Gargoyles Of The World (original) (raw)


I popped into Salisbury yesterday and decided, while there, to get some photos of the cathedral.Some images under this ( cut Collapse )
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Subject:Gargoyles of Notre Dame Posted by:nikm. Time:11:47 am.
I'm so glad to see this community exists. :) I posted a few pictures of a couple of Notre Dame's gargoyles that I took on my trip to Paris in 1998. The pictures weren't photographed and scanned well but I hope you enjoy them.( Pictures (fake cut) )
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Subject:Yorkshire Gargoyles Posted by:ex_wendles389. Time:12:19 pm. Mood:enthralled.
Hello, I just joined recently... I've managed to cobble together a few gargoyle photos, which I've put in a collection here. The piccies include one recently discovered in a friend's back garden, one on a church and a couple of timber gargoyles. Unfortunatley the few on the priory gatehouse have eroded over time, but still...
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Subject:A poem from Gregory Corso's collection The Happy Birthday of Death (City Lights Books, 1960) Posted by:orts. Time:8:57 pm.
The gargoyles trumpet Paris to mewhen it rains out of their mouths For centuries the same tremulouspetrified sepulchre criesall into the Seine's narrow ear It's the way they're placed Outstretched gargy necksscreammouthed haunched pensivityblasting golden era echoes from cathedral nestsas though avenging I imagine speechless Quasimodos My ear is unlike the ear of the Seine In my ear more resounded unsepulchre birdsloom the sphere the pinioned dome that is minethis dream frontier the brief flight the zoomed utterancethat is mine to hear O I don't know what to think when they sitlike spies with no clothes with no real eyeswatching me in the rain gushing storms like a defiance They too would like raincoatsor something I don't know yet enough to knowtheir image false their purpose contagious counterfeitI cannot feel that demondrains benefit the houses of Godon a rainy day forbidding or decreeing nourishment for the river's diet
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Subject:A poem from Gregory Corso's collection The Happy Birthday of Death (City Lights Books, 1960) Posted by:orts. Time:8:57 pm.

The gargoyles trumpet Paris to mewhen it rains out of their mouths For centuries the same tremulouspetrified sepulchre criesall into the Seine's narrow ear It's the way they're placed Outstretched gargy necksscreammouthed haunched pensivityblasting golden era echoes from cathedral nestsas though avenging I imagine speechless Quasimodos My ear is unlike the ear of the Seine In my ear more resounded unsepulchre birdsloom the sphere the pinioned dome that is minethis dream frontier the brief flight the zoomed utterancethat is mine to hear O I don't know what to think when they sitlike spies with no clothes with no real eyeswatching me in the rain gushing storms like a defiance They too would like raincoatsor something I don't know yet enough to knowtheir image false their purpose contagious counterfeitI cannot feel that demondrains benefit the houses of Godon a rainy day forbidding or decreeing nourishment for the river's diet

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Subject:More Gargoyles Posted by:linwand. Time:12:22 am. Mood: satisfied.
Hope these are good for you guys and here's wishing the best for this new community! :) Oh, and all of these images are from Notre Dame... except for the last, which is one that is courtesy of Deviant Art...( Read more...Collapse )
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Posted by:orts. Time:6:46 pm.
What a great idea, though rather specific. The layout is lovely too. Haven't got any pictures myself, but I'll tune in to soak up the ambience. Bring on the Green Men!Came here from arch_history, by the way.
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Hello fellow gargogle fans!To get the ball rolling (I assume at some point more people will find this community and join, hah!)....here are some photos from Paris!Sacre Coeur( several more Collapse )
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