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"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...
Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...
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 ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...
A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare ...
Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...
Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...