. Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado. l. possible it should have been contemporary. Thereis no choice left us but to attribute the church ofSan Lorenzo to the rising schools of romanesqueart in the eighth or ninth century, when, althoughthe traditions of classic art still survived, technicalskill had sunk so low that they could not be obeyed, and when the forms ofthe new art of mediae-val Europe had not yetbeen developed into ex-istence. The windows of thegreat apse have unfor-tunately been modern-ized, but the two sideapses retain each ofthe
. Dalmatia : the Quarnero and Istria with Cettigne in Montenegro and the Island of Grado. l. possible it should have been contemporary. Thereis no choice left us but to attribute the church ofSan Lorenzo to the rising schools of romanesqueart in the eighth or ninth century, when, althoughthe traditions of classic art still survived, technicalskill had sunk so low that they could not be obeyed, and when the forms ofthe new art of mediae-val Europe had not yetbeen developed into ex-istence. The windows of thegreat apse have unfor-tunately been modern-ized, but the two sideapses retain each ofthem its original sin-gle round-headed are extremelycurious, being filled witha slab of stone threeinches thick carved witha romanesque pattern ofinterlacing circles, ofwhich the intervals arepierced to admit light. There was evidently noidea of glazing these openings, which if ever closedmust have been so by a shutter on the inside. On the south side is the loggia mentioned above,a picturesque structure of slender stone columnssupporting a wooden architrave and pent roof The. Fig. 115- Ch. XXXII.] S. Lorenzo in Pasenatico. 339 west front has no architectural character, havmgalways been hidden by the palace of the count whichstood against it, and was perhaps the cause of theobliquity of its plan. The palace is now destroyed,but it stood till 1833 and is well remembered bymany of the inhabitants, and the foundations arestill discernible on the surface of the ground. Near the east end of the church was one of thetown gates piercing a massive square tower whichwas left open behind with a pointed arch. On thistower as a basement has been reared the loftycampanile of the duomo ; the gateway is closed, andthe vaulted archway which formed the entrance tothe town now serves as the station of the ringers. The only object of interest in the treasury is afine reliquary of sixteenth century workmanship ingood taste. A short way beyond the walls on the road to Par-enzo stands a sma
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