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DescriptionMagna Carta (British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106).jpg |
English: The Magna Carta (originally known as the Charter of Liberties) of 1215, written in iron gall ink on parchment in medieval Latin, using standard abbreviations of the period, authenticated with the Great Seal of King John. The original wax seal was lost over the centuries. This document is held at the British Library and is identified as "British Library Cotton MS Augustus II.106". |
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Date | One of four known surviving 1215 exemplars of Magna Carta. | ||
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Author | Original authors were the barons and King John of England. Uploaded by Earthsound. | ||
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current | 07:30, 8 March 2010 | 7,200 × 4,800 (5.97 MB) | Earthsound | higher resolution, and this is the original 1215 version of the Magna Carta, not the 1225 (as was originally uploaded) or the 1297 (the last version uploaded). | |
01:32, 17 March 2008 | 737 × 902 (251 KB) | AEMoreira042281 | Clearer version---no tatters | ||
01:28, 17 March 2008 | 498 × 900 (827 KB) | AEMoreira042281 | Larger version found | ||
07:21, 17 March 2005 | 301 × 604 (47 KB) | Oldie~commonswiki | Magna Carta, From en wiki |
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Image title | One of four surviving copies of the 1215 Magna Carta. This copy is one of two held at the British Library. It came from the collection of Sir Robert Cotton, who died in 1631. In 1731, a fire at Ashburnam House in Westminster, where his library was then housed, destroyed or damaged many of the rare manuscripts, which is why this copy is burnt. |
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Copyright holder | public domain |
Keywords | Magna Carta, Great Charter, 1215, British Library |