A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

Harvard Law School bought what it thought was a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it's a real one from 1300 ...

An original copy of the Magna Carta has sat in Harvard Law School’s library for decades without anyone realizing it. Since ...

A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, “one of the world ...

Harvard Law School’s Magna Carta revealed as an original, the school bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book ...

A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabeled document in Harvard Law School’s digital archives. The university bought it ...

Comparing it to the other six copies from 1300, Carpenter found the dimensions matched up. He and Vincent then turned to ...

The Magna Carta was a landmark legal document responsible for shifting the balance of power away from the kings who had spent ...

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

University bought faded document for less than US$30; researchers have concluded it is a rare version from 1300 issued by ...