Linklaters have created a Magna Carta viewer which you can see here along with the Latin transcription and a translation. Yes, it is purely a symbol, but even so it is a pleasure to be able to look at it in close up!
Take a look at the Magna Carta
There is now an online version of the original that lets you see every letter in close up, along with a translation.
Anthony Barnett
Anthony is the honorary president of openDemocracy. He was its founding editor-in-chief (2001-7), the co-director of The Convention on Modern Liberty (2009) and the first director of Charter 88 (1988-95). His most recent books are ‘The Lure of Greatness: England's Brexit and America's Trump’ (2017) and ‘Taking Control!: Humanity and America after Trump and the Pandemic’ (2022). He is a trustee of openTrust. His collected articles can be found on Authory and he posts on X at @AnthonyBarnett
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