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naos (Gr., "temple"): central portion
of the Byzantine church lying between the bema and the narthex;
the nave of the building.
Naskhi script: ordinary cursive Arabic script.
narthex (Gr., "stalk"): the first
section of a church which one encounters when entering an Orthodox
Church, before reaching the nave.
niello (It., Fr., Lat., Nigellus "black"):
technique for decorating gold and more rarely silver objects
with a black inlay.
Non-Chalcedonian, see Chalcedonian.
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