The arts in the Middle Ages, and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Dafforne, James, d. 1880, tr · London, Chapman and Hall · leaf 287
had been the game of the vizier and of war; the royal treasurer turnedit into a pack having reference to the knight and chivalry. In thefirst place he placed on it his own armorial bearings, the unicorn, whichfigures in several ancient packs of cards. He did not forget the allusivearms of Jacques… … Fig. 210.—Ancient French Card of the Fifteenth Fig. 211.—Specimen of a Pack of Cards of the Century. (Bibl. Imp., Paris.) Sixteenth Century. (Bibl. Imp., Paris.) to do honour to the two brothers Jean and Gaspard Bureau, grand-mastersof artillery in France. Etienne Chevalier, as the most skilful…
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