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TRANI , a seaport and episcopal see of See also:

APULIA (sometimes APPULIa in manuscripts but never in inscriptions)

Apulia, See also:

Italy, on the Adriatic, in the See also:

province of See also:

Bari, and 26 m. by See also:

RAIL

rail W.N.W. of that See also:

TOWN

town, 23 ft. above See also:

sea-level. Pop. (1901), 34,688. Trani has lost its old walls and bastions, but the 13th-See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century See also:

GOTHIC

Gothic citadel is used as a See also:

PRISON (derived through the Fr. from the Lat. prehensio, seizure)

prison. Some of the streets remain much as they were in the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

period, and many of the houses display more or less of See also:

Norman decoration. The See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral (dedicated to St See also:

Nicholas the See also:

PILGRIM

Pilgrim, a See also:

Greek assassinated at Trani in 1094 and canonized by See also:

Urban II.), on a raised open site near the sea, was consecrated, before its completion, in 1143; it is a See also:

BASILICA

basilica with three apses; a large See also:

CRYPT (Lat. crypta, from the Gr. Kp&arrew, to hide)

crypt and a lofty See also:

TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower, the latter erected in 1230-1239 by the architect whose name appears on the See also:

AMBO, or AMBON (Gr. altswv, from avasatvew, to walk up, the reading-desk of early Basilican churches, also called 7r'p'yoc. Originally small and movable, it was afterwards made of large proportions and fixed in one place. In the Byzantine and early Romane

ambo in the cathedral of See also:

BITONTO (anc. Butunti)

Bitonto, Nicolaus Sacerdos. It has an See also:

arch under it, being supported partly on the See also:

side See also:

wall of the See also:

church, and partly on a massive See also:

PILLAR (0. Fr. piler, Mod. pilier, Late Lat. pilare, from pila, column)

pillar. The See also:

ARCHES, COURT OF

arches of the Romanesque portal are beautifully ornamented, in a manner suggestive of Arab See also:

INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence; the See also:

BRONZE

bronze doors, executed by Barisanus of Trani in 1175, See also:

RANK (O.Fr. rant or rent, mod. rang, generally connected with the O.E. and O.H.G. bring, a ring)

rank among the best of their period in See also:

SOUTHERN

southern Italy. The capitals of the pillars in the crypt are See also:

FINE

fine examples of the Romanesque. The interior of the cathedral has been barbarously modernized, but the crypt is fine. Near the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour is the Gothic See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the doges of See also:

Venice, which is now used as a See also:

SEMINARY (Lat. seminarium, from semen, seed)

seminary. The church of the Ognissanti has a Romanesque See also:

RELIEF

relief of the See also:

ANNUNCIATION

Annunciation over the See also:

DOOR (corresponding to the Gr. Bbpa,. Lat. fores or valvae; the English word, with other forms common in allied languages, comes from the same Indo-European stem as the Gr. Obpa and Lat. fares)

S. Giacomo and S. See also:

Francesco also have Romanesque facades and the latter and S. See also:

ANDREA, GIOVANNI (1275-1348)

Andrea have " See also:

BYZANTINE

Byzantine " domes. The vicinity of Trani produces an excellent See also:

WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine (Moscato di Trani) ;and its See also:

FIGS

figs, oil, almonds and See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain are also profitable articles of See also:

trade. Trani is the Turenum of the itineraries. It first became a flourishing See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place under the See also:

NORMANS

Normans and during the See also:

CRUSADES

crusades, but attained the See also:

ACME (Gr. 6.Kµii, point)

acme of its prosperity as a seat of trade with the See also:

East under the Angevin princes. The harbour, however, has lost its importance.

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