Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . f Andreaccio Saracenis a noble gentlemanand citizen of Cattaro, who had been instrumentalin securing this relic, built a vaulted church tocontain it which is mentioned by ConstantinePorphyrogenitus \ and from that time, like S. Biagioat Ragusa, S. Trifone figures on the banner, seal,and coinage of the city. Whether the church wasruined by the Saracens in 867 or the Bulgarians in1002 we cannot tell, but between 1123 and 1166 weread that it was rebuilt, and in the latter yearit was consecrated with great sol
Dalmatia, the Quarnero and Istria, with Cettigne in Montenegro and the island of Grado . f Andreaccio Saracenis a noble gentlemanand citizen of Cattaro, who had been instrumentalin securing this relic, built a vaulted church tocontain it which is mentioned by ConstantinePorphyrogenitus \ and from that time, like S. Biagioat Ragusa, S. Trifone figures on the banner, seal,and coinage of the city. Whether the church wasruined by the Saracens in 867 or the Bulgarians in1002 we cannot tell, but between 1123 and 1166 weread that it was rebuilt, and in the latter yearit was consecrated with great solemnity by bishopMalon or Magion-. In the year 1362 we arefurther told that tlie high altar was reconstructed,and made more splendid with precious marbles andrich metals ^. The duomo has an imposing west front with twotowers (Plate LIII, Fig. 3), a very unusual feature ev he TOi avTO) KaaTpoi Kelrai 6 ayios Tpv(f)a>v , . , 6 8e vaos aiirovcVtIi/ flXr^nariKos, cli. xxix. p. 139, ed. Bonn.^ Farlati, vi. p. 433.^ Farlati vi. p. 451, and Gelcicli, Cattaro, p. 113. Cattaro. PLat& UR. F.§,5 j^lUC Ph:t^-h-n: lundsn Ch. XXIII.] Catlaro: the Diioino. 39 in this part of Europe, and between them a porch isformed by a fine round arch that springs with asingle span from tower to tower. This facade is allput on in front of the original west front, like thatat Trail, which also was to have had two westerntowers, though only one is built. But the front atCattaro is much later than that at Trail ; thearchivolt of the porch has a coffered sofiit with apatera in each coffer, and its front is adorned witha border of vine-leaf scrolls mixed with amorinicoarsely carved, which cannot be older than thesixteenth century. The great rose window above isof the same date ; for its radiating shafts are flutedand twined with vine stems, fruit, and foliage,although they still carry trefoiled arches as if lothto break with Gothic tradition. The circle has onering of Q^^^ and dart, another of dentils,
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