# Anthropodermic bibliopegy

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropodermic-bibliopegy/331069>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropodermic-bibliopegy/331069 "2005-11-14T23:10:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropodermic-bibliopegy/331069/1 "2005-11-14T23:10:21Z")

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I thought of Cecil’s column on [human-skin lampshades](http://www.straightdope.com/columns/040604.html) when I was reading [this article](Did the Nazis make lampshades out of human skin?) on books bound in human skin. It’s called anthropodermic bibliopegy and is a fascinating topic. It seems i’m the first person to say the word “bibliopegy” on a board full of bibliophiles (=). I can think of threads started for worse reasons.

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> Bookbinding as a fine art. bibliopegic, a., of or pertaining to bookbinding. bibliopegist, a bookbinder. bibliopegistic a., of, relating to, or befitting a bookbinder. bibliopegistical a., = prec.

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**Author:** ![alterego](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/6bbea6/32.png) [@alterego](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alterego)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2005, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/anthropodermic-bibliopegy/331069/2 "2005-11-14T23:11:34Z")

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You forgot [the link](http://media.www.hlrecord.org/media/paper609/news/2005/11/10/Opinion/Books.Bound.In.Human.Skin.Lampshade.Myth-1054759.shtml?sourcedomain=www.hlrecord.org&MIIHost=media.collegepublisher.com)

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np