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Two British scholars discovered that an innocuous Harvard Law School Library document was actually an original 1300 copy of the Magna Carta. Believed to be a copy from 1327 when it was purchased ...

The Magna Carta was first created by King John in 1215, designed as a peace agreement between himself and barons, who forced the king to change the way England was ruled.

Harvard Law School has discovered that a manuscript it purchased in the 1930s for just $27.50 is, in fact, a genuine 1300 edition of the Magna Carta—one of only 25 known to still exist.

Harvard’s $27.50 ‘copy’ of Magna Carta revealed to be original worth millions “You and I both know what this is!” By Nathan Metcalf Globe Correspondent, Updated May 15, 2025, 6:56 p.m. 3 ...

An authentic Magna Carta sold in 2007 for $21.3 million. The Magna Carta is one of the most important documents in history and deeply influenced the framers of the U.S. Constitution.

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 ...

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 ...

A Magna Carta misclassified as an unofficial copy in the Harvard Law School library for almost 80 years has now been verified as an original from 1300.

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of the Magna Carta from 1327 to add to its robust collection of ...