Medieval Islamic designers used elaborate geometrical tiling patterns at least 500 years before Western mathematicians developed the concept. The geometric design, called “girih”, was widely ...

A blunt knife was scraped over the skin ... Finally, the leather could be curried. Today, traditional leather currying has dwindled to the last few practitioners of a medieval craft.

Joined by Doug Wingate, founder of McMinnville's Mac Mead Hall, the three aim to celebrate all things mead and medieval. At Wyrd Leather and ... gives guilds from all over town a fantastical ...

BERGEN, NORWAY—According to a Science Norway report, archaeologist Gitte Hansen of the University of Bergen is examining a collection of medieval ... of them are made of leather, Hansen said.