A rare, centuries-old original Magna Carta has been rediscovered after being mistakenly catalogued as a copy during a 1940s ...

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

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

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

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 ...

Issued by Edward I in 1300, this version of the historic text is one of only seven known surviving copies. It's been hiding ...

Harvard University purchased what it thought was a cheap replica of the Magna Carta in 1946 for $27.50 — but it turns out the ...

It languished in obscurity for decades—a stained, neglected parchment dismissed as a mere copy. But now, a manuscript tucked ...

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the discovery that what Harvard University thought was a copy of the Magna Carta is actually an original.

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

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

Harvard Law School recently discovered a treasure that had been hiding in its library for decade. Two British academics say ...