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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 ...
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...
Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...
Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...
A pair of U.K. scholars discovered the mislabled document in Harvard Law School's digital archives. The university bought it ...
An original copy of the Magna Carta has sat in Harvard Law School’s library for decades without anyone realizing it. Since ...
A manuscript purchased by Harvard University as a cheap, water-stained copy of the Magna Carta is, in fact, “one of the world ...
Harvard Law School’s Magna Carta revealed as an original, the school bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book ...
British academics have identified a document in Harvard Law School's library as an original version of Magna Carta from 1300.
Harvard Law School bought a manuscript decades ago for $27.50. British researchers say it is likely an original document ...
Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...
Comparing it to the other six copies from 1300, Carpenter found the dimensions matched up. He and Vincent then turned to ...