An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered hiding in the archives of Harvard University, and the British medieval history professor who first stumbled across it online said the document ...

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...

In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British ...

A "copy" of Magna Carta bought for under $30 has been found to be a genuine surviving artifact from 1300 CE by British historians who happened upon it. In 1946, the Harvard Law School Library spent ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

In 1946, Harvard purchased what they believed to be a cheap copy of Magna Carta for $25.70. It turned out to be a screaming ... text of HLS MS 172 with other original copies of Magna Carta from ...

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is ... But as it turns out, the manuscript held in the university’s library for nearly 80 years ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of constitutions globally.

Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet ...

David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London, was browsing Harvard Law School Library's online collections in December 2023 when he stumbled on something odd: a manuscript ...

It was a reaffirmation of the original Magna Carta signed by King John and the last full issue of the document. In 1946, the Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a copy for US$27.50, ...

For 80 years, Harvard Law School believed the Magna Carta it bought for $27.50 was a reproduction. Now, British researchers think the document is a genuine version—one of a few still in existence.