Representation of December as a man in armour; possibly a slave. Illustration from supplement to 'L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures'; (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 – 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology.

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Representation of December as a man in armour; possibly a slave. Illustration from supplement to 'L'antiquité expliquée et representée en figures'; (vols. 1-15, Paris, 1719-1724) by Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, (1655 – 1741), a French Benedictine monk. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, He is regarded as one of the founders of modern archaeology.

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