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A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Tucked among a trove of medieval documents was Harvard Law School Manuscript 172, identified as a copy of the Magna Carta ...
The original Magna Carta established in 1215 the principle that the king is subject to law, and it has formed the basis of ...
The Magna Carta was a landmark legal document responsible for shifting the balance of power away from the kings who had spent ...
Harvard Law School’s Magna Carta revealed as an original, the school bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book ...
In the 40s, Harvard purchased a faded, stained copy of the Magna Carta for $US27. But in a startling discovery, two British ...
British academics have identified a document in Harvard Law School's library as an original version of Magna Carta from 1300.
A 'copy' of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...
A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, “one of the world ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...