Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells.
A second squire held aloft his master's lance, from the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole, or streamer, bearing a cross of the same form with that embroidered upon his cloak.
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A flat band with an inscription, common in Renaissance buildings.
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Lances were ornamented with a banderole near the point, which gave them a handsome appearance, these were also called pencells.
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A second squire held aloft his master's lance, from the extremity of which fluttered a small banderole, or streamer, bearing a cross of the same form with that embroidered upon his cloak.
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No plume or nobloy fluttered from his plain tilting salade, and even his lance was devoid of the customary banderole.