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I didn't know there's an actual term for binding books in human skin .. it's 'Anthropodermic bibliopegy' apparently:
Anthropodermic bibliopegy - Wikipedia
Anthropodermic bibliopegy - Wikipedia
The book is bound in human flesh and ..
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Harvard Library has announced that they had removed human skin from the binding of their copy of Des destinées de l’âme, a book first published in 1879 by French author Arsène Houssaye.
The decision to remove the human skin from the binding followed a review by Harvard Library of the book’s stewardship, which was prompted by recommendations from the Report of the Harvard University Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections, issued in the Autumn of 2022.
The review concluded that the human remains in the book’s binding no longer have a place in Harvard Library’s collections.
The Library is now in the process of conducting additional provenance and biographical research into the book and the anonymous female patient whose skin was used to make the binding.
The Library will be consulting with appropriate authorities at the University and in France to determine a final respectful disposition of these human remains.
The decision to remove the human skin from the binding followed a review by Harvard Library of the book’s stewardship, which was prompted by recommendations from the Report of the Harvard University Steering Committee on Human Remains in University Museum Collections, issued in the Autumn of 2022.
The review concluded that the human remains in the book’s binding no longer have a place in Harvard Library’s collections.
The Library is now in the process of conducting additional provenance and biographical research into the book and the anonymous female patient whose skin was used to make the binding.
The Library will be consulting with appropriate authorities at the University and in France to determine a final respectful disposition of these human remains.
Harvard University removes human skin binding from book
The book, from the mid-1880s, was reportedly bound with the skin from the body of a female patient.
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