page_title: Bernard de Montfaucon
section_title: Early life
hierarchical_section_title: Bernard de Montfaucon / Early life
caption_attribution_description: English: The Emblematic Hand of the Mysteries - A hand covered with numerous symbols was extended to the neophytes when they entered into the Temple of Wisdom. An understanding of the symbols embossed upon the surface of the hand brought with it Divine power and regeneration. Therefore, by means of these symbolic hands the candidate was said to be raised from the dead [1]Español: Exvoto ofrecido a los dioses egipcios en agradecimiento por la curacion de un niño enfermo.
context_page_description: Dom Bernard de Montfaucon, O.S.B. was a French Benedictine monk of the Congregation of Saint Maur. He was an astute scholar who founded the discipline of palaeography, as well as being an editor of works of the Fathers of the Church. He is regarded as one of the founders of the modern discipline of archaeology.
context_section_description: Montfaucon was born on 13 January 1655 in the Castle of Soulatgé, a small village in the southern town of Corbières, then in the ancient Province of Languedoc, now in the modern Department of Aude. Other sources claimed his birth date is in 16 January, the most accepted date. After one year he was moved to the Castle of Roquetaillade, residence of his family. When he was seven, he was sent to Limoux, to the college run by the Fathers of Christian Doctrine.
caption: The Emblematic Hand of the Mysteries (in Antiquitas explanatione et schematibus illustrata)
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