The Basiliscoe Mercury 282

The Basiliscoe Mercury 282


TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community


An ancient helmet found under the sea, the usual round up of gruesomelykilled skeletons, cannons in Thailand, the devilish courgette bomb and wrecks in Asian waters. In addition lots of conservation stories, and a selection of museums shops for Christmas.



Arms and armour in the news


Ancient arms


Helmets from Punic Wars raised from seabed

https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/1.821064


2,400-year-old horse and chariot pit unearthed in China

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-11/01/c_136720716.htm


The Art of the Fling: Trebuchets & Onangers http://www.sentinelsource.com/paren...cle_8db08d06-bff3-11e7-a061-db8fc5de7ddc.html


Temple of Mithrasreopens in London

https://www.theguardian.com/science...oman-temple-mithras-opens-public-bloomberg-hq

https://www.londonmithraeum.com/


Carving ofancientPictwarrior uncovered

http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/r...-big-nosed-warrior-found-near-perth-1-4602051


Battles, towers and forts


Iron Age fort needs help

http://www.exmouthjournal.co.uk/news/a-2-500-year-old-castle-near-exmouth-needs-your-help-1-5260692


Byzantine finds from Bulgarian fortress

http://archaeologyinbulgaria.com/20...mp-found-momchils-fortress-southern-bulgaria/


Beasts of assorted varieties…


Importance of cows and horses

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017...orses-sparked-inequality-across-ancient-world


17th century ring of keeper of hawks found

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-herts-41763074


Grave stories


Violent death in Mercia- skeleton in Hereford cathedral

http://www.herefordtimes.com/news/1...hedral_dates_back_to_the_origins_of_Hereford/


Death by sword in medieval Denmark- a fascinating story

https://journals.scholarsportal.info/pdf/23530707/v23i0001/13_tdoamdacobti.xml


Investigating Jamestown’s early colonists

https://www.washingtonpost.com/loca...abb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4cb89fa51684


And a Christmas book for the folks who like this section:

Martin Smith:Mortal Wounds: The Human Skeleton as Evidence for Conflict in the Past

https://www.pen-and-sword.co.uk/Mortal-Wounds-Hardback/p/13843


Through the arrow-slit . . .


Another week, another stretch of the Great Wall of China found…

http://www.magtheweekly.com/detail/699-ancient-gates-walls-excavated-in-china


Hoard of ancient coins found in Scotney castle…

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...tique-coins-found-in-drawer-at-scotney-castle


Black Prince’s stained glass?

http://vidimus.org/issues/issue-114/feature/


Walrus trade in the Middle Ages

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11...rade-greenland-trade-networks-north-atlantic/


Cannons to the left, cannon to the right


Cannon district of 18th century Istanbul

https://www.dailysabah.com/history/...rict-a-clash-of-cultures-in-istanbuls-tophane


Thai Navy allowed to keep and exhibit 12 old cannons http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30331491

https://www.bangkokpost.com/news/security/1358815/revered-war-veteran-cannons-to-go-on-display


1816 Carron gun on a Broome EICo carriage in Pakistan

https://dailytimes.com.pk/134467/forgotten-village-unsung-heroes/


Civil war battlefields looking for protection

http://www.warringtonguardian.co.uk..._role_in_Second_Civil_War_could_be_protected/


WWI-era cannon refurbished, on display in Rochester park http://13wham.com/news/local/wwi-era-cannon-refurbished-on-display-in-rochester-park


Restored WWII cannon returning to Mokena on Veterans Day http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...a-cannon-restored-st-1107-20171108-story.html


Triumphant return: WWII gun redeployed to McCormick Park https://www.thechronicleonline.com/...cle_3b123d64-c503-11e7-a3ee-473923e56c03.html


Café Basiliscoe


A glass of Neolithic vintage…

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-41965080


To wash down the meat our crocodile chef prepared earlier…

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017...e-work-crocodile-teeth-instead-early-butchers


Into the 20th century


Update on Sergeant Gray of Littlehampton

http://museumcrush.org/public-help-solve-the-mystery-of-what-happened-to-sgt-gray/


Forgotten soldiers of WWI

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...lim-heroes-fought-for-britain-first-world-war


Bomb that was really a courgette/zucchini

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/03/germany-police-bomb-garden-courgette-zucchini


Listing monuments

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...children-first-world-war-bomb-grade-ii-listed


Nautical news


Women and the Royal Navy in objects

http://museumcrush.org/eleven-objects-that-tell-the-story-of-women-and-the-royal-navy/


Search for Zheng He’s lost ship

http://www.scmp.com/news/china/soci...ty-admiral-zheng-hes-lost-treasure-ship-heats


Update on the French 16th century wreck off Cape Canaveral

https://www.livescience.com/60859-shipwreck-excavation-awaits-court-ruling.html


A lot riding on one cannon ball: San Francisco lost off Japan, 1609?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/whttps://www.themorningbulletin.com....und-on-the-abrolhos-the-site-of-aust/3263637/


On the trail of VOC ship Aagtekerke, lost 1726

https://thewest.com.au/news/wa-day/...ntury-dutch-ship-the-aagtekerke-ng-b88657357z


The fate of WW2 wrecks in Asia

https://www.theguardian.com/world/n...ave-robbery-asias-disappearing-ww2-shipwrecks



Museum news and exhibitions


News


Victoria and Albert Museum secures £15m endowment fund http://theartnewspaper.comnews/vict...-endowment-fund-with-donation-from-art-jameel


New plans for Cleveland

http://artdaily.com/news/99959/Cleveland-Museum-of-Art-releases-new-strategic-plan#.WfreVjGDN9A


Naqquar Khana (Trumpet House), Vijayapura museum of archaeologyhttp://www.deccanherald.com/content/642512/delve-regal-past.html


Museum developments


Get up close and personal with Van Eyck

http://artdaily.com/news/99908/Majo...ser-To-Van-Eyck--web-application#.Wfg9iTGDN9A


Visithistoric properties from the comfort of your own arm chair

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...s-the-digital-age-with-new-google-partnership


Museum musings


Give the museums cash

https://www.theguardian.com/culture...an-view-on-the-museums-review-wheres-the-cash


How ballistics entrapped a criminal antiques firearms dealer

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...guns-back-to-antique-arms-dealer-paul-edmunds


Conservation corner


Cleaning Vermeer

http://artdaily.com/news/100084/Gem...ding-a-Letter-at-an-Open-Window-#.WgLJSDGDN9A


Reproduction armour displayed in Smolensk

https://stopru.org/in-smolensk-the-...rmor-will-be-immersed-in-the-middle-ages/4564


Conserving Florentine frescos

http://artdaily.com/news/99979/Frie...ica-of-the-Santissima-Annunziata#.WfwyzzGDN9A


Researching Caravaggio

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news...research-centre-with-a-little-help-from-fendi


Behind the scenes at the Met’sCostume Institute

http://www.theartnewspaper.com/news/behind-the-seams-at-the-mets-costume-institute


Update on conservation projects at Cosford RAF museum

http://museumcrush.org/rebuilding-wwii-aircraft-inside-raf-museum-cosfords-conservation-centre/


Objects


Lost portrait of Nelson found

http://artdaily.com/news/100227/Los...discovered-by-Philip-Mould---Co-#.WglfwTGDN9A


ClarkArt Institute buys portrait of the son of a French hero – with sword!

http://artdaily.com/news/100247/Cla...neteenth-century-French-portrait#.WgqwxjGDN9A


Lloyds patriotic fund sword

https://blog.royalarmouries.org/201...es-edward-bowens-lloyds-patriotic-fund-sword/


Exhibitions


Conflict in ancient art at London

http://artdaily.com/news/100112/New...onship-between-conflict-and-art-#.WgQahTGDN9A


WWI in Rotherham

http://artdaily.com/news/100194/WW1...-final-centenary-year-of-the-war#.WggOvTGDN9A


Vikings in Toronto

http://artdaily.com/news/100029/The...omes-to-the-Royal-Ontario-Museum#.Wf7ezjGDN9A


Weapons in the National Museum of Korea

http://www.museum.go.kr/site/eng/ex...lGallery?exhiSpThemId=174666&listType=gallery

http://english.donga.com/List/3/08/26/1122673/1


Books


Matthias Pfaffenbichler: Turnier- 1000 Jahre Ritterspiele

https://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/?shop%5BshowItem%5D=100000000031310-1988-0&cHashhttps://shop.khm.at/en/shop/detail/...1539-0&cHash=90a1f7a92d392df7a02a056fb217c0bf


Alan Larsen & Henry Yallop: The Cavalry Lance

https://ospreypublishing.com/store/...-books/available-this-month/the-cavalry-lance


Historic England: Portsmouth

https://www.english-heritageshop.org.uk/books-media/paperback-historic-england-porthttps://ospreypublishing.com/store/...ing-books/available-this-month/samurai-armour


Thomas Hippler: Governing from the Skies; A Global History of Aerial Bombing

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2261-governing-from-the-skies


Anna Feigenbaum : Tear Gas; From the Battlefields of WWI to the Streets of Today

https://www.versobooks.com/books/2109-tear-gas


Ken Trotman’s latest

http://www.kentrotman.com/


Basiliscoe Press

http://basiliscoe.com/id2.html


Online Books


Former RAF Upper Heyford, Cherwell, Oxfordshire: A reassessment of the flying field Conservation Area

http://research.historicengland.org...&ru=/Results.aspx?p=1&n=10&rn=74&ry=2017&ns=1


British Journal for Military History

http://www.bjmh.org.uk/index.php/bjmh/index



Popular culture


Guy Fawkes’s legacy

https://www.theguardian.com/books/b...awkes-ignited-an-explosive-literary-tradition


Designing costumes and armour for Bollywood

http://indianexpress.com/article/li...hahid-kapoor-warrior-armours-designs-4909554/


And for a wonder woman, too

https://nerdist.com/wonder-woman-medieval-armor-costume/#



Events


Diary Dates


Christmas fair Denmark

https://www.middelaldercentret.dk/en


Christmas market Vienna

http://www.hgm.at/de/nc/museum/vera...////mittelalterlicher-adventmarkt-2017-1.html


Events in Chelsea

https://www.nam.ac.uk/whats-on


Events in Spain

http://www.patrimonionacional.es/


Sales, fairs and auctions


29 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge

Antique Arms and Armour

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24230/

http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24879/


30 November 2017 - London, Knightsbridge

Modern Sporting Guns

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24228/


6 December 2017- London

Arms, armour and militaria

http://www.thomasdelmar.com/



Websites and downloads


Tøjhusmuseet

http://natmus.dk/museerne/toejhusmuseet/


Vasa Museum

https://www.vasamuseet.se/en


1066 etc: Jousting, Dover castle fighting huns & Trial by combat

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11...xample-pas-darmes-burgundy-duke-charles-bold/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/henry-ii-thomas-becket-building-dover-castle/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/hunnic-warfare-fourth-fifth-centuries-c-e/

http://www.medievalists.net/2017/11/trial-combat-bloody-business-justice/


Focus on Christmas shopping

https://shop.royalarmouries.org/accessories.html

https://shop.nms.ac.uk/

https://www.boutiquesdemusees.fr/fr/

https://www.rijksmuseumshop.nl/en/

https://store.metmuseum.org/?utm_so...term=100517&utm_content=topnav+static+shopall

http://en.natmus.dk/sales-and-services/museum-shops/

https://shop.khm.at/en

https://shop.historic-scotland.gov.uk/outlander

https://www.spri.cam.ac.uk/shop/

http://www.maryroseshop.org/


Finally


This fortnight I tweeted pictures of Kings Lynn

https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe



Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –18 November 2017


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