Cap and bells
Type of hat most commonly worn by jesters
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
The cap and bells could be in the following forms:[2]
- Ass's ears and an ass's 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
- Fool's Cap Map of the World
- A jester with a cap and bells and a fool's scepter
- Fool's cap of the Carnival (Fasching) Guild in Villach, Carinthia, Austria
- 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 depicting Till Eulenspiegel, Magdeburg
References
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