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 293
ll less in Spain ; on the contrary,the fact was that as regards this point of fashion, the vanquished peopleobtained the advantage over their conquerors, and the tarots came into fullfavour among the victorious soldiery. The Spaniards must certainly have received the Oriental naib from theMoors and… … Fig-. 214.—Roxana, Queen of Hearts. Fig. 215.—Card of Italian Tarots, from the Pack of the (Specimen of the Cards of the time minchiate. of Henry IV.) (Collection of Playing-Cards, Bibl. Imp., Paris.) in which they are mentioned is the edict of John I., of the date of 1387, towhich reference has…
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