Fools or jesters, Anno 1272. In his hands he holds a a stick to which an inflated bladder is fastened, in the other a paper or folded parchment. Image taken from The Costume of the original inhabitants of the British Islands from the earliest periods to the sixth century, to which is added that of theGothic nations on the Western Coasts of the Baltic, the ancestors of the Anglo-saxons and Anglo-Danes.. Originally published in R. Havell: London, 1815.