British researchers have authenticated a rare version of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School, highlighting its importance ...

The discovery is a reminder of the principles of governance that have guided this nation for nearly 250 years.

Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is ...

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 academics who identified the faded manuscript as an original hailed it as “one of the world’s most valuable documents ...

An original version of the Magna Carta —considered one of the most important documents in all of history—was sitting ...

Harvard’s law school library paid $27.50 in 1946 to acquire what was billed as a “somewhat rubbed and damp-stained” copy of ...

"The instant I saw it, I knew! Everything about the document looked right." In 1946, Harvard Law School bought a stained, ...

The library of Harvard Law School bought a tattered document for $27.50 back in 1946, and records described it as […] ...

Harvard University for decades assumed it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta in its collection, a stained and faded document ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly ...

In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased an early copy of the Magna Carta for $27.50. Even adjusting to about $451 in today’s ...