LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Portrait of Marino Caboga (Photogravure) . Frontispiece (From the Galleria di Ragusei lllustri) Byzantine Door-knocker, Rector’s Palace . Title-page PAGE Entrance to the Harbour of Ragusa i View of Ragusa ....... facing 15 (From P. G. Coronelli’s “ Views of Dalmatia,” 1680) Onofrio’s Fountain in the Piazza .... 41 The Quay and Harbour Gate .... facing 54 Ragusa from the East ..... facing 58 Torre Menze........66 General View of Ragusa, from the West . . 83 Bas-relief of St. Blaize, near the Porta Ploce . 95 Plan of Ragusa ....... facing 97 Fortifications of Stagno Grande .... 99 Cloister of the Franciscan Monastery . . facing 108 Courtyard of the Sponza (Custom House) . . 121 Façade of the Sponza (Custom House), and Clock Tower............131 Capital in the Franciscan Cloister .... 152 Capital in the Franciscan Cloister . . . 153 Façade of the Rector’s Palace .... facing 168 Apothecary’s Garden, Franciscan Monastery . .189 Entrance to the Franciscan Monastery . . facing 196 Terrace of the Franciscan Monastery, with the Torre Menze in the Background . . . 207