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Harvard Bought This Stained Copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. It Turned Out to Be an Original
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
An original Magna Carta, at Harvard, in 2025 — what timing
The discovery is a reminder of the principles of governance that have guided this nation for nearly 250 years.
Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...
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This Stained Document Sitting In Harvard’s Archives Since 1946 Turns Out To Be An Original Magna Carta Issued In 1300
"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...
A Historian Pulled an Old Document Out of Storage—and Discovered an Original Magna Carta
An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...
Magna Carta Copy Harvard Bought For $27 Is Determined To Be Authentic
British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
Harvard Law School bought a copy of Magna Carta for $27. Turns out, it’s actually an original
A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...
Harvard Law’s Magna Carta ‘copy’ is actually rare relic, researchers say
Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...
Harvard University Bought a Cheap Replica of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Turns Out It’s Likely Real and Worth Millions
Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...
Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out to be extremely rare
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...
Harvard bought a Magna Carta copy for $27. It turned out to be an original from 1300.
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Harvard paid $27 for a Magna Carta copy in 1946. It’s actually an original.
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...