trumeau

Amiens, this central statue, on the 'trumeau' or supporting and dividing pillar of the central porch, is of Christ Immanuel, -- God

Our Fathers Have Told Us Part I. The Bible of Amiens John Ruskin 1859

La meilleure est la tranche, le gîte et le trumeau.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

La meilleure est la tranche, le gîte et le trumeau.

Savoring The Past Wheaton Barbara Ketcham 1983

Virgin Mary; on the sides of this trumeau are bas-reliefs representing the

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Various 1885

On the trumeau of the central gate is a fine statue of the

Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 3 France and the Netherlands, Part 1 Various 1885

Below the lintel, supporting it, and dividing the doorway in halves, is the trumeau, -- the central pier, -- a new part of the portal which was unknown to the western door.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878

Brittany and Dreux, whom we have no choice but to admit on the trumeau of the other.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878

Anne of the Rose of France, within, repeats the Saint Anne on the trumeau of the portal.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878

As we pass into the Cathedral, under the great Christ, on the trumeau, you must stop to look at Pierre himself.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878

The great central figure, the tallest and most commanding in the whole church, is not the Virgin, but her mother Saint Anne, standing erect as on the trumeau of the door beneath, and holding the infant Mary on her left arm.

Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres Henry Adams 1878