Harvard Law School's document labeled as an unofficial copy since 1946 is actually an original Magna Carta from 1300. Professors David Carpenter and Nicholas Vincent confirmed its authenticity through ...

An up-close look at a rare copy of the Magna Carta in a display case at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (Courtesy of Lorin Granger, Harvard Law School) ...

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 A.D. and worth quite a bit more. Why it matters: The document has been ...

Close up of the now authenticated 1300 version of Magna Carta. ... Magna Carta is considered the first document to proclaim the principle that the king and his government are not above the law.

A close-up photograph of The City of London Corporation’s 1297 copy of Magna Carta on display at its Heritage Gallery within Guildhall Art Gallery on September 20, 2022 in London, England.

The document is over 700 years old. Prof Carpenter teamed up with fellow Magna Carta expert Nicholas Vincent, professor of medieval history at the University of East Anglia, to investigate the ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30.

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...

BOSTON (AP) — Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document it had purchased for less than $30. But two ...