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IcyPeas

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10. Interesting the things you learn here:

Reply to getagrip_already (Reply #3)

Thu Mar 28, 2024, 05:25 PM

Mar 28

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, mummy brown began to fall out of popularity. Fresh supplies of mummies diminished, and artists were less satisfied with the pigment's permanence and finish.[1]: 255 [10] The Pre-Raphaelite artist Edward Burne-Jones was reported to have ceremonially buried his tube of mummy brown in his garden when he discovered its true origins.[1]: 255 [2]

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Harvard Removes Human Skin Binding From Book In Its Collections (Whoa!) [View all] RSherman Mar 28 OP

What took them so long? Nasty. flying_wahini Mar 28 #1

That's some creepy shit, but I did learn a new term: "anthropodermic bibliopegy" Ocelot II Mar 28 #2

Then you may want to google "Mummy Brown".... getagrip_already Mar 28 #3

I did - eww. But you can't buy it any more, not since the mid-20th c. Ocelot II Mar 28 #5

Some companies make a color called mummy brown sarisataka Mar 28 #6

Interesting the things you learn here: IcyPeas Mar 28 #10

Wow that's like some creepy Ed Gein shit Blue Owl Mar 28 #4

My seminary had a book on Christian history bound in a Lenape man's skin. intheflow Mar 28 #7

Wow, thanks for this info.... RSherman Mar 28 #9

Others: TheProle Mar 28 #8

"Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin" Celerity Mar 28 #11