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 CLOISTER OF THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY 231 SKETCH MAP OF THE TERRITORIES OF THE RAGUSAN REPUBLIC _facing_ 240 THE ORLANDO COLUMN 249 BIRD’S-EYE VIEW OF RAGUSA AND THE NEIGHBOURHOOD (_From an Old Map_, 1670) _facing_ 263 SKETCH MAP OF THE ENVIRONS OF RAGUSA _facing_ 272 FORTE SAN LORENZO 289 GARDEN NEAR RAGUSA 299 ISOLA DI MEZZO 313 COURTYARD OF THE RECTOR’S PALACE 325 MOSTAR, IN THE HERZEGOVINA 334 “ÆSCULAPIUS” CAPITAL, RECTOR’S PALACE 340 SCULPTURED IMPOST, RECTOR’S PALACE 345 SCULPTURED BRACKET, RECTOR’S PALACE 349 CHURCH OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE ROSARY 355 TRIPTYCH BY NICCOLÒ RAGUSEI IN THE DOMINICAN MONASTERY _facing_ 363 GIOVANNI GONDOLA (_From the Galleria di Ragusei Illustri_) _facing_ 375 TORRE MENZE AND THE WALLS 389 TERRACE OF THE VILLE BRAVAČIĆ, NEAR RAGUSA 405 MAP OF DALMATIA, BOSNIA, AND THE HERZEGOVINA _facing_ 417 MAP OF THE BALKAN PENINSULA _facing_ 418 [Illustration: ENTRANCE TO THE HARBOUR OF RAGUSA] THE REPUBLIC OF RAGUSA CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION