Cartouche

Also called cartouches

An ornamental panel or shield with scrolled, curling edges, often framing an inscription or coat of arms.

Rules that use the word

A pediment within a pediment. Mark the main door by setting a segmental pediment inside a larger triangular one, or by breaking the pediment open to hold a cartouche or statue.

Where it appears in the book

A feature of Mannerism, Beaux-Arts architecture.

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