Nasafi, Al, an Arabian theologian and poet, was born at Xaksliel) or Nasaf in loii'.i. He was of the llaiiclite sect, and has written more than a hundred works, as many in prose as in verse, upon all branches of JIussulman tradition and law. He died at Samar- cand in 1143. His principal works are id-}fandhuma, a work in verse upon all disputed (wints among the dif- ferent Mussulman sects. It exists in manuscript in the Royal Library at Paris, No. 1385, and in the Bodleian
Library at Oxford, No. 1243. The Mandhuma has been commented upon, in 1275, by Mahmud ben-Daud, sur- named Allului al-Bokhari Alfulhanji. This commen- tary is likewise found in manuscript in the Royal Library at Paris, No. 1387. Another is in the librarj- at Leydcii, in manuscript. No. 359. Nasafi aftenvards wrote Aka- id, a brief treatise on Moslem doctrine (manuscript, No. 407, in the Royal Librarj-, Paris). There is a commen- tary of the Aku'id by Saadeddiu JIasud ben-Omar al- Taftazani, which has in its turn been commented upon by Turkish mullahs. We have, lastly, from Nasali a moral poem in stanzas of five distichs, treating of the vanity of this life. The verses of each stanza turn upon the same rhyme, and this runs successively through all the letters of the alphabet. This poem is found in man- uscript in the Royal Librarj- at Paris, No. 1418.
Nasafi, Auhadeddin (or Ahuadeddin), Ai, an Arabian doctor, who tiouri>li('d at .'>liiraz towards the close of the 13th century. The particulars of his life are not known. He wrote a curious poem, in seventj-- six verses, upon the principal dogmas of the Sunnites, or orthodox Jlussulmans, under the title Kelamtit nes- maha al-Shineh. This poem was published, with a Latin translation, by J. Uri, under the title Carmen A rahioiin, nl rcrba dortoris al Nasafi de rcViyiouis sun- nitircp ]}riiicijiii.i iiinmro riiicla (Oxford, 1770, 4to).
Nasafi, Hafededdiu Abul-Baracat Abdal- lah, Al, an Arabian doctor, died at Bagdad in 1315. He composed a commentary on the Mandhuma, under the title al-Masfi or al-Mosaffi (in manuscript in the Royal Library at Paris, No. loHG):— AVhm al-hahaik, a treatise on Mohammedan jurisjjrudence, in manuscript (ibid. No. 473) : — Omdat (d-aka'id, a treatise on meta- physics, in manuscript (ibid. No. 412). See Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, s. v,
Nasalli, Ic;nace, an Italian cardinal, was born at Parma Oct. 7, 1750. Early entering the ecclesiastical career, he began his novitiate in the Society of Jesus; when Clement XIV was obliged to suppress this order, Pius A'll made him successively prelate of his house, referendary of the two signatures, civil lieutenant of the tribunal of the cardinal-vicar, and one of the mem- bers of the ecclesiastical immunity. In 1815 he was sent to Spain to conciliate the people, and to confer with Ferdinand VII upon different commutiications that this prince had sent to the pope; but on arriving at Barcelona he found that he cculd not continue his route to Madrid without an express permission from the court. This was one consequence of the notices made in the name of Ferdinand VII on the indilication of the pope's bulls in Spain. Nasalli returned to Parma, where he was charge d'affaires from the court of Rome. In November, 1818, he became apostolic innicio to the Helvetian Confederation, and Dec. 27, 1819, was declared archbishop of Tyre in partibus. Nominated in July, 1823, minister plenipotentiary to the court of the Neth- erlands, two months after he was sent to that of Prus- sia to conclude an agreement between these two govern- ments; he succeeded in this mission to Brussels as well as Berlin. As a reward for his services, Leo XII created him cardinal of the title of Sainte-Agnes without the wall-s in the consi-storj- of June 25, 1827. Nasalli. who in 1814 had powerfully contributed to the resturation of the Jesuits, in whose favor he had formerly (tulilished .several articles, continued in his new position to feel the greatest interest in this order. He died at Rome Dec. 2, 1831. See Hoefer, Nour. Bioy. (ienertde, s. v.; Nicolini. //iitori/ of the ,/esuits; Steinmetz, J/islori/ of the Jesuitical Order (.see Index in vol. ii). (J. II.W.)
Nas'bas (Nft(T/^«c, Vulg. Nabath). the nephew of Tobit. who came with Achiacharus to the we<iding of Tol)ias (Tob. xi. 18). Crotius considers him the same with Achiacharus the son of Anael, but according to the Vulgate they were brothers. The margin of the A. Y. gives "Junius" as the equivalent of Nasbas. — Smith.
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Nascio, the name of a Roman divinity, who pre- sided over the birth of children, and was accordingly a goddess assisting Liicina in her functions, and analogous to the Greek Eileithya. She had a sanctuary in the neighborhood of Ardea. — Smith, Diet, of Gr. and Rom. • Biog. and J/i/tkol. ii, 1141.
Naselli, Fkancesco, a distinguished Italian paint- er wlio devoted himself largely to sacred subjects, was of noble birth, and flourished at Ferrara about the open- ing of the 17th century. Lanzi says he practiced draw- ing from the naked model with assiduity, and studied and copied the works of Caracci and Guercino. By such practice he formed an excellent style of his own on a large scale, soft with vigorous coloring and rapid exe- cution, inclining in those of his fleshes to a sunburned hue. He made manj' excellent copies of the works of those masters which are in the churches of his native place and in private cabinets. Among these is liis Com- munion of St. Jerome, from Agostino Caracci. He was exceedingly industrious and persevering, although in easy circumstances and of noble rank. He painted at the Scala in competition with one of the Caracci, Bo- none, and Scarsellino; and, according to Lanzi, was deemed not unworthy of those eminent artists. Among his principal works are the Nativity, in the cathedral ; the Assumption, in S. Francesco; and several represen- tations of the Last Suj^per, in private institutions. He died at B'errara in 1G30. See Spooner, Biog. Hist, of the Fine Arts, ii, G08.