diff --git a/native/src/main/java/org/humemai/nativelib/NativeCodec.java b/native/src/main/java/org/humemai/nativelib/NativeCodec.java
index 189dab7..59b7c94 100644
--- a/native/src/main/java/org/humemai/nativelib/NativeCodec.java
+++ b/native/src/main/java/org/humemai/nativelib/NativeCodec.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -185,6 +186,18 @@ static void append(final StringBuilder sb, final Object value) {
       appendDocument(sb, doc);
     } else if (value instanceof Identifiable id) {
       tagged(sb, "R").append('"').append(id.getIdentity().toString()).append("\"]}");
+    } else if (value instanceof Result r) {
+      // A query row nested in a value, for example an entry of schema:types.properties (#195): its element when it has one, as a
+      // Document value is written, else its properties as a map. Before, it fell through to String.valueOf and reached Python as a str.
+      final Optional<Document> element = r.isElement() ? r.getElement() : Optional.empty();
+      if (element.isPresent())
+        appendDocument(sb, element.get());
+      else {
+        final Map<String, Object> properties = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        for (final String name : r.getPropertyNames())
+          properties.put(name, r.getProperty(name));
+        append(sb, properties);
+      }
     } else if (value instanceof Map<?, ?> map) {
       boolean stringKeys = true;
       for (final Object key : map.keySet())
diff --git a/src/arcadedb/_native/columnar.py b/src/arcadedb/_native/columnar.py
index 4bb79f1..f288043 100644
--- a/src/arcadedb/_native/columnar.py
+++ b/src/arcadedb/_native/columnar.py
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 them.
 """
 
-import re
+from .schema_objects import (  # the schema-entry reader shared with NativeType (#195)
+    _name_type,
+)
 
 try:
     import numpy as _np
@@ -25,7 +27,6 @@
 _INT64_MAX = 2**63 - 1
 _INT32_MAX = 2**31 - 1
 _NoneType = type(None)
-_PROPERTY = re.compile(r"name: (.+?), type: ([A-Z_]+)")
 
 
 class Packed:
@@ -75,10 +76,10 @@ def _declared_types(db, type_name):
         if current in seen or current not in rows:
             continue
         seen.add(current)
-        for text in rows[current].get("properties") or []:
-            m = _PROPERTY.search(text)
-            if m:
-                out.setdefault(m.group(1), m.group(2))
+        for entry in rows[current].get("properties") or []:
+            name, kind = _name_type(entry)  # a dict since #195, the text form before
+            if name and kind:
+                out.setdefault(name, str(kind))
         queue.extend(rows[current].get("parentTypes") or [])
     return out
 
diff --git a/src/arcadedb/_native/schema_objects.py b/src/arcadedb/_native/schema_objects.py
index 25059cb..c1ccbfe 100644
--- a/src/arcadedb/_native/schema_objects.py
+++ b/src/arcadedb/_native/schema_objects.py
@@ -13,6 +13,16 @@
 _PROPERTY = re.compile(r"name: (.+?), type: ([A-Z_]+)")
 
 
+def _name_type(entry):
+    """(name, type) of an entry of a ``schema:types`` row's ``properties``: a dict since #195 (the codec writes a nested row
+    as a map), the engine's text form of the row before it; (None, None) when neither.
+    """
+    if isinstance(entry, dict):
+        return entry.get("name"), entry.get("type")
+    m = _PROPERTY.search(entry) if isinstance(entry, str) else None
+    return (m.group(1), m.group(2)) if m else (None, None)
+
+
 class NativeType:
     """A type as a ``schema:types`` row."""
 
@@ -26,11 +36,7 @@ def getType(self) -> str:
         return self._row.get("type")
 
     def getPropertyNames(self):
-        return [
-            m.group(1)
-            for m in map(_PROPERTY.search, self._row.get("properties") or [])
-            if m
-        ]
+        return [n for n, _ in map(_name_type, self._row.get("properties") or []) if n]
 
     def existsProperty(self, name: str) -> bool:
         return name in self.getPropertyNames()
diff --git a/src/arcadedb/dataframe.py b/src/arcadedb/dataframe.py
index 25738b1..9d3ee0b 100644
--- a/src/arcadedb/dataframe.py
+++ b/src/arcadedb/dataframe.py
@@ -156,6 +156,16 @@ def _is_native(db) -> bool:
 _PROPERTY = re.compile(r"name: (.+?), type: ([A-Z_]+)")
 
 
+def _property_name_type(entry):
+    """(name, type) of an entry of a native ``schema:types`` row's ``properties``: a dict since #195, the engine's text form
+    of the row before it; (None, None) when neither. Kept here, not imported from ``_native``, so the JVM build never loads it.
+    """
+    if isinstance(entry, dict):
+        return entry.get("name"), entry.get("type")
+    m = _PROPERTY.search(entry) if isinstance(entry, str) else None
+    return (m.group(1), m.group(2)) if m else (None, None)
+
+
 def _declared_types_native(
     db, type_name: str, names: List[str]
 ) -> Tuple[bool, Dict[str, str]]:
@@ -180,10 +190,10 @@ def _declared_types_native(
         if current in seen or current not in rows:
             continue
         seen.add(current)
-        for text in rows[current].get("properties") or []:
-            m = _PROPERTY.search(text)
-            if m and m.group(1) in names:
-                declared.setdefault(m.group(1), m.group(2))
+        for entry in rows[current].get("properties") or []:
+            name, kind_name = _property_name_type(entry)
+            if name in names and kind_name:
+                declared.setdefault(name, str(kind_name))
         queue.extend(rows[current].get("parentTypes") or [])
     return kind == "vertex", declared
 
diff --git a/tests/test_schema_nested_rows.py b/tests/test_schema_nested_rows.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e343cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_schema_nested_rows.py
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+"""#195: a query row nested in a value (the entries of `schema:types.properties`) reaches Python as a map on both builds.
+
+The native codec wrote a nested Result through String.valueOf, so each entry arrived as a str and code that reads the schema
+(examples/04_csv_import_documents.py) stopped with AttributeError on the native package only.
+"""
+
+import arcadedb
+
+
+def _as_map(entry):
+    # the JVM build hands back the engine's Result object, the native build a dict
+    return dict(entry.toMap()) if hasattr(entry, "toMap") else entry
+
+
+def test_schema_type_properties_are_maps(temp_db_path):
+    with arcadedb.create_database(temp_db_path) as db:
+        db.command("sql", "CREATE DOCUMENT TYPE Movie")
+        db.command("sql", "CREATE PROPERTY Movie.title STRING")
+        db.command("sql", "CREATE PROPERTY Movie.year INTEGER")
+
+        rows = db.query(
+            "sql", "SELECT properties FROM schema:types WHERE name = 'Movie'"
+        ).to_list()
+        assert len(rows) == 1
+        entries = list(rows[0].get("properties"))
+        assert len(entries) == 2
+
+        maps = [_as_map(e) for e in entries]
+        assert all(isinstance(m, dict) for m in maps), [
+            type(e).__name__ for e in entries
+        ]
+        by_name = {str(m["name"]): m for m in maps}
+        assert set(by_name) == {"title", "year"}
+        assert str(by_name["title"]["type"]).upper() == "STRING"
+        assert str(by_name["year"]["type"]).upper() == "INTEGER"
+
+        if arcadedb.__backend__ == "native":
+            assert all(isinstance(e, dict) for e in entries), [
+                type(e).__name__ for e in entries
+            ]