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banderole
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Also known as bannerol

thumb|A contemporary illustration of the Breton warship Cordelière and the English warship Regent ablaze at the Battle of St. Mathieu on 10 August 1512. Both are flying banderoles (the Breton [[Kroaz Du and the English flag of St. George.)]]

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  • Knights, bishops and ships
  • Art and architecture
  • Modern administrative use
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thumb|A contemporary illustration of the Breton warship Cordelière and the English warship Regent ablaze at the Battle of St. Mathieu on 10 August 1512. Both are flying banderoles (the Breton [[Kroaz Du and the English flag of St. George.)]]

A banderole (, "little banner") is a comparatively small but long flag, historically used by knights and on ships, and as a heraldic device for representing bishops.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “banderole” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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