It's okay, that's only a 1297 copy.



The copy on sale, dating from 1297, was bought by Ross F Perot in 1984 and is the only one in private ownership.

King John sealed the original Magna Carta in 1215, outlawing imprisonment and the seizure of property without due legal process, including trial by jury. The Perot 1297 manuscript, bearing the seal of King Edward I, is due to go on auction in December.

Only four copies dating to the 1215 signing of the Magna Carta are believed to have survived, and all of them are in England.

Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/h...as/7014220.stm