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# How Harvard Discovered It Has an Original Copy of the Magna Carta
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/nova/extras/how-harvard-discovered-it-has-an-original-copy-of-the-magna-carta-cq2tgj/
- Published: 2025-07-10T22:31:02.000Z
- Updated: 2025-07-10T23:00:12.000Z
- Description: They paid only $27.50 for it from a London bookseller in 1946.
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: NOVA, #ZZZ_Show_8f1ff589-6222-4260-acbf-0523a6424abf, #v1.6, #ZZZ_Extra_dea2896c-6865-4dc9-82a2-65850dae927c, #extra

Researchers used ultraviolet scans to compare Harvard Law School’s copy of the Magna Carta, word for word, against the other known originals. Their analysis helped confirm it was an original from 1300.