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Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...
In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British ...
An original copy of the Magna Carta has been discovered hiding in the archives of Harvard University, and the British ...
A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an ...
British academics have identified a document in Harvard Law School's library as an original version of Magna Carta from 1300.
A "copy" of Magna Carta bought for under $30 has been found to be a genuine surviving artifact from 1300 CE by British ...
A Magna Carta classified by Harvard as an unofficial copy for almost 80 years has been declared as an original issued by ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
A rare Magna Carta document at Harvard Law School, misidentified for 80 years, has been confirmed as an original from 1300 by ...
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 ...