Harvard thought it had a cheap copy of the Magna Carta. It turned out be extremely rare
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This photo provided by Harvard Law School shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School via AP)This photo provided by the Harvard Weissman Center shows imaging technology being used to help its librarians see details on a rare, faded copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 on March 19, 2024, in Cambridge, Mass. (Debora Mayer/Harvard Weissman Center via AP)This photo provided by R.B. Toth Associates shows researchers using imaging technology on a copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 to reveal details that are not visible to the human eye on March 19, 2024, at the Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass. (R.B. Toth Associates via AP)This photo provided by Harvard Law School shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School via AP)This undated photo provided by King's College London shows David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London. (King's College London via AP)This photo provided by R.B. Toth Associates shows researchers using imaging technology on a copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 to reveal details that are not visible to the human eye on March 19, 2024, at the Weissman Preservation Center at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. (R.B. Toth Associates via AP)
This photo provided by Harvard Law School shows a rare copy of the Magna Carta from 1300 sits in a display case on April 15, 2025, at Harvard Law School in Cambridge, Mass. (Lorin Granger/Harvard Law School via AP)
