Description
There is a bust of Monge placed on a terminal pedestal underneath a canopy in the upper compartment, which canopy is open in front and in the back. In the crown cavetto of the cornice is an Egyptian winged globe, entwined with serpents, emblematical of time and eternity; and on the faci below is engraved the following line:—
- A GASPARD MONGE.
On each side of the upper compartment is inscribed the following memento mori:
- LES ELEVES.
- DE L'ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE.
- A G. MONGE.
- COMTE DE PELUSE.
Underneath this inscription is carved in sunk work an Egyptian lotus flower in an upright position; on the back of the mausoleum is the year in which Gaspard Monge died. The body is in the cemetery below.
- AN. MDCCCXX.
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