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MASTER of the PLAYING CARDS.
40 pieces from a numeral card deck
Described by Passavant: Vol. II. p. 70 and following.
" " " Max Geisberg: The Oldest Engraved German Card Game. original: 'Das älteste gestochene deutsche Kartenspiel' (Strasburg. 1905.)
" " " Max Lehrs: History and Critical Catalogue of German, Netherlandish, and French Copper Engraving in the 15th Century. original: 'Geschichte u. kritisch. Katalog des deutsch. niederl. u. französisch. Kupferstichs. im XV. Jahrh.' (Vienna. 1908. pp. 63-137.)
— In this deck, which should normally consist of four suits The French text uses 'couleurs' (colors) to refer to the suits of the deck., five have been identified. Mr. Lehrs suggests that the engraver published two versions of the deck: one composed of suits I, III, IV, V; and the other of suits II, III, IV, V.
— The table below indicates the locations of the known cards (as of 1909) from this deck.
Suits
| I. Flowers | II. Wild Men A popular medieval motif of hairy, forest-dwelling humans. | III. Birds | IV. Stags | V. Lions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paris (Dept. of Prints Cabinet des Estampes) | 2 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 11 | = 40 |
| Dresden | 6 | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | = 16 |
| Vienna | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | = 5 |
| Berlin | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | = 2 |
| Bologna | — | — | — | 1 | — | = 1 |
| Gotha | — | — | — | 1 | — | = 1 |
| London | — | — | — | — | 1 | = 1 |
| Militsch | 1 | — | — | — | — | = 1 |
| Munich | — | — | 1 | — | — | = 1 |
| Nuremberg | — | — | — | — | 1 | = 1 |
| Prague (Lanna collection) * | 1 | — | — | — | — | = 1 |
| Paris (Rothschild collection) | — | — | — | — | 1 | = 1 |
| 12 | + 7 | + 17 | + 16 | + 19 | = 71. |
- In addition to these 40 cards, the Department of Prints possesses 12 fragments representing 11 of the animals that appear as pips The 'points' or suit symbols on a card. in the suit of Lions. In the past, these were arbitrarily grouped to create the two, three, and seven of this suit. — The five of lions exists as a duplicate impression. There are therefore 41 original impressions and 3 impressions constructed from original fragments.
4 and not 10
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10 of these cards were in the Department of Prints before 1828; most come from the old Marolles collection (1667). The others come from the Wilson sale (London 1828).
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Volume Kh. 30. reserve contains tracings of figures from the same deck.
Old inventory no. 9843.
x Purchased by Artaria at the Lanna sale. — now "Albertina" — (1974) FG.
o From the Wilson collection — acquired by the Department of Prints from B. Tiffin, London - June 1842
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