Banderole
Art and architecture
Art and architecture
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[thumb\|A 1506 painting by [Bernhard Strigel](/wiki/Bernhard_Strigel "Bernhard Strigel") with banderole.](/wiki/File:Strigel_1506-detail.jpg "Strigel 1506-detail.jpg")
The term is also used in [art](/wiki/Art "Art") and [architecture](/wiki/Architecture "Architecture") for a [speech scroll](/wiki/Speech_scroll "Speech scroll") or streamer, representing a roll of [parchment](/wiki/Parchment "Parchment") carried by or surrounding a figure or object, for bearing an inscription, mainly during the medieval and Renaissance periods. In particular banderoles were used as attributes for [Old Testament](/wiki/Old_Testament "Old Testament") [prophets](/wiki/Prophet "Prophet"), as may be seen in the *[Santa Trinita Maestà](/wiki/Santa_Trinita_Maest%C3%A0 "Santa Trinita Maestà")* by [Cimabue](/wiki/Cimabue "Cimabue"), ([Uffizi](/wiki/Uffizi "Uffizi"), 1280–90\), [Duccio](/wiki/Duccio "Duccio")'s *[Maestà](/wiki/Maest%C3%A0_%28Duccio%29 "Maestà (Duccio)")* (1308–11\), and other works. The convention had a historical appropriateness, as the Old Testament was originally written on [scrolls](/wiki/Scroll "Scroll"), whereas nearly all surviving New Testament manuscripts are [codices](/wiki/Codices "Codices") (like modern books). They may also be used for the words of angels, especially [Gabriel](/wiki/Gabriel "Gabriel")'s greeting to Mary in [Annunciation](/wiki/Annunciation "Annunciation") scenes.Ladis, Andrew \& Maginnis, Hayden B. J., *Painting in the Age of Giotto: A Historical Reevaluation*, pp. 155\-156, 1997, Penn State Press, , 


What does the convention of banderoles have to do with scrolls and codices?