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

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

An original copy of the Magna Carta has sat in Harvard Law School’s library for decades without anyone realizing it. Since ...

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

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

The Harvard Magna Carta is thought to have been issued to the former parliamentary borough of Appleby in Westmorland, England ...

A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price” has been uncovered 80 years after it was ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. There are four copies of the ...

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

Harvard Law School bought what it thought was a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it's a real one from 1300 ...

Tests were carried out on the Harvard Law School Library document and it was confirmed to be an original issue of the Magna Carta from 1300.