(this is an oriel joke, yes, and yes I have touched it)(also just to be snooty, OURS also still has the original Parva Carta (aka the charter of the forest) that was issued simultaneously
Wait, what? Can people come look at it? I wouldn’t touch it or anything, just stare at it and make little happy squeaking noises every now and then (every time I’ve attempted to see the copies in Lincoln or elsewhere, Events Have Conspired Against Me. It’s my Moby Dick).
oh you mean university colleges only have one Magna Carta / Forest Charter matching pair hanging around in their archives?
Durham Cathedral has three… and yes I’ve been up close to them all. 😉
it’s an amazing place - my first day at work I handled a manuscript almost certainly once handled by Bede, and thought I’d peaked too soon & things couldn’t get any crazier than that… but they did 😂
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Durham Cathedral has three… and yes I’ve been up close to them all. 😉
(Disclaimer: my subject area is early printed books. I have no idea how 800+ year old vellum (?) is kept for best preservation.)