-ancient-battlefield-reveals/a-40872262" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.dw.com/en/what-europes-most-ancient-battlefield-reveals/a-40872262" rel="nofollow">http://www.dw.com/en/what-europes-most-ancient-battlefield-reveals/a-40872262</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Violence in the Andes</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pacopampa-peru-andes-archaeology-ritual-violence-skeletons-ancient-civilization-discovery-torture-a8011076.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pacopampa-peru-andes-archaeology-ritual-violence-skeletons-ancient-civilization-discovery-torture-a8011076.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/pacopampa-peru-andes-archaeology-ritual-violence-skeletons-ancient-civilization-discovery-torture-a8011076.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Explore Rothwell’s charnel house at your leisure…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/englands-best-surviving-medieval-charnel-chapel-now-accessible-new-3d-model/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/englands-best-surviving-medieval-charnel-chapel-now-accessible-new-3d-model/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/englands-best-surviving-medieval-charnel-chapel-now-accessible-new-3d-model/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Dealing with the dead on medieval battlefields</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/dead-medieval-battles-preliminary-survey/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/dead-medieval-battles-preliminary-survey/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/dead-medieval-battles-preliminary-survey/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Memorialised on a biscuit tin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://museumcrush.org/grave-marker-made-from-zulu-wars-biscuit-box-saved-by-bourne-hall-museum/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://museumcrush.org/grave-marker-made-from-zulu-wars-biscuit-box-saved-by-bourne-hall-museum/" rel="nofollow">http://museumcrush.org/grave-marker-made-from-zulu-wars-biscuit-box-saved-by-bourne-hall-museum/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Those who enjoy this section might be interested in this book on 19th century surgery</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/12/the-butchering-art-by-lindsey-fitzharris-review" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/12/the-butchering-art-by-lindsey-fitzharris-review" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/books/2017/oct/12/the-butchering-art-by-lindsey-fitzharris-review</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Miscellany</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Early for Christmas, but nice French castle for sale, at a very reasonable price…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/castle-sale-montaiguillon/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/castle-sale-montaiguillon/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/castle-sale-montaiguillon/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>France launch appeal to buy Francis I’s book of hours</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/book-of-hours-set-to-leave-britain" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/book-of-hours-set-to-leave-britain" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/book-of-hours-set-to-leave-britain</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Princesses and Amazons</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portrait of Mary Queen of Scot’s identified</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/27/secret-portrait-of-mary-queen-of-scots-lost-for-centuries-goes-on-display" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/27/secret-portrait-of-mary-queen-of-scots-lost-for-centuries-goes-on-display" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/oct/27/secret-portrait-of-mary-queen-of-scots-lost-for-centuries-goes-on-display</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mata Hari: 100 years since her death</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41595828</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/mata-hari-netherlands.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/mata-hari-netherlands.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/13/arts/mata-hari-netherlands.html</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>Saratoga’s new cannon leaves a bad smell</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/10/25/cannon-drum-as-saratoga-museum-adds-utica-artifact-to-collection" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/10/25/cannon-drum-as-saratoga-museum-adds-utica-artifact-to-collection" rel="nofollow">https://dailygazette.com/article/2017/10/25/cannon-drum-as-saratoga-museum-adds-utica-artifact-to-collection</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.uticaod.com/news/20171021/historic-utica-cannon-quietly-moves-to-new-home" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.uticaod.com/news/20171021/historic-utica-cannon-quietly-moves-to-new-home" rel="nofollow">http://www.uticaod.com/news/20171021/historic-utica-cannon-quietly-moves-to-new-home</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Four cannons found in Visakhapatnam, India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/4-cannons-unearthed-in-vizag-school/articleshow/61254254.cms" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/4-cannons-unearthed-in-vizag-school/articleshow/61254254.cms" rel="nofollow">https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/visakhapatnam/4-cannons-unearthed-in-vizag-school/articleshow/61254254.cms</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/271017/visakhapatnam-british-era-cannons-found-at-queen-mary-school.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/271017/visakhapatnam-british-era-cannons-found-at-queen-mary-school.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/271017/visakhapatnam-british-era-cannons-found-at-queen-mary-school.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]OGjz6yx6uho[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Things that go Bang…</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fireworks in India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://indianexpress.com/article/research/a-crackling-history-of-fireworks-in-india-4890178/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://indianexpress.com/article/research/a-crackling-history-of-fireworks-in-india-4890178/" rel="nofollow">http://indianexpress.com/article/research/a-crackling-history-of-fireworks-in-india-4890178/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Fireworks in Indonesia- not so happy</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/indonesia-fireworks-factory-explosion-jakarta-indonesia" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/indonesia-fireworks-factory-explosion-jakarta-indonesia" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/26/indonesia-fireworks-factory-explosion-jakarta-indonesia</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Hatfield and its connection to the Gunpowder plot</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.whtimes.co.uk/what-s-on/community-events/gunpowder-plot-kit-harington-guy-fawkes-night-hatfield-1-5255805" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.whtimes.co.uk/what-s-on/community-events/gunpowder-plot-kit-harington-guy-fawkes-night-hatfield-1-5255805" rel="nofollow">http://www.whtimes.co.uk/what-s-on/community-events/gunpowder-plot-kit-harington-guy-fawkes-night-hatfield-1-5255805</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Living in the past</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>How to bring up a baby samurai</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.livescience.com/60738-ancient-samurai-book-reveals-warrior-rules.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.livescience.com/60738-ancient-samurai-book-reveals-warrior-rules.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.livescience.com/60738-ancient-samurai-book-reveals-warrior-rules.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Jousting today</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/modern-world-medieval-sport/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/modern-world-medieval-sport/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/modern-world-medieval-sport/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Café Basiliscoe: on this week’s menu</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Stone Age banquets</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/19/stonehenge-builders-feasted-animals-scotland-feast-exhibition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/19/stonehenge-builders-feasted-animals-scotland-feast-exhibition" rel="nofollow">https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/oct/19/stonehenge-builders-feasted-animals-scotland-feast-exhibition</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Viking haggis</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12070076/Scotlands-national-dish-is-an-imposter-and-was-invented-by-Vikings-claims-master-butcher.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12070076/Scotlands-national-dish-is-an-imposter-and-was-invented-by-Vikings-claims-master-butcher.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/12070076/Scotlands-national-dish-is-an-imposter-and-was-invented-by-Vikings-claims-master-butcher.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Or Mameluke mutton</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/delectable-war-mutton-refreshments-market-place-rereading-curious-tale-mamluk-era/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/delectable-war-mutton-refreshments-market-place-rereading-curious-tale-mamluk-era/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/delectable-war-mutton-refreshments-market-place-rereading-curious-tale-mamluk-era/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Washeddownwith cider</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-history-of-hard-cider-from-the-old-testament-to-the-apple-orchard" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-history-of-hard-cider-from-the-old-testament-to-the-apple-orchard" rel="nofollow">https://www.bonappetit.com/test-kitchen/ingredients/article/the-history-of-hard-cider-from-the-old-testament-to-the-apple-orchard</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Nautical news</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Update on the Esmerelda- mainly the astrolabe –with some nonsense about it being the oldest astrolabe ever…</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41724022" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41724022" rel="nofollow">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-41724022</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/navigation-tool-astrolabe-vasco-da-gama-shipwreck-esmeralda-spd/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/navigation-tool-astrolabe-vasco-da-gama-shipwreck-esmeralda-spd/" rel="nofollow">https://news.nationalgeographic.com/2017/10/navigation-tool-astrolabe-vasco-da-gama-shipwreck-esmeralda-spd/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Ottoman guns raised for Antalya Museum </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://sabahdai.ly/UDG82g" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://sabahdai.ly/UDG82g" rel="nofollow">http://sabahdai.ly/UDG82g</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>UK hand Franklin’s ships over to Canada</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99765/Britain-to-gift-Arctic-shipwrecks-to-Canada" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99765/Britain-to-gift-Arctic-shipwrecks-to-Canada" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99765/Britain-to-gift-Arctic-shipwrecks-to-Canada</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum news and exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>News</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Benin bronzes to be returned to Nigeria</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-benin-bronzes-to-be-lent-back-to-nigeria" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-benin-bronzes-to-be-lent-back-to-nigeria" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/looted-benin-bronzes-to-be-lent-back-to-nigeria</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Trouble in the museumworld of AbuDhabi</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-ends-loan-deal-with-abu-dhabi" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-ends-loan-deal-with-abu-dhabi" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/british-museum-ends-loan-deal-with-abu-dhabi</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New museums </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vienna’s World Museum re-opens</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vienna's-new-look-weltmuseum-takes-on-colonialism" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vienna's-new-look-weltmuseum-takes-on-colonialism" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/vienna's-new-look-weltmuseum-takes-on-colonialism</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Museum musings</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Protecting culture under fire</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk's-cultural-protection-fund-makes-headway-in-conflict-zones" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk's-cultural-protection-fund-makes-headway-in-conflict-zones" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/uk's-cultural-protection-fund-makes-headway-in-conflict-zones</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This week instatues- Theodor Roosevelt under attack</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/activists-deface-american-museum-of-natural-history's-theodore-roosevelt-monument" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/activists-deface-american-museum-of-natural-history's-theodore-roosevelt-monument" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/activists-deface-american-museum-of-natural-history's-theodore-roosevelt-monument</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conservation corner</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Reconstructing Henry V’s helm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/131" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/131" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/collections/exhibition/131</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>TLC for the bed of Frederick of Prussia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/king-frederick-i-of-prussia's-bed-gets-the-royal-treatment-in-berlin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/king-frederick-i-of-prussia's-bed-gets-the-royal-treatment-in-berlin" rel="nofollow">http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/king-frederick-i-of-prussia's-bed-gets-the-royal-treatment-in-berlin</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Exhibitions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Code breaking in Cambridge</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/codebreakers-and-groundbreakers" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/codebreakers-and-groundbreakers" rel="nofollow">http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/calendar/whatson/codebreakers-and-groundbreakers</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rembrandt in Norwich</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99719/Major-exhibition-of-prints--paintings-and-drawings-by-Rembrandt-opens-in-Norwich-#.WfGi0DFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99719/Major-exhibition-of-prints--paintings-and-drawings-by-Rembrandt-opens-in-Norwich-#.WfGi0DFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99719/Major-exhibition-of-prints--paintings-and-drawings-by-Rembrandt-opens-in-Norwich-#.WfGi0DFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Netherlandsportraits in Edinburgh</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/art-and-analysis-two-netherlandish-painters-working-jacobean-scotland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/art-and-analysis-two-netherlandish-painters-working-jacobean-scotland" rel="nofollow">https://www.nationalgalleries.org/exhibition/art-and-analysis-two-netherlandish-painters-working-jacobean-scotland</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Visiting Versailles</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.chateauversailles.fr/actualites/expositions/visiteurs-versailles-1682-1789#l'exposition" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.chateauversailles.fr/actualites/expositions/visiteurs-versailles-1682-1789#l'exposition" rel="nofollow">http://www.chateauversailles.fr/actualites/expositions/visiteurs-versailles-1682-1789#l'exposition</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Pourbus in Bruges</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99561/Exhibition-at-Groeningemuseum-focuses-on-the-last-of-the-Flemish-Primitives--Pieter-Pourbus#.WeW-VDFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99561/Exhibition-at-Groeningemuseum-focuses-on-the-last-of-the-Flemish-Primitives--Pieter-Pourbus#.WeW-VDFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99561/Exhibition-at-Groeningemuseum-focuses-on-the-last-of-the-Flemish-Primitives--Pieter-Pourbus#.WeW-VDFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>MataHari in Leeuwarden</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99747/Largest-ever-Mata-Hari-exhibition-on-view-at-the-Museum-of-Friesland" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99747/Largest-ever-Mata-Hari-exhibition-on-view-at-the-Museum-of-Friesland" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99747/Largest-ever-Mata-Hari-exhibition-on-view-at-the-Museum-of-Friesland</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Rubens in Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99558/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-a-major-exhibition-entitled---147-Rubens--The-Power-of-Transformation--148-#.WeW-CTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99558/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-a-major-exhibition-entitled---147-Rubens--The-Power-of-Transformation--148-#.WeW-CTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99558/Kunsthistorisches-Museum-opens-a-major-exhibition-entitled---147-Rubens--The-Power-of-Transformation--148-#.WeW-CTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Marie Antoinette and Count Fersen in Stockholm</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/i-love-you-madly" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/i-love-you-madly" rel="nofollow">http://livrustkammaren.se/sv/utstallningar/i-love-you-madly</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Vermeer and co in Washington</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99673/Exhibition-brings-to-light-relationships-between-Vermeer-and-his-contemporaries#.WfGm5TFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99673/Exhibition-brings-to-light-relationships-between-Vermeer-and-his-contemporaries#.WfGm5TFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99673/Exhibition-brings-to-light-relationships-between-Vermeer-and-his-contemporaries#.WfGm5TFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Books</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Kim Hjardar &amp; Vegard Vike: Vikings at War</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/vikings-at-war.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/vikings-at-war.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.oxbowbooks.com/oxbow/vikings-at-war.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Tim Jenkins &amp; Rachael Abbiss (eds):Fortress Salopia</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.helion.co.uk/new-and-forthcoming-titles/fortress-salopia-exploring-shropshire-s-military-history-from-the-prehistoric-period-to-the-twentieth-century-2016-conference-proceedings.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.helion.co.uk/new-and-forthcoming-titles/fortress-salopia-exploring-shropshire-s-military-history-from-the-prehistoric-period-to-the-twentieth-century-2016-conference-proceedings.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.helion.co.uk/new-and-forthcoming-titles/fortress-salopia-exploring-shropshire-s-military-history-from-the-prehistoric-period-to-the-twentieth-century-2016-conference-proceedings.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>New books at Ken Trotman</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://kentrotman.co.uk/new-books/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://kentrotman.co.uk/new-books/" rel="nofollow">https://kentrotman.co.uk/new-books/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Online book</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>More fireworks than you can shake a leg at: BL’s renaissance festival booksto explore</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html" rel="nofollow">https://www.bl.uk/treasures/festivalbooks/homepage.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Popular culture</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>A match made in heaven- Napoleon and Rodin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99756/The-forgotten-history-of-Rodin-s-Napoleon--found-in-New-Jersey#.WfGdcTFe59A" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99756/The-forgotten-history-of-Rodin-s-Napoleon--found-in-New-Jersey#.WfGdcTFe59A" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99756/The-forgotten-history-of-Rodin-s-Napoleon--found-in-New-Jersey#.WfGdcTFe59A</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Cai Guo-Qiang and gunpowder art in Madrid</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://artdaily.com/news/99754/Gunpowder-and-explosive-art-as-Prado-museum-hosts-Chinese-artist-Cai-Guo-Qiang" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://artdaily.com/news/99754/Gunpowder-and-explosive-art-as-Prado-museum-hosts-Chinese-artist-Cai-Guo-Qiang" rel="nofollow">http://artdaily.com/news/99754/Gunpowder-and-explosive-art-as-Prado-museum-hosts-Chinese-artist-Cai-Guo-Qiang</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Gunpowder serial on BBC</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-21/gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-21/gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc/" rel="nofollow">http://www.radiotimes.com/news/2017-10-21/gunpowder-guy-fawkes-bbc/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Mail back in fashion</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/4ef279fc-6c6b-11e7-b9c7-15af748b60d0" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ft.com/content/4ef279fc-6c6b-11e7-b9c7-15af748b60d0" rel="nofollow">https://www.ft.com/content/4ef279fc-6c6b-11e7-b9c7-15af748b60d0</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Diary Dates</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events at the Wallace</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson" rel="nofollow">http://www.wallacecollection.org/whatson</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Dublin</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events" rel="nofollow">https://www.museum.ie/Visit-Us/Events</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events at the Historial</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.historial.org/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.historial.org/" rel="nofollow">http://www.historial.org/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events in Vienna</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.hgm.at/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.hgm.at/" rel="nofollow">http://www.hgm.at/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Events at the Met</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs" rel="nofollow">https://www.metmuseum.org/events/programs</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Conferences</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6 November 2017 London</p><p><br /></p><p>Visible Identities: Symbolic Codes from Personal Heraldry to Corporate Logos</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.sal.org.uk/events/2017/11/visible-identities/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.sal.org.uk/events/2017/11/visible-identities/" rel="nofollow">https://www.sal.org.uk/events/2017/11/visible-identities/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>15-17 November 2017, Canterbury</p><p><br /></p><p>Black Prince Conference </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/" rel="nofollow">https://www.canterbury-cathedral.org/whats-on/event/blackprinceconference/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Sales, fairs and auctions</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>30 October 2017 New York</p><p><br /></p><p>Arts of the Samurai</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24721/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24721/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24721/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>31 October 2017 London, Knightsbridge</p><p><br /></p><p>Important Instruments of Science &amp; Technology</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24096/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24096/" rel="nofollow">http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24096/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>6-17 November Munich</p><p><br /></p><p>Catalogue for Hermann Historica now online </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende" rel="nofollow">https://www.hermann-historica.de/en/Auktionen/Laufende</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Websites and downloads</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Portugal’sMaritimeMuseum</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://ccm.marinha.pt/pt/museu/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://ccm.marinha.pt/pt/museu/" rel="nofollow">http://ccm.marinha.pt/pt/museu/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Latest from Les Invalides: Le magazine du musée</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/le-magazine-du-musee.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/le-magazine-du-musee.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.musee-armee.fr/actualites/le-magazine-du-musee.html</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Illustrated article about guns associated with British India</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Historic_Guns_of_British_India" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Historic_Guns_of_British_India" rel="nofollow">https://wiki.fibis.org/w/Historic_Guns_of_British_India</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>1066 etc: Renaissance warfare, Vikings in winter &amp; medieval ghosts </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/nineteenth-century-memory-renaissance-italian-warfare-ercole-ricotti-jacob-burckhardt/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/nineteenth-century-memory-renaissance-italian-warfare-ercole-ricotti-jacob-burckhardt/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/nineteenth-century-memory-renaissance-italian-warfare-ercole-ricotti-jacob-burckhardt/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/winter-camp-viking-great-army-ad-872-3-torksey-lincolnshire/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/winter-camp-viking-great-army-ad-872-3-torksey-lincolnshire/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/winter-camp-viking-great-army-ad-872-3-torksey-lincolnshire/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/medieval-ghosts-can-tell-us-afterlife/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/medieval-ghosts-can-tell-us-afterlife/" rel="nofollow">http://www.medievalists.net/2017/10/medieval-ghosts-can-tell-us-afterlife/</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Finally a ghost story for Hallowe’en</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>The stalls of Barchester by MR James</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.thin-ghost.org/items/show/155" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.thin-ghost.org/items/show/155" rel="nofollow">http://www.thin-ghost.org/items/show/155</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>And a tribute to the late Robert Hardy who starred in the TV adaption</p><p><br /></p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]dFHkSCSrtfY[/MEDIA]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This fortnight we tweeted visits to East Anglia </p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe</a></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –30 October 2017</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Some people have asked me about making a contribution to the Newsletter – if you would like to support us, you can make a donation here through our Paypal account – see here for details:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html" rel="nofollow">http://www</a>.basiliscoe.com/id2.html[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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