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 ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded it ...

The Magna Carta was signed on June 15, 1215, when King John met with the Barons at Runnymede, a meadow on the south bank of the River Thames, just outside London. It is considered one of the most ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have concluded it ...

A rare original Magna Carta, misidentified and sold “for a fairly derisory price”, has been uncovered 80 years after it was wrongly catalogued. The remarkable discovery was made by Professor David ...

Harvard Law School recently discovered a treasure that had been hiding in its library for decade. Two British academics say that a copy of the Magna Carta in the Ivy League university’s possession is ...

BOSTON — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two researchers have ...

Kent County Council archivist Dr. Mark Bateson with the Sandwich Magna Carta (all images courtesy Kent County Council) Imagine holding a copy of the Magna Carta, folding it up, and forgetting about it ...

Law Library Special Collections Rare Book Room Exhibits Exploring Magna Carta This is the first printed edition of Bracton, which had circulated in manuscript for centuries. This edition was printed ...

Harvard University’s $27 document is a rare 1300 Magna Carta Only seven known copies of the 1300 version exist Experts used UV light and spectral imaging to verify it The document highlights modern ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight ...