a mutilated statue at Rome, in a corner of the palace of the Ursini. It took its name from a cobbler of that city called Pasquino, famous for his sneers and gibes, and who diverted himself by telling facetious and satirical stories to those who frequented his stall, as well as by cracking his jokes upon all passers-by. The witty sayings of the cobbler came to be called pasquinate (hence pasquinade), a term subsequently applied by the Romans to all kinds of humorous epigrams and satirical lampoons. These lampoons, which attacked persons in high station, were frequently fixed by night at or near the mutilated statue alluded to, which, from that circumstance, came to be called Pasquino, after the defunct cobbler.