It wasn't exactly like the big reveal on the Antiques Roadshow. But one day in December 2023, David Carpenter, a professor of medieval history at King's College London, was searching through the ...
It's written on sheepskin, in ink made from oak tree acids. The brownish-purple text, tiny and tidy, is perfectly clear after nearly 800 years. The 1217 Magna Carta and 1215 King's Writ are on display ...