Gargoyles – "Stonemasons Working on Gargoyles" – Matthäus Schiestl – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Black Frame Even their playful banter before

Even their playful banter before he assented to his mother's wishes makes us happy

In the background is the Hôtel de Neslé

trudge through the snow to a quiet animal stable at the edge of a small town

holding up their scrolls of prophecy as they float around Jesus

Occasionally in those days

Gargoyles – "Stonemasons Working on Gargoyles" – Matthäus Schiestl – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):5x7 Black Frame Even their playful banter beforeGargoyles are a prominent feature of Medieval Catholic architecture. They are fantastical creatures made out of stone, sometime creepy, which are attached to the side of Gothic buildings. Their purpose is to protect the building. Sometimes they were disguised water gutters to take the rain off the masonry. When they were just stone beasts, their only function was to frighten off would be interlopers, be they of the natural or supernatural world. They