Harvard Law School’s ‘copy’ of Magna Carta revealed as original from 1300 [Harvard Law School]

Harvard Law School

May 15, 2025

British researchers have discovered that a ‘copy’ of Magna Carta owned by Harvard Law School is in fact an extraordinarily rare original from 1300. The discovery by leading Magna Carta experts from King’s College London and the University of East Anglia (UEA) means the document, which Harvard Law School acquired in the 1940s, is just one of seven from King Edward I’s 1300 issue of Magna Carta that still survive. Read More: https://hls.harvard.edu/today/harvard...