an interior space, specifically the main central part of an interior divided into a high center with lower side portions divided by columns or piers, usually but not always in a church. Use also for the main part of a church without aisles but with a distinct chancel.
groups related by blood, marriage, and/or adoption
honoree
Notes
[a] at foot of Tedaldi pier that separates nave from left aisle, extending into nave
[b] Gravediggers record monna Mattea's burial in Santa Croce, but it is not clear whether the family yet owned the grave that would come to cover her son's tomb.
[c] The tomb passed to his son Piero, who was the last to be buried in it.
[d] Though the tomb still survives, the inscription and arms are so abraded that they are practically illegible.
