In medieval Europe, scribes often wrapped their books in a protective outer layer made from the hairy hides of local land ...

An international team of archaeologists, bioinformatic specialists, and historians has discovered that many medieval books ...

The study found a strong trade network between Greenland Norse and French abbeys, linking Cistercians to broader economies, ...

Eight women from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut were in Rankin Inlet last week learning how to make sealskin wind pants for hunting. Ilitaqsiniq, an organization that serves as a literacy ...

All of the sealskin books were made in abbeys located along known 13th-century European trading routes, the researchers noted in their study; these were also Norse trading routes.

Inupiaq goggles carved from baleen set against a Tunumiit (East Greenland Eskimo) woman’s sealskin parka. Both are from the collection of the National Museum of the American Indian. Larry McNeil ...

Eight women from the Kivalliq region of Nunavut were in Rankin Inlet last week learning how to make sealskin wind pants for hunting. Ilitaqsiniq, an organization that serves as a literacy council and ...