Gargoyles and Grotesques Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and a ruler

and a ruler

these envelope poems are charged with a special poignancy―addressed to no one and everyone at once

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September 22nd

Plate VIII

Gargoyles and Grotesques Konstantin Tsiolkovsky and a rulerBy Alex Woodcock Gargoyles are an architectural feature designed to throw rainwater clear of the walls of a building. Widely used on medieval churches, these water spouts were often richly decorated and fashioned as serpents heads and grotesque demons. Today, the term gargoyle is also popularly applied to any carved decorative head or creature high up on a building, and this book is an exploration of all of these enchanting features. Written by an