Harvard University Library News confirmed that the school library collections cover a book of the nineteenth century is made from human skin, which is also confirmed by the school library so far the only one I Paper.
Harvard University Library is the oldest library of the United States, but also the collection up to the world's largest university library, the Houghton Library to a large number of rare and manuscript collections renowned for. Recently, scientists have confirmed through a series of tests, the nineteenth century French writer Arthur Palal written a book cover material can be 99.9% confident that for the human skin.
The school library, said Arthur Palal rendered text description of the "soul and life after death meditation" in mid-1880, the author likes this book gave him a book doctor friend.
Library, said after receiving the book, Dr. Ludovic leather binding of the book cover the employer alleged human skin comes from "a mentally ill woman died of a stroke unclaimed bodies." In the book, Dr. Ludovic left a handwritten note explaining his actions.
"This book is the employer leather binding, without any decoration in order to maintain its elegance", "look closely, you can easily identify the pores on human skin," Ludovic doctors wrote, "This is a book about the human soul books, worthy human skin protection, "" piece of human skin from the back of a woman ...... "
Houghton Library previously reported in this book, but until the 4th confirmed this book cover human skin, then the Houghton Library at Harvard University's blog announced the news.
This is the first time at Harvard University found that people Paper, Harvard Law School and the School of Medicine had found a similar library books, but later confirmed as sheepskin book. To confirm the book cover production time, Harvard University researchers analyzed proteins which are recognized from the primates. After further study of the protein, the researchers confirmed that this is a piece of human skin.
In the 19th century, people Paper is not very rare. Harvard University, said at the time, some of the bodies of executed criminals were donated to the scientists, some of which condemned the skin is made the cover of the book.
Information that, according to statistics, the number of people around the world are currently around 100 Paper, major collections in some European countries, museums and libraries, but it may be more of a private collection, not much is known of the world. Allegedly, the British Museum, Bury St. Mose Si Church Yuan door, a collection of my Paper. The content of the book is a murder occurred in 1827, the UK introduced, and the cover of the human skin belongs to the murderer.
