Trumeau

Amiens, this central statue, on the 'trumeau' or supporting and dividing pillar of the central porch, is of Christ Immanuel, -- God ❋ John Ruskin (1859)

La meilleure est la tranche, le gîte et le trumeau. ❋ Wheaton Barbara Ketcham (1983)

Virgin Mary; on the sides of this trumeau are bas-reliefs representing the ❋ Various (1885)

On the trumeau of the central gate is a fine statue of the ❋ Various (1885)

As we pass into the Cathedral, under the great Christ, on the trumeau, you must stop to look at Pierre himself. ❋ 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. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)

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. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)

Brittany and Dreux, whom we have no choice but to admit on the trumeau of the other. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)

Anne of the Rose of France, within, repeats the Saint Anne on the trumeau of the portal. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)

Mary's feelings; and below, against the trumeau, stands the great figure of Christ, -- the whole Church, -- trampling on the lion and dragon. ❋ Henry Adams (1878)