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British researchers have authenticated a rare version of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School, highlighting its importance ...
In 1946, the library of Harvard Law School purchased a tattered document for $27.50. Records described it as a “rubbed and ...
Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...
British academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned ...
David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London, was browsing Harvard Law School Library's online collections in December 2023 when he stumbled on something odd: a manuscript ...
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 ...
The Harvard Law School library bought a copy of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50. It's now likely worth millions of dollars.
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 ...