The Bodleian Library in Oxford is putting on a special public display of its four copies of Magna Carta for the first time.
The priceless documents will be on show in the Divinity School on Tuesday between 10am and 4pm. A talk by Prof Richard Sharpe, Fellow of Wadham College, will take place at 1.15pm. Nearly a quarter of the world's original 13th century Magna Carta manuscripts are held at the Bodleian Library.
Dr Sarah Thomas, Bodley's Librarian, said: "This new survey has demonstrated the truly unique significance of the Bodleian's collection. No other institution can boast such a concentration of Magna Cartae."
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