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

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 original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law. It formed the basis of ...

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

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

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

Decades ago, Harvard University purchased a stained and faded copy of the Magna Carta for less than $30. Two researchers now concluded it's much more valuable: a rare version issued in 1300 by ...

"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...

An original copy of the Magna Carta has been found in a Harvard University library, stunning British academics who hailed the school’s previously perceived imitation as “one of the world’s ...

The original Magna Carta established in 1215 ... a professor of medieval history at Britain's University of East Anglia, to confirm the authenticity of Harvard's document. Comparing it to the ...