<P> It also remains a topic of great interest to historians; Natalie Fryde characterised the charter as "one of the holiest of cows in English medieval history", with the debates over its interpretation and meaning unlikely to end . In many ways still a "sacred text", Magna Carta is generally considered part of the uncodified constitution of the United Kingdom; in a 2005 speech, the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, Lord Woolf, described it as the "first of a series of instruments that now are recognised as having a special constitutional status". </P> <P> The document also continues to be honoured in the United States as an antecedent of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights . In 1976, the UK lent one of four surviving originals of the 1215 Magna Carta to the United States for their bicentennial celebrations and also donated an ornate display case for it . The original was returned after one year, but a replica and the case are still on display in the United States Capitol Crypt in Washington, D.C. </P> <P> The 800th anniversary of the original charter occurred on 15 June 2015, and organisations and institutions planned celebratory events . The British Library brought together the four existing copies of the 1215 manuscript in February 2015 for a special exhibition . British artist Cornelia Parker was commissioned to create a new artwork, Magna Carta (An Embroidery), which was shown at the British Library between May and July 2015 . The artwork is a copy of an earlier version of this Wikipedia page (as it appeared on the document's 799th anniversary, 15 June 2014), hand - embroidered by over 200 people . </P> <P> On 15 June 2015, a commemoration ceremony was conducted in Runnymede at the National Trust park, attended by British and American dignitaries . </P>

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