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A fact from Magna Carta (An Embroidery) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 26 May 2015 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Cornelia Parker has made an embroidered representation (detail pictured) of the Wikipedia article on Magna Carta?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2015/May. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Magna Carta (An Embroidery).

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Off-topic comment[edit]

Is there not a delightful irony in the fact that the phrase embroidered by Jimmy Wales, "user's manual", has in fact since been removed from the article in this edit? I think there's a lesson there for us all. GrindtXX (talk) 18:12, 22 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Wording quibble[edit]

Parker invited royalty to contribute to the work, but they declined. She said that right-wing people were more likely to decline; both Gordon Brown and Alex Salmond also declined to contribute.

The part after the semicolon gives the impression that these individuals' decision not to participate was linked to their political views. However, as far as I can see, there is no evidence to support this in the source. Perhaps they just didn't have the time or interest. 109.145.19.122 (talk) 20:31, 26 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Sources[edit]

See article here in The EconomistLeadSongDog come howl! 06:39, 12 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

File:Magna Carta (An Embroidery) - front and back.pdf[edit]

There is a scna available of the both the front and back of the tapestry, available on Commons. Richard Nevell (WMUK) (talk) 14:01, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Location[edit]

Where is it now, and where will it ultimately reside? Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 23:07, 7 April 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Featured picture scheduled for POTD[edit]

Hello! This is to let editors know that File:Entire-embroidery-magna-carta-cornelia-parker - edit1.jpg, a featured picture used in this article, has been selected as the English Wikipedia's picture of the day (POTD) for June 15, 2025. A preview of the POTD is displayed below and can be edited at Template:POTD/2025-06-15. For the greater benefit of readers, any potential improvements or maintenance that could benefit the quality of this article should be done before its scheduled appearance on the Main Page. I will use the tall image template for this POTD, I hope that's alright. If you have any concerns, please place a message at Wikipedia talk:Picture of the day. Thank you! ―Howard • 🌽³³ 20:57, 13 June 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Magna Carta (An Embroidery) is a 2015 work by English installation artist Cornelia Parker. The artwork is an embroidered representation of the complete text and images of an online encyclopedia article for Magna Carta, as it appeared in English Wikipedia on 15 June 2014, the 799th anniversary of the document. The hand-stitched embroidery is 1.5 metres (5') wide and nearly 13 metres (42') long. The embroidery formed part of an exhibition celebrating the 800th anniversary of Magna Carta on 15 June 2015. It was displayed in the Entrance Hall of the British Library from 15 May to 24 July 2015.

Embroidery credit: Cornelia Parker; Scanned by British Library; edited by Bammesk

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