es,the form and meaning of the word remainpractically the same. As well as gargoyles, these dragon-spouts arecalled Magots. VValcot derives this word fromthe Hebrew Magog, on the roof, but it isundoubtedly merely a corrupt form of imago, animao^e. The dragon-formof the gargoyle beingso universally… … GARGOYLES. i73 Lincoln Minster, and is evidence of the popularrecognition of the sculptors success in pourtrayingthe diabolical personage. There are, however,some notable exceptions to this portraiture. Thebest in existence is, perhaps, at Patrington, EastYorkshire. In this the body of the carving…
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