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 ...

In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British researchers have confirmed it is a rare original from 1300. Until now, there ...

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

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.

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, ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.

“The text had to be correct.” Vincent and Carpenter’s next puzzle was to work out how Harvard came to possess an original Magna Carta. They traced its provenance, beginning with the $27.50 ...

Harvard Law School acquired for $27.50 what was thought to be a “cheap” copy of the Magna Carta. Turns out, the manuscript is a rare original—one of just seven surviving copies from 1300 issued by ...

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 ...