Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...

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

British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...

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 ...

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University for less than $30 as a water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, an ...

The Magna Carta was originally signed in 1215 by King John of England and is a hugely significant constitutional document.

Harvard had an Antiques Roadshow moment when a professor discovered that an original copy of the Magna Carta was worth ...

An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...