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See Trebur. Tribute-Money, The. 1. A noted fresco by Masaccio, in the Brancacci Chapel of the Carmine, Florence. The picture consists of three scenes, in the chief of which Christ, surrounded by the Apostles, points to St. Peter, who draws a fish from the stream. 2. A painting by Titian (about 1514), in the museum at Dresden. There are only two figures, seen at half length-Christ in full face, and the Pharisee, hold ing the coin, in profile. Also called Cristo Moneta (Christ of the coin). Tri chino pol i (trich-in-op'o-li). The capital of the district of Tri chino pol i, situated on the Kaveri in lat. 10° 48′ N. Population (1891), 90,609. Tri chino pol i. A district in Madras, British India, intersected by lat. 11° N., long. 79° E. Area, 3,631 square miles. Population (1891), 1,372,717. Trick to Catch the Old One, A. A comedy Tricoteuses (tre-kō-tėz'), Les. [F., 'the knitters.] A cla of women who frequented the tribunals and places of execution during the French Revolution, and sat knitting while they expre ed their approval or disapproval of the turn of events. From their violence they have received the name of "Furies of the Guillotine." They were not by Middle ton, printed in 1608. seen after 1794. IMG:content-0981.png:[blocks in formation] Trient (tre-ent'). The German name of Trent. Trient, Col de. A pa over the Alps, between Martigny and Chamonix. Trient, Gorges du. A deep gorge in Valais, Switzerland, formed by the stream Trient, which unites with the Rhone north-northwest of Martigny. Length, 74 miles. Trier (trer). The German name of Treves. Triest (tre-est'), or Trieste (It. pron. tre-es'te). A crownland belonging to the Cisleithan division of Austria-Hungary, comprising the city of Triest and adjoining territory. Area, 36 square miles. Population (1890), 157,466. Triest, or Trieste. [L. Tergeste .] The principal seaport of Austria-Hungary, picturesquely situated on the Gulf of Triest in lat. 45° 39′ N., long. 13° 46′ E. It comprises an Altstadt, Neustadt, and suburbs. It is the seat of the Austrian Lloyd's Company; has extensive commerce with Italy, Ru ia, Greece, Egypt, Turkey, the Danube lands, the East, England, America, etc.; and has varied manufactures. It contains a castle, a cathedral, an exchange, and Roman antiquities. Triest was a Roman colony established under Vespas i an; was under Venetian supremacy 13th and centuries; submitted to Austrian suzerainty in 1382; was made a free port in 1719; was held by the French 17971805; was a part of the Illyrian Provinces 1809-13; was blockaded by the Italians in 1848; and was made an imperial city in 1849. Population (1890), 120,333; including suburbs, 157,466. IMG:content-0982.png:[blocks in formation]