print;
playing-card
- Museum number
- 1896,0501.1089
- Description
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One entire uncut sheet of 12 playing-cards and a fragment of another containing 8 playing-cards taken from the binding of an old book; worm-eaten and otherwise damaged. The two sheets had contained 24 cards including the four aces, knaves and kings of each suit and eight pip cards of the suit of swords, the value of each being indicated by letters and numerals placed at either end, as R.D. (Re Danari), F.D. (Fante Danari), S. 5, etc. On each ace the suit-mark is held by a gryphon.
Woodcut
1613
- Production date
- 1613
- Dimensions
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Height: 83 millimetres (individual card)
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Height: 263 millimetres (sheet 1)
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Height: 235 millimetres (sheet 2)
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Width: 47 millimetres (individual card)
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Width: 190 millimetres (sheet 1)
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Width: 190 millimetres (sheet 2)
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- These cards have Italo-Portuguese suit-marks.
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 1896
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1896,0501.1089