12mo) : — Exposition abregee et preuves de la doctrine Chretienne (ibid. 1842, 12mo), completely revised under the title of Exposition des dogmes principaux du Chris- tianisme (ibid. 1853 and 1858, 12mo): — Le Catechisme expUque aux enfants de huit ans (ibid. 1858, 12mo) : — Catechisme jMlosophiqve, a I'usage des gens du monde (ibid. 1860, 12mo). M. de Sacy gave a eulogy on this last work in the Journal des Debats of April 30, 1861. See Docum. Partic. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Gen. xxxviii, 205.
Nola. This word is used in mediicval Latin to sig- nify a small bell, probably because bells were first in- vented at Nola, in Campania. The word camjuma is also used in the same meaning. Some authors assert that church-bells were invented by Paulinus, who was bishop of Nola, in Campania ; but this is a mistake, as we have no mention of church-bells till the commence- ment of the 7th century. Sabianus, bishop of Rome, who succeeded Gregory the Great in 004, is generally regarded as the first person who applied bells to eccle- siastical purposes. — Farrar, Eccles. Diet. ; Eadie, Eccles. Cyclop. See Bells.
Nola, Paulus Eustatius de, formerly Menachem, a noted Hebraist, flourished in the second half of the 16th century. Of his early life nothing is known be- yond the fact that he was the teacher of Thomas Aldo- brandino, brother of pope Clement VIII, whom he in- structed in the Hebrew language. The conversations which Aldobrandino held with Menachem on these oc- casions led the latter to inquire after truth, and the in- quiry finally resulted in his baptism in the year 1567, on which occasion he took the name of Paulus Eusta- tius. He wrote, Salutari discorsi, ne quali si contengono li princip(di (liigini della religione efede Christiana (Na- ples, 1582), which lie dedicated to pope Gregory XIII, and which treats of the Trinity, on the necessity of the coming of the Messiah, etc. : — Sacro settenario (Naples, 1579), dedicated to the cardinal Luigi d'Este. Besides, he wrote some other works Avhich are still in IMS. See Bartolocci, Bibliotheca Rahhinica, iv, 33 ; Wolf, Biblioth. Hebr. i, 769; iii, 691 ; Fiirst, Bibl. Jud. iii, 38; Kalkar, L'irael u. d. Kirche, p. 72 (Hamburg, 1869); Jcicher, Allgemeines Gelehrten-Lexikon, s.v. Menachem. (B. P.)
Nolde (or Noldius), Christian, an Icelandic di- vine of note, Avas born at Hoybya, in Sweden, in 1626, flourished as professor of theology at the University of Copenhagen, and died at the Danish capital August 22, 1633. He published Concordantim Particularum Ebrmo- Chaldaicarum in quihus partium indeclin. quce occurrunt in fontibus natura et sensuum varietas ostenditur, etc. (Hafn. 1679, 4to; 2d and improved ed. by J. G. Tympe [Jena, 1734]). This is one of the books which are all but indispensable to the student of the Old Testament. Neither Buxtorf nor Furst, in their concordances, take note of the particles. Nolde has not only supplied this deficiency, but has also made his work a valuable lexi- con of the particles, and has discussed exegetically many passages of Scripture. Home commends this work as of the highest importance to every Biblical critic. Nolde wrote also a History of Idumcea, a Sgnojms of Sacred History and Antiquities, and a Treatise on Logic. As a man Nolde was universally respected for his learning and virtues.
Nolin, Denis, an erudite Frenchman, who was much devoted to the study of exegetical theology, was born at Paris in 1648. A lawyer in the Parliament of Paris, he earlj^ left the bar, and turned his studies to- wards the Holy Scriptures. He had formed a rich col- lection of editions, translations, and commentaries of the Bible ; the catalogue was printed, and he bequeathed it after his death to the poor of his parish. He died at Paris April 10, 1710. Under the anagram of N. Indes (Denis N.), a theologian of Salamanca, he publislied Lettre ou Von propose la maniere de corriger la version Grecque des Septante, avec des eclairdssementssur quclques difficultes (Paris, 1708, 8vo). This article occasioned
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some Reflexions, by PP. de Tournemine and Souciet, in the Journal cle Treroux (June, ITO'J), to which Noliii replied by Observcttions (same journal, Jan. 1710): — Deux Dissertations, I'une sur les Bibles Francoises, et Vautre sur V ecluircissement de la Dissertation unonyme de Vubbe de Longueme et des Lettres choisies de Simon touchant les antiquites des Chuldeem et les Egijptiens (Par. 1710, 8vo). In the first he has done little more than abridge the Histoire des traductions Franguiscs de VEcri- ture of Lallouette, and in the second lie examines a question of plagiarism :^Z,e/^/f*- sur la nouvelle edition des Sej)tante, jiar J.-Ern. Grtibe, in the Jour, des Sat: (Suppl. Dec. 1710). See Moreri, Grand Diet. Uist, s. v. — Hoefer, Nouv. Biog. Generale, xxxviii, 211.
Nolin, Jean Baptiste, a French engraver who de- voted himself somewhat to sacred art, was born at Paris in 1657. He studied under Poilly, and afterwards vis- ited Rome for improvement, where he engraved several plates after the great masters, among which was the Miracle of the Loaves, after Paphael. He also executed several plates in important secular works.
Nollard Brothers is an association of religious persons who devote themselves to the care of the dying, and minister to them in spiritual things so far as the la- ity have this right in the Roman Catholic communion. They do not everywhere go by this name, but the same dress usuallv distinguishes them. They wear a robe, a