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Harvard removes human skin binding from a book in its library

Remember the human skin-bound spellbook from "Hocus Pocus?" Turns out it wasn't such a far-fetched movie prop after all. Until this week, a real 19th-century book bound in human skin lived at Harvard ...
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Harvard removes human skin binding from 19th-century book due to ethical concerns

Harvard University has removed human skin from the binding of a 19th-century text because it was taken without consent from a deceased woman. Harvard Library announced this month that it had removed ...
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University library removes human flesh from old book binding

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WKRC) - A university library has removed human flesh that was used to bind one of their older books after discovering its macabre history. In 2014, Harvard University's Houghton ...
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On Lamont’s 75th Anniversary, Librarians Reflect on ‘Microcosm’ of Campus History

For more than three quarters of a century, Harvard undergraduates have hit the books in the armchairs and study carrels of Lamont Library. Situated in the southeast corner of Harvard Yard, Lamont — ...
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Harvard Library removes human skin from book binding

Harvard University removed human skin from the binding of "Des Destinées de L'âme" in Houghton Library on Wednesday after a review found ethical concerns with the book's origin and history. French ...