Cap and bells
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The cap and bells is a type of fool's cap with bells worn by a court fool or jester.[1] The bells were also added to the dangling sleeves and announced the appearance of the jester.[2][3]
Forms
[edit source]The cap and bells could be in the following forms:[2]
- Ass' ears and an ass' tail, often curling forward[2][3]
- Horns[2]
- Cockscomb crest[2]
- Royal court jester costume
- Bi-color coxcomb cap
- Fool's cap and masque
Other forms of fool's cap in England were shaped like a monk's cowl with ass's ears, a high-pointed cap covered with bells, or a round cap with an imposing feather.[4][unreliable source?]
Gallery
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Fool's Cap Map of the World
A jester with a cap and bells and a fool's scepter
Carnival in Villach
Woman wearing a fool's cap of the Carnival Guild in Villach
Supporter of the Belgian national football team in Belgium, before their 2018 World Cup semi-final match against France![The Eulenspiegelbrunnen [de], a fountain in Magdeburg, Germany, depicting Till Eulenspiegel](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Eulenspiegelbrunnen_%28Magdeburg-Altstadt%29.Detail.ajb.jpg/120px-Eulenspiegelbrunnen_%28Magdeburg-Altstadt%29.Detail.ajb.jpg)
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![The Eulenspiegelbrunnen [de], a fountain in Magdeburg, Germany, depicting Till Eulenspiegel](/restyle/wiki/File:Eulenspiegelbrunnen_(Magdeburg-Altstadt).Detail.ajb.jpg)
References
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- ↑ Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged
- 1 2 3 4 5 Lucy Barton, Historic Costumes for the Stage, p. 221
- 1 2 ISBN 1412834988, p. 113
- ↑ Singleton, Esther (1891). "The Court Jesters of England". Cosmopolitan. Vol. 11. p. 445.