. The history of the islands of the Lerins, the monastery, saints and theologians of S. Honorat . m uO 4>U)W u o o c u 4) h. The Chest, now in Grasse Cathedral. APPENDIX ANCIENT MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS AND TREASURES Only one inscription has been discovered on the island of SainteMarguerite. It is bilingual (Greek and Latin) and was unearthed in 1818,near the fort. It has been lost again and only an imperfect account ofit has been preserved. It was dedicated to the god Pan. If it doesnot prove that there was originally a temple on the island in his honour,it shows at any rate that Greek navigat
. The history of the islands of the Lerins, the monastery, saints and theologians of S. Honorat . m uO 4>U)W u o o c u 4) h. The Chest, now in Grasse Cathedral. APPENDIX ANCIENT MONUMENTS, BUILDINGS AND TREASURES Only one inscription has been discovered on the island of SainteMarguerite. It is bilingual (Greek and Latin) and was unearthed in 1818,near the fort. It has been lost again and only an imperfect account ofit has been preserved. It was dedicated to the god Pan. If it doesnot prove that there was originally a temple on the island in his honour,it shows at any rate that Greek navigators frequented it, and that aGreek population existed side by side with the Roman. The island of Saint Honorat, on the contrary, is rich in inscriptionsand monumental ruins, which attest that it was very early occupied, andwas of considerable importance long before the Christian era. Mostof these are now preserved in the lapidary museum of which we givean illustration. In the court of the chateau fort is a votive stone, with an inscriptionas below1. It would seem to be a column erected To the emperor 1 IMP FL . . VAL
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