Want to see the original Magna carta?

[LibraryLady]

On exhibit in Houston for a while.

http://www.hmns.org/index.php?option=co ... Itemid=684
Magna Carta

February 14, 2014 - August 17, 2014

An original edition of the “Magna Carta,” and the only known example of the King’s Writ — a letter from King John to the Sheriff of Gloucester announcing the signing of the Magna Carta — is visiting Houston from its home in Hereford Cathedral.

The Magna Carta is considered to be Great Britain's most valuable export to the world and is a model upon which the United States Constitution was based. The Magna Carta continues to serve as the definitive document modeling basic civil liberties, and is the source of many of the most fundamental concepts of law. In more than 100 decisions, the United States Supreme Court has traced dependence on the Magna Carta for an understanding of due process, trial by jury, the importance of a speedy and unbiased trial, and protection against excessive bail or fines or cruel and unusual punishment.

This historic document can be viewed for a limited time Feb. 14, 2014 to Aug. 17, 2014.

[BigTex]

Original edition, huh?

Everybody knows the original is under the alter bible at a Masonic Lodge in Quincy, Massachusetts.

[LibraryLady]

bump as a reminder

[kent]

I saw it in DC a few years ago. Very interesting.