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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]

Embroidery of Magna Carta wikipedia article

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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