Gargoyle (English Wikipedia)

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Houghton Mifflin (2000). The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language (4th ed.). Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin. pp. 725. ISBN 978-0-395-82517-4.

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Benton, Janetta Rebold (1997). Holy Terrors: Gargoyles on Medieval Buildings. Abbeville Press. ISBN 978-0-7892-0182-9.
Hargreaves, J. (1990). Hargreaves New Illustrated Bestiary. Gothic Image Publications. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-906362-12-9. Retrieved May 11, 2018. The word Gargoyle is derived from 'La Gargouille'—the name of an immense dragon who lived in the river Seine at Rouen. The word Gargouille comes from the word for a throat, and gargle is derived from the same source. La Gargouille was ...
Butler, A.; Thurston, H.; Attwater, D. (1956). Lives of the Saints. Kenedy. p. 183. Retrieved May 11, 2018. ST ROMANUS, Bishop of Rouen (c. a.d. 640) Not much that is certainly authentic is known of this bishop. ... The legend is that this privilege took its rise from St Romanus killing a great serpent, called Gargouille, with the assistance of a ...
Herbermann, C.G.; Pace, E.A.; Pallen, C.B.; Shahan, T.J.; Wynne, J.J.; MacErlean, A.A. (1913). The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the Constitution, Doctrine, Discipline, and History of the Catholic Church. Robert Appleton company. p. 209. Retrieved May 11, 2018. St. Romanus (631–641) former chancellor of Clotaire II; legend relates how he delivered the environs of Rouen from a monster called Gargouille, having ...
Cipa, S. (2009). Carving Gargoyles Grotesques, and Other Creatures of Myth: History, Lore, and 12 Artistic Patterns. Fox Chapel Publishing Company, Incorporated. ISBN 978-1-56523-329-4.
Hodder, E. (1881). Cities of the world. p. 46. Retrieved May 11, 2018. The bishop put a leash round its neck, and the criminal led the Gargouille into Rouen, where, amidst the acclamations of the ... And so once a year, on Ascension Day, until the time of the Revolution, the chapter used to select a condemned ...
British Archaeological Association (1939). The Archaeological Journal. Royal Archaeological Institute. p. 361. Retrieved May 11, 2018. During the Merovingian period Rouen occupies a prominent place in the long struggle between Fredegonde and Brunhilda, which culminated in the brutal murder of Bishop Pretextatus in his own cathedral. To the seventh ... The former's legendary victory over the monster Gargouille led to the well-known privilege of the Chapter of releasing a condemned criminal every Ascension Day. Charlemagne ...
Clarke, S.; Engelbach, R. (1930). Ancient Egyptian Construction and Architecture. Dover books on Egypt. Dover Publications. ISBN 978-0-486-26485-1.
Dinsmoor, W.B.; Anderson, W.J. (1950). The Architecture of Ancient Greece: An Account of Its Historic Development. Biblo and Tannen. ISBN 978-0-8196-0283-1.
Willemsen, F. (1959). Die Löwenkopf-Wasserspeier Vom Dach des Zeustempels. Olympische Forschungen (in German). Vol. 4. Berlin: de Gruyter. ISBN 978-3-11-003144-7.
Swaddling, J. (1980). The ancient Olympic Games. Published for the trustees of the British Museum by British Museum Publications. ISBN 9780714120027.
Fudgé, T.A. (2016). Medieval Religion and its Anxieties: History and Mystery in the Other Middle Ages. The New Middle Ages. Palgrave Macmillan US. p. 91. ISBN 978-1-137-56610-2. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Hourihane, C. (2012). The Grove Encyclopedia of Medieval Art and Architecture. OUP USA. p. 642. ISBN 978-0-19-539536-5. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Weinstock, J.A. (2016). The Ashgate Encyclopedia of Literary and Cinematic Monsters. Taylor & Francis. p. 248. ISBN 978-1-317-04426-0. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Tschen-Emmons, J.B. (2015). Artifacts from Medieval Europe. Daily Life through Artifacts. ABC-CLIO. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-61069-622-7. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Di Renzo, A. (1995). American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque. Southern Illinois University Press. p. 1. ISBN 978-0-8093-2030-1. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Leclercq, Jean; Rochais, H.M., eds. (1963). "Apologia ad Guillelmum abbatem". Tractatus et opuscula. S. Bernardi Opera (in Latin). Vol. 3. Rome: Editiones Cistercienses.
Nathan, W.L. (1961). Art and the Message of the Church. Westminster studies in Christian communication. Westminster Press. p. 74. Retrieved May 11, 2018.
Bridaham, L.B. (1930). Gargoyles, Chimères, and the Grotesque in French Gothic Sculpture. Architectural Book Publishing Company, Incorporated. p. xii.
Varner, G.R. (2008). Gargoyles, Grotesques & Green Men: Ancient Symbolism in European and American Architecture. Lulu.com. ISBN 978-1-4357-1142-6.^{[self-published source]}

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"gargle". Origin and meaning of gargle by Online Etymology Dictionary. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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"Word of the Day: Gargoyle". Merriam-Webster. September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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"Word of the Day: Gargoyle". Merriam-Webster. September 5, 2015. Archived from the original on June 24, 2017. Retrieved May 11, 2018.

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Chisholm 1911. Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gargoyle" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 11 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 466.

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"What Is a Gargoyle?". Wonderopolis. Retrieved 19 October 2018.