08 Apr 2006
Ancient Book May Be Covered in Human Skin

This is just bizarre - Friday has it's killer rabbit, now it looks like the Army of Darkness has dropped off their book! What' next - will they discover the tomb of Conan next week?

This undated image released by Britain's West Yorkshire Police on Saturday April 8, 2006, shows a 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin, found on a central street in Leeds, northern England. Much of the text is in French, and it was not uncommon around the time of the French Revolution for books to be covered in human skin. The practice, known as anthropodermic bibliopegy, was sometimes used in the 18th and 19th centuries when accounts of murder trials were bound in the killer's skin. (AP Photo/West Yorkshire Police, PA)AP - A 300-year-old book that appears to be bound in human skin has been found in northern England, police said Saturday.

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