banderoles
/ˈbændəˌroʊlz/
noun
- Long, narrow flags or banners, often with pointed ends, used for decoration or in ceremonies.
- The parade featured banderoles fluttering in the wind above the crowd.
- The castle walls were decorated with colorful banderoles for the festival.
- Knights carried banderoles with their family crests into the tournament.
- In architecture, a carved or painted representation of a ribbon or scroll, often bearing an inscription.
- The museum displayed a Renaissance painting with a banderole curling around the figures.
- Medieval manuscripts often show angels holding banderoles with Latin text.
- The old church had stone banderoles carved above the doorways.