Source: Deutsche Welle [German state media]
“What was long thought to be a copy of the Magna Carta at Harvard Law School in the US is in fact an extremely rare original from among seven surviving versions of the document issued by English King Edward I in 1300, British experts said on Thursday. The ‘Great Charter,’ the first extant expression in writing of the principle that a king and his government are not above the law, originally dates from June 1215, when it was signed by King John. Among other things, it was key to the drawing up of the US Declaration of Independence and constitution in the late 18th century. Harvard obtained the document in the 1940s for just $27.50, the equivalent of just over $470 (€420) today, according to a US Department of Labor inflation calculator.” (05/15/25)
https://www.dw.com/en/harvard-magna-carta-copy-is-original-experts-say/a-72548684