Étienne Baluze
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Étienne Baluze, known also as Stephanus Baluzius, was a French scholar and historiographer.
Ill. 1 - 2: Illustration of critique of Histoire genealogique de la maison d'Auvergne published on Acta Eruditorum, 1710
Jean Mabillon
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Dom Jean Mabillon, was a French Benedictine monk and scholar of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He is considered the founder of the disciplines of palaeography and diplomatics.
Étienne Baluze
…forged documents was organized by Jean de Bar, an intimate companion of the cardinal. These documents succeeded in duping the most illustrious scholars; Dom Jean Mabillon, the founder of diplomatics, Dom Thierry Ruinart and Baluze himself, called as experts, made a unanimously favourable report on July 23, 1695. But…
Dom Jean Mabillon, O.S.B.
Title page of De re diplomatica (1681)
Annales Ordinis Sancti Benedicti (1739)