The Basiliscoe Mercury 285 TheInternet newsletter for the arms and armour community Happy New Year! Interesting wrecks off Mexico, Waterford’s medieval sword, lots of news from the museum world, and a number of fascinating exhibitions. To ease us into the New year there a variety of stories in the popular culture, some of which will probably make you Gnash Your Teeth…. Best wishes for 2018! Arms and armour in the news Ancient arms Prehistoric spears from Arabia https://www.livescience.com/61285-stone-tools-found-in-saudi-arabia.html And fromNorth Africa http://popular-archaeology.com/issu...new-light-on-dispersal-of-early-modern-humans Tutankhamun’s dagger https://www.livescience.com/61214-king-tut-dagger-outer-space.html Waterford’s civic sword https://www.academia.edu/35007211/2016_How_Waterford_won_its_civic_sword_the_battle_of_Ballymacaw._ Battles, towers and forts Investigating a Roman camp near Armageddon https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...-roman-legion-camp-near-armageddon-180967654/ Dundurn https://www.thecourier.co.uk/fp/news/local/perth-kinross/570370/perthshire-hilltop-fort-was-pictish-sthttps://phys.org/news/2017-12-coastal-erosion-threatens-archaeological-sites.html Caribou on the menu https://www.archaeology.org/issues/281-1801/features/6162-where-the-ice-age-caribou-ranged Over the wall, through the gunloop What to do with the medieval castles of Lithuania http://www.medievalists.net/2018/01...s-rehabilitation-lithuanian-medieval-castles/ Tuscan castle for sale http://www.medievalists.net/2018/01/medieval-castle-sale-italy-torre-di-fiume/ Update on the Hull Blockhouse excavations http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-42414850 Story of Dunree Fort https://www.derrynow.com/news/bbc-screen-story-dunree-fort-later-month/201779 Cannons to the left, cannon to the right George II cannon sold, but to whom? http://www.kentonline.co.uk/sheerne...oric-cannon-rescued-from-river-medway-157860/ Restoring Don Juan’s gunnades, New Zealand https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/restored-cannons-take-pride-place French WWI gun erected at Walla Walla airport. http://www.chron.com/news/article/Historic-cannon-to-add-to-experience-at-Walla-1https://news.webindia123.com/news/ahttp://www.miamiherald.com/news/http://indianexpress.com/article/in...er-shah-suris-guns-cemeteries-temple-5014614/ Researching the terra cotta army http://artdaily.com/news/101274/An-...erracotta-army--Find-immortality#.WkT1S-QiF9A Vietnam: Dien Hai Citadel (and its cannons) named National Special Relichttp://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/ar...ent-citadel-named-national-special-relic.html Living in the past Fort Frederick, Maryland, raising money for new cannon https://www.heraldmailmedia.com/new...cle_82ec240b-85c8-5fd7-935f-db22f386c3c0.html Miscellany How Henry VIII spent Christmas http://www.bbc.co.uk/nhttps://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/jan/04/peterloo-massacre-bloody-clash-that-changed-britain Princesses and Amazons Five women warriors from Indian history https://feminisminindia.com/2017/12/22/5-medieval-women-warriors/ Nautical news Piece about Welsh wrecks http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/hidden-wrecks-wales-you-never-14112956 Wrecks in the Bristol Channel http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/h...h-waves-bristol-1021194#ICID=sharebar_twitter Exhibition on great Lake wrecks at Presque Isle Bay http://www.goerie.com/entertainmentlife/20171221/review-shipwreck-exhibit-exploreshttp://www.trecpi.org/ You never know what you will find in a cannon… http://www.reflector.com/News/2018/...verd-in-Blackbeard-cannon-from-1712-book.html Letters from an admiral… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...us-lord-nelson-letters-reveal-less-noble-side Dutch and British ships discovered off Yucatan coast https://globalnews.ca/news/3943584/...d-british-ships-discovered-off-yucatan-coast/ http://www.theyucatantimes.com/2017/12/pieces-of-history-off-yucatans-coast-part-one/ http://www.newsweek.com/ancient-sun...-steamboat-lighthouse-discovered-coast-772598 Video of WWI Australian submarine http://edition.cnn.com/videos/world/2017/12/21/australia-submarine-mystery-found-lon-ejk.cnn Museum news and exhibitions News Mughal jewels stolen from Doge’s Palace http://artdaily.com/news/101509/Qatari-owned-jewels-stolen-in-audacious-Venice-heist-#.Wk4EyeQiF9A Government interference in Poland’s museum? http://theartnewspaper.com/news/outcry-over-polish-government-s-changes-to-second-world-war-museum Feature on La Porte County Historical Society Museum, including weapons http://www.chicagotribune.com/subur...tb-laporte-museum-st-0105-20171228-story.html French museum considers returning African artefacts http://theartnewspaper.com/news/ethnographic-museum-ready-to-return-african-art Visitor numbers to Auschwitz rise http://artdaily.com/news/101507/Aus...ive-2-1-million-visitors-in-2017#.Wk4FLeQiF9A But visitors numbers to the Taj Mahal to be controlled http://artdaily.com/news/101504/India-limits-visitors-to-save-Taj-Mahal-#.Wk4FjeQiF9A Changes to charging for admission to the Met http://theartnewspaper.com/news/new-york-s-metropolitan-museum-to-charge-out-of-town-visitors Museum developments Portuguese collections have new initiative to work with scholars and curators http://artdaily.com/news/101490/New...s---Sintra-Queluz-Pena--launched#.Wkybk-QiF9A Conservation corner Restoring a Flemish masterpiece http://artdaily.com/news/100279/Lie...Thief--by-the-Master-of-Fl-malle#.WkT1yuQiF9A More on the new St Petersburg textile facility http://theartnewspaper.com/news/dress-rehearsal-for-hermitage-s-fashion-and-textiles-centre Researching bronze alloys https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/12/171222090349.htm Objects Marine’s awards acquired by the Smithsonian http://artdaily.com/news/101346/Vie...f-Honor-displayed-at-Smithsonian#.WkYPhuQiF9A Chance to buy the sandals of Lawrence of Arabia http://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Lawre...-sandals-to-be-auctioned-for-over-4000-518427 Or a pieceofNelson’sTrafalgar flag http://artdaily.com/news/101567/Sot...cts-celebrating-Nelson-s-legend-#.WlM0_DEiF9A Bonham’s armour sale results http://www.bonhams.com/press_release/25251/ Exhibitions Fouquet in Berlin http://artdaily.com/news/101429/Ber...r-for-the-first-time-in-80-years#.WkoD-uQiF9A 16th century German paintings in Stuttgart http://artdaily.com/news/101396/Exh...f-the-Master-of-Messkirch-s-work#.WkitveQiF9A Rueland Frueauf the Elder in Vienna http://artdaily.com/news/101334/Mas...Frueauf-the-Elder-and-his-Circle#.WkYPF-QiF9A Arcimboldo in Bilbao http://artdaily.com/news/101466/Exh...ngs-together-works-by-Arcimboldo#.WktPluQiF9A 19th century firearms in Athens. Georgia http://artdaily.com/news/101427/Geo...seum-shows-19th-century-weaponry#.WkoFFeQiF9A Art of WWI in Canberra http://artdaily.com/news/101372/-Ar...he-National-Gallery-of-Australia#.WkiujOQiF9A Books European Silver in the Collection of Her Majesty The Queen http://artdaily.com/news/101171/New...n-silver-in-the-Royal-Collection#.WkT30-QiF9A Steven J. Zaloga: The Anti-Tank Rifle https://ospreypublishing.com/store/...ooks/available-this-month/the-anti-tank-rifle Online Book Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte: Etudes sur le passe et I'avenir de I'artillerie https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_NOMmuyzUv7wC Popular culture Short article on MR James and how medieval manuscripts inspired his ghost stories http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/m-r-james-the-medievalist-that-turned-ghost-storyteller/ Latest Robin Hood film takes a very modern look at the subject http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/201...will-see-hero-suffer-ptsd-returning-crusades/ Piece about recent historical dramas https://www.newstatesman.com/cultur...t-s-time-we-accepted-historical-drama-fiction The power of the Western https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-...oke-deadwood-why-us-turns-to-wild-west-crisis Websites and downloads 1066 etc: De re militari, Chinese walls, French crusaders, Templars http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12...hirteenth-century-translation-de-re-militari/ http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12/record-defense-xiangyangs-city-wall-1206-1207/ http://www.medievalists.net/2017/12...ion-part-medieval-work-la-chronique-de-moree/ http://www.medievalists.net/2018/01...eval-europe-twelfth-early-fourteenth-century/ Finally This fortnight I tweeted Christmas in Somerset https://twitter.com/Basiliscoe Compiled by Ruth Rhynas Brown –8 January 2018 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: http://www.basiliscoe.com/id2.html
