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Trumeau: doorpost supporting lintel.
Jamb: the side of a doorway or window frame. The jambs of the portals of Romanesque and Gothic churches are frequently decorated with figure sculpture.
Trumeau figure - Statue decorating a trumeau. Usually this was a human figure, very often a religious personage.
trumeau
A center post supporting the lintel that spans the width of an arch in a Romanesque portal ensemble.Vertical architectural member between the leaves of a doorway. Trumeaus were often highly decorated. See also jamb, trumeau figure ...
Trumeau - A pillar in the center of a Gothic portal.
Tympanum - The space enclosed by a lintel and an arch over a doorway.
Typology - The use of prototypes and antitypes as in the use of the Old Testament as a prefiguration of the New.
Trumeau: Stone pillar or column supporting the tympanum of a portal at its center (fig.3, E).
[Fig.6: Drawing of the nave at Reims cathedral showing the clerestory, triforium, and the nave arcades (after M.Alexander, 2003)].
Trumeau
in Romanesque and Gothic architecture, the central post supporting the lintel in a double doorway.
Truss construction ...
Trumeau:
A form of two-part mirror frame in which an ornamental panel is featured above the mirrored glass.
Tudor-Elizabethan: ...
Trumeau(French): Central stone upright supporting the tympanum of a wide doorway, especially of a medieval church. Trumeau figure: carved figure attached to it; compare column figure.Trumpet capital ...
trumeau Central pier in a doorway, sometimes decorated with sculptures. tympanum An area above a door between the lintel and the arch. This area is often filled with sculpture, especially in Romanesque churches.
TRUMEAU: a central vertical mullion supporting a tympanum above an arch or doorway, effectively dividing the arch or doorway into two. TIERCERON: in a vault, a secondary rib which links the central boss or a springing point to a principal rib.
 See also: Tympanum, Architecture, Doorway, Church, Capital
  
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