You can Own A True Copy of the Magna Carta from 1297

Thanks...that was a good article to read to...if you enjoy history...:)

Thank you for posting this...I am going to send the link home. My son is a big history buff and will love reading this.

I'm going to start the bidding. What the hell. 25 million to open... Anyone? Anyone? :lol:

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Well, I did get all that money from my russian relative that died....maybe...I'll have to think about it.

I'm using the money from the UK Lottery that I won...

Hey! I won that lottery! That's the money I'm using! I guess it's just you and me bidding on it, morning! :lol:

I want to win!

Maybe I'll respond to that Yahoo email I have offering me the job as the person who puts the thousands of dollars in my bank account, then I keep 20% as my commission and send the rest back Western Union. YAY! I can make enough to buy ALL the copies in just a matter of weeks! :lol:

Hey, wait a minute, jessi! I was offered that job! Now I feel cheated!!! :lol:

I have about 10 job offers, I'll give you a few.

Thanks, jessi! :D We can BOTH be rich, rich, rich!!!

It amazes me how good the condition is of many medieval documents from this time, when scholars are racing to preserve the original Declaration of Independence from 1776. It is fading away.

That's true Lawstudent...think it's the material used...the paper??

You're right morningstar, it's the materials used. Also the fact that documents such as the original Declaration of Indenpendence were exposed to sunlight for many years. Also, thoughout the 1700s and 1800s paper documents risk acids eating them away. Generally, documents such as copies of the Magna Carta, or even The Anglo Saxon Chronicles (from about 800, a few hundred years earlier, and still exists), were archived away and rarely touched or seen.

The Magna Carta, and the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle were written on vellum prepared from animal hide [generally calf- or goat-skin]. Other types of animal hide were also used. For instance, the Codex Regius, a collection of Icelandic epics from the same period as the Magna Carta is written on vellum made from seal skin.

There's your historical trivia-bit for the morning......

Well that makes sense as to why they would last so long...what about the ink...now this has all peeked my interest and I will have to research old documents...something I enjoy doing (research). On another note..it does amaze me sometimes how things from long ago out live our present day items..the true adage..."they don't make things like they used to" would apply...

If I had that kind of money to burn, I would definately pick up a copy of the Magna Carta.