Harvard’s Magna Carta Copy Turns Out to Be an Original. Story by Joseph Pisani • 2w. For 80 years, Harvard Law School believed the Magna Carta it bought for $27.50 was a reproduction.

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

A “copy” of Magna Carta bought decades ago by Harvard Law School for just $27.50 is now understood to be an extremely rare original from 1300, according to new research.

A "copy" of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned by Harvard Law School is actually an exceedingly rare original, British ...

This ‘Copy’ of Magna Carta Turns Out to Be the Genuine Article The document in Harvard's Law Library was long believed to be a replica. Close up of the now authenticated 1300 version of Magna ...

In 1946, Harvard purchased what they believed to be a cheap copy of Magna Carta for $25.70. It turned out to be a screaming deal, because the document is actually a rare early 14th-century edition ...

A "copy" of Magna Carta bought for under $30 has been found to be a genuine surviving artifact from 1300 CE by British historians who happened upon it. For nearly 80 years, the manuscript lay at ...

A rare original of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case at Harvard Law School. (Supplied: Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School via AP)The document was described in the auction catalogue as ...

Harvard Law School bought a 1327 copy of the Magna Carta from legal book dealer Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50 in 1946. Nearly eight decades later, two researchers have discovered it's actually an ...

Harvard’s Magna Carta Copy Turns Out to Be an Original The school bought the document decades ago for $27.50. British researchers say it is likely one issued in 1300.

A “copy” of the Magna Carta, the medieval English document that has formed the basis of constitutions around the world, owned by Harvard Law School is actually an exceedingly rare original ...