1910–1911
Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
TABARIN (Fr. tabard, Ital. labarrino, a small cloak), the name assumed by Jean Salomon (c. 1584-1633), a Parisian street charlatan, who amused his audiences in the Place Dauphine by farcical dialogue with his partner Mondor (Phillippe Girard), with whom he reaped a golden harvest by the sale of quack medicines. A contemporary portrait shows him in the dress of a clown, but with a moustache and pointed beard, carrying a wooden sword and wearing a soft grey felt hat capable of assuming countless amusing shapes in his…
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