British researchers have authenticated a rare version of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School, highlighting its importance ...

In 1946, the library of Harvard Law School purchased a tattered document for $27.50. Records described it as a “rubbed and ...

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

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

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

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...

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 ...

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

British researchers have determined that what was believed to be a copy of the 1300 Magna Carta at Harvard's law school ...

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

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