The Monasticon Gallicanum which Dom Germain (a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés) commissioned and by the time of his death in 1694, had been engraved, the work still did not proceed to publication; but a small number of prints were made which circulated loose, and the copper plates were then dispersed without trace.
The Monasticon Gallicanum which Dom Germain (a monk at the Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés) commissioned and by the time of his death in 1694, had been engraved, the work still did not proceed to publication; but a small number of prints were made which circulated loose, and the copper plates were then dispersed without trace.