A "copy" of the Magna Carta, purchased by Harvard Law School in 1946, has been authenticated by British researchers, marking a significant historical discovery of the rare document.

The Harvard Magna Carta is thought to have been issued to the former parliamentary borough of Appleby in Westmorland, England. The Harvard Law School Library bought it in 1946 for $27.50 ...

Magna Carta 'copy' miscatalogued in 1940s found to be original. Harvard Law School Library bought what it thought was a stained and faded copy of the document from London book dealers Sweet ...