In 1946, Harvard Law School paid $27.50 for a replica of the Magna Carta — or so the school thought. Turns out, the document, which was purchased for around $500 in today’s money, is actually an ...

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned by Harvard Law School is actually an exceedingly rare original, British ...

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British academics have discovered a lost Magna Carta from the year 1300 in the collection of the Harvard Law Library. David Carpenter, a medieval history professor at King’s College London, was ...

What was thought to be a “copy” of the Magna Carta acquired by Harvard Law School in the 1940s has been discovered to be one of the rare originals from 1300, according to British researchers from King ...

In 1946, the library of Harvard Law School purchased a tattered document for $27.50. Records described it as a “rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta, Britain’s 1215 charter that limited ...

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research. British historians were able ...

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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 ...