Cap and bells

For other uses, see Cap and bells (disambiguation) and Foolscap.

A jester with a cap and bells

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

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  Fool's Cap Map of the World
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  A jester with a cap and bells and a fool's scepter
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  Fool's cap of the Carnival (Fasching) Guild in Villach, Carinthia, Austria
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  Carnival in Villach
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  Woman wearing a fool's cap of the Carnival Guild in Villach
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  Supporter of the Belgian national football team in Belgium, before their 2018 World Cup semi-final match against France
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  The Eulenspiegelbrunnen [de], a fountain in Magdeburg, Germany, depicting Till Eulenspiegel

References

1. Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged
2. Lucy Barton, Historic Costumes for the Stage, p. 221
3. ISBN 1412834988, p. 113
4. Singleton, Esther (1891). "The Court Jesters of England". Cosmopolitan. Vol. 11. p. 445.