Harvard Paid $27 for a Copy of Magna Carta. Surprise! It’s an Original.
www.nytimes.com
Two British academics discovered that a “copy” of the medieval text, held in Harvard Law School’s library for 80 years, is one of seven originals dating from 1300.
  • @0_o7@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2•7 days ago

    Sounds to me like a case of academic money laundering.

    " You scratch my back, I scratch yours "

    “Yes, sure, it’s the most original of the original. It’s so original it predates the original. I just need a cut once you sell it”