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Forty Centuries of Christian Writing

1693 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.

1601–1700

The Seventeenth Century

1 work

1681

Latin

On Diplomatics

De Re Diplomatica

Jean Mabillon · 1632–1707

A method for telling genuine medieval charters from forgeries by their script, formulas, seals, and materials, written after a Jesuit questioned his abbey's documents.

Western Monastic · Method