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When I visited London a few years ago I went to the British Library and stumbled into their collection (and it was incredibly impressive). I had no idea they ha
by willmeyers 1y ago
When I visited London a few years ago I went to the British Library and stumbled into their collection (and it was incredibly impressive). I had no idea they had two original Magna Cartas. If you have a chance to see the document at Harvard, you should! It's really something.
- inopinatus 1y agoFun fact, there's an inconsistent comma that changes the meaning of clause XXIX.
- metabeard 1y agoThis comment is the first result when searching "inconsistent comma clause 29 magna carta" on Google. Can you link to a source?
- inopinatus 1y agohttps://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1cc1929/25/9/section/XXIX https://www.legislation.gov.uk/aep/Edw1cc1929/25/9/section/X... now compare https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Magna_Carta_%281297_version%2C_Parliament_House%2C_Canberra%2C_Australia%29.jpg https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3b/Magna_Ca... to https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Magna_Carta_%281297_version_with_seal%2C_owned_by_David_M_Rubenstein%29.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/db/Magna_Ca... There's a smudge. Of law
- adonovan 1y agoThe fourth (and best preserved of all) Magna Cartas is on display in the Chapter House of the cathedral in Salisbury.
- dwd 1y agoThe Harvard document is a copy of Edward I's 1297 Great Charter that is still partly in force today. There were earlier versions of the Magna Carta; originally authored by Stephen Langton, Archbishop of Canterbury in 1215, rejected, revised and eventually reissued and negotiated (largely by force) by William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke in 1217. https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/magna-carta/british-library-magna-carta-1215-runnymede/ https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/education/resources/magn...