Magna Carta

Rare Magna Cartas bring 30,000 people to cathedral

One visitor to Durham Cathedral says she was awestruck to see the documents in pristine condition.

The installation will project lines from ancient texts and literature all around the interior.

Specially commissioned paintings mark eight centuries of Magna Carta and the Charter of the Forest.

Four copies of the 1215 Magna Carta survive, including one originally kept at Canterbury Cathedral.

A manuscript, once considered an unofficial copy of Magna Carta, is now believed to be genuine and ''one of the world's most valuable documents''.

Harvard Law School paid just $27 for the document, which UK academics now think is the real thing.

Lincoln Castle is only place in the world where all three 13th Century manuscripts can be viewed.

One of only four copies from 1215 left, the document kept at Salisbury Cathedral has a new enclosure.

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