. It is certainly a sur-prising thing that solarge a portion of theGargoyle Stony Stratford, omaments of churchcs should be representations of the Enemy of Mankindand lesser embodiments of evil. Take away thedragon forms from ecclesiology, and nearly halfthe ornaments would be missing.… … GARGOYLES. 171 In ascertaining the meaning of the termgargoyle, we are met by two derivations, which,however, are reconcilable. The first is Gar-gouille, met as the proper name of a dragon whodwelt in the waters of the Seine, and who,ravaging the town of Rouen, was forthwith slainby St. Romanus,…
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