Height5.3 tenths m
4.4 hundredthsTelephone poles
12Wine cork lengths
Parchment sheet height
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Magna Carta
The 1215 charter that laid foundations for constitutional law/Historical
The Magna Carta (Great Charter) was sealed at Runnymede, England, on June 15, 1215. The original document is written in Latin on a single sheet of parchment made from sheepskin. Only four copies of the 1215 original survive today, held at the British Library (two copies), Lincoln Cathedral, and Salisbury Cathedral. The parchment measures roughly 53 cm by 68 cm, with the text written in abbreviated medieval Latin. The Great Seal of King John was attached at the bottom by a wax impression.
Measurements
Width6.8 tenths m
548 billionthsCalifornia lengths
97.1 millionChip transistor gates
2.27Celery stalks
Parchment sheet width
Document area3.6 tenths m2
1.8 thousandthsMovie screens
2.6 tenthsOffice desks
6.1 billionthsManhattans
Single sheet of sheepskin
Parchment thickness300 millionths m
667 millionthsShoulder widths
90.9 millionthsAfrican elephant heights
780 quadrillionthsEarth-to-Moon distances
Thin sheepskin vellum
Document mass8 hundredths kg
72.7 sextillionDNA base pairs
80,000Grains of sand
12.1 trillionthsHoover Dam masses
Parchment alone without seal
Seal diameter1 tenths m
6.3 tenthsKindle heights
4.5 hundredthsMotorcycle lengths
4Cherry tomatoes
Great Seal of King John