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Harvard University Bought a Cheap Replica of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Turns Out It’s Likely Real and Worth Millions
Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...
Rare and authentic Magna Carta discovered long after it was purchased for $27.50
British researchers have authenticated a rare version of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School, highlighting its importance ...
A Historian Pulled an Old Document Out of Storage—and Discovered an Original Magna Carta
An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...
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Harvard Bought This Stained Copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. It Turned Out to Be an Original
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
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Harvard Law School Paid $27 for a 'Magna Carta' Copy in 1940. It Was Actually An Original
Harvard Law School Paid $27 for a 'Magna Carta' Copy in 1940. It Was Actually An Original Magna Carta is an important ...
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Harvard Paid $27 For a 'Copy' of The Magna Carta. It Turned Out to Be The Real Thing.
A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...
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This Stained Document Sitting In Harvard’s Archives Since 1946 Turns Out To Be An Original Magna Carta Issued In 1300
"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...
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Harvard’s Magna Carta Copy Believed to be Fake Turns Out an Original!
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 ...
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Rare and authentic Magna Carta discovered long after it was purchased for $27.50
"Harvard’s Magna Carta deserves celebration ... Nicholas Vincent, a professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia, said it is "a totem of liberty, central to our sense of ...
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Harvard Bought This Stained Copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. It Turned Out to Be an Original
Carpenter contacted Nicholas Vincent, a medieval historian at the University of East Anglia ... How did an original 1300 Magna Carta end up at Harvard? In 1945, a Royal Air Force veteran ...
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This Stained Document in Harvard’s Archives Since 1946 Turns Out to Be an Original Magna Carta Issued in 1300
Harvard’s archives held an original Magna Carta from 1300 for nearly 80 years, mistaken for a replica until recent research ...