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Jambs

The vertical posts of a doorway or window frame; used as well of the walls that slant towards a doorway. In the portals of gothic cathedrals the jambs are sculptures. At chartres cathedral, for example, these are the sculptures on the left and right of the doorways or portals. The sculpture or post in the centre of a doorway is the trumeau.

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