It is also connected to the French verb gargariser, which shares a Latin root with the verb "gargle" : 8 and is likely imitative in origin. Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet"or "throat") and similar words derived from the root gar, "to swallow", which represented the gurgling sound of water (e.g., Portuguese and Spanish garganta, "throat" gárgola, "gargoyle"). The term originates from the French gargouille, which in English is likely to mean "throat" or is otherwise known as the "gullet" cf. When Gothic flying buttresses were used, aqueducts were sometimes cut into the buttress to divert water over the aisle walls. Gargoyles are usually elongated fantastical animals because their length determines how far water is directed from the wall.
A trough is cut in the back of the gargoyle and rainwater typically exits through the open mouth. Architects often used multiple gargoyles on a building to divide the flow of rainwater off the roof to minimize potential damage from rainstorms. In architecture, and specifically Gothic architecture, a gargoyle ( / ˈ ɡ ɑːr ɡ ɔɪ l/) is a carved or formed grotesque : 6–8 with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing it from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between. To view the physical lantern slide, please contact the Architecture Library.Gargoyle of the Vasa Chapel at Wawel in Kraków, Poland
The earliest mention of a cathedral at Laon is in a poem by Alcuin of York (735-804). Its five completed towers dominate the modern town. The cathedral of Notre-Dame is a classic example of Early Gothic architecture in France.
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