An early copy of the Magna Carta

[likethebeer]

An Early Copy of the Magna Carta Was Found Forgotten in an Old Scrapbook
An archivist in England stumbled upon a 715-year-old edition of the charter credited for initiating a new framework of governance

By Laura Clark
smithsonian.com
February 10, 2015

Comments

[sirreal13]

How in doG's name did anyone think it OK to shove such a rare and important document into oblivion? (unless they planned to steal it and sell it off?)

Magna Carta

[likethebeer]

That's a good idea. I'd thought someone didn't know it's importance but looking back at it, you're right that there would probably be accident in the late 1800s.