That book is poison: Even more Victorian covers found to contain toxic dyes

Old books with toxic dyes may be in universities, public libraries, private collections.

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[Arember]

There is nothing wrong with a little bit of poison on the edge of the pages, especially when a book threatens to strike the devilish spark that would set a new fire to the whole world, and laughter would be defined as the new art, a mockery of God's truth, and the cause of all failures when combating the enemies of the Christian faith and woke ideology.

-- Jorge de Burgos, 14th century; also many Republicans of the 21st century hard bent on banning books like all Fascists tend to do eventually

I have never seen that quote before, but surely Umberto Eco was aware of it, and I wouldn't be surprised if it was the primary inspiration behind The Name of the Rose.

Edit: How dumb am I? I just realised that Jorge de Burgos (Jorge de Borges? He hides in a labyrinth?) is the protagonist of TNOTR. Iw as confused by the attribution to the 14th century.