Glossary · N
Naos
Also called barque shrine
The innermost shrine of a temple, holding the cult image; in Egypt a stone or wooden shrine in the sanctuary, often with the sacred barque on its pedestal before it.
See also: Hypostyle
Rules that use the word
The cross-in-square: nine bays. Divide a square naos into nine bays: dome the central one on a drum over four columns, barrel-vault the four arms of the cross, and cover the four corner bays lower; add three apses to the east and a narthex to the west.
Where it appears in the book
In the chapters The Ancient World, Byzantium and the Early Church.
Nearby in the glossary
Mullion · Muqarnas · Mutule · Naga balustrade · Narthex · Nave · Necking · Newel