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Narthex
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Narthex (-ecis, m.; ex Graeco verbo νάρθηξ) est porticus pronao templorum similis ad aditum ecclesiae principalem. In ecclesiis palaeochristianis et byzantinis saepe etiam propatulum (sive atrium) porticibus circumdatum narthex vocatur.
Vide etiam paginam discretivam: Narthex (discretiva).
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