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

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

An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...

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

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an ...

Harvard Law School Paid $27 for a 'Magna Carta' Copy in 1940. It Was Actually An Original Magna Carta is an important ...

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

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’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 ...

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 ...

It languished in obscurity for decades—a stained, neglected parchment dismissed as a mere copy. But now, a manuscript tucked ...