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  2. Sheepskin - Wikipedia

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    Sheepskin is used to produce sheepskin leather products [2] and soft wool-lined clothing or coverings, including gloves, hats, slippers, footstools, automotive seat covers, baby and knee rugs and pelts. Sheepskin numnahs, saddle pads, saddle seat covers, sheepskin horse boots, tack linings and girth tubes are also made and used in equestrianism ...

  3. Coats of skin - Wikipedia

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    The Fall of Adam and Eve as depicted on the Sistine Chapel ceiling. In the biblical story of Adam and Eve, coats of skin (Hebrew: כתנות עור, romanized: kāṯənōṯ ‘ōr, sg. coat of skin) were the aprons provided to Adam and Eve by God when they fell from a state of innocent obedience under Him to a state of guilty disobedience.

  4. List of books bound in human skin - Wikipedia

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    A copy of De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis kept in the Wellcome Library, believed to be bound in human skin Anthropodermic bibliopegy —the binding of books in human skin—peaked in the 19th century. The practice was most popular amongst doctors, who had access to cadavers in their profession. It was nonetheless a rare phenomenon even at the peak of its popularity, and ...

  5. Morocco leather - Wikipedia

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    The finest grades of Morocco leather are goatskin, but by the late 19th century other skins often were substituted in practice, particularly sheepskin and split calfskin. For example, French Morocco is a variety made of sheepskin. [6] The tanning process varied widely, but the traditional tanning material was sumac.

  6. Sackcloth - Wikipedia

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    Hezekiah, clothed in śaq, spreads open the letter before the Lord.(Sackcloth (Hebrew: שַׂק śaq) is a coarsely woven fabric, usually made of goat's hair. The term in English often connotes the biblical usage, where the Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible remarks that haircloth would be more appropriate rendering of the Hebrew meaning.

  7. Sheepskin may have been used in legal documents to aid ... - AOL

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    The structure of sheepskin made attempts to remove or modify text obvious, new research suggested. Skip to main content. News. 24/7 help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

  8. Goatskin (material) - Wikipedia

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    It is often used for gloves, boots, and other products that require a soft hide. Kid gloves, popular in Victorian times , are still made today. It has been a major material for leather bookbindings for centuries, and the oldest European binding, that of the St Cuthbert Gospel in the British Library is in red goatskin.

  9. LifeWay Christian Resources - Wikipedia

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    Lifeway produces curriculums and Bible studies used in Sunday schools and other church functions. Lifeway publishes the Christian Standard Bible (the successor to the Holman Christian Standard Bible), [2] as well as Christian books and commentaries through B&H Publishing. Lifeway has a research division that studies Protestant trends and ...