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 295
letters ; the game itself Spielbriefe, game of letters ; theearliest cardmakers were Briefmaler, painters of letters. The four suits ofthe Briefe were neither Italian nor French in character ; they bore the nameof Sc/iellen, bells (Figs. 216, 217, 218), or roth (red), grun (green), andEicheln… … Figs. 218 and 219.—The Two of Bells and the King of Acorns, taken from a Pack of Cards of theSixteenth Century, designed and engraved by a German Master.(Bibl. Imp. of Paris. Print-Room.) at least in principle, to preserve its military characteristics. Their suitsdepicted, it is said, the triumphs…
Art, Medieval · Art, Renaissance
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Omnia D. And. Alciati emblemata : ad quae singula, praeter concinnas acutásque inscriptiones, lepidas & expressas imagines, ac caetera omnia, quae prioribus nostris editionibus cúm ad eorum distinctionem, tum ad ornatum & correctionem adhibita continebantur, : nunc primùm perelegantia persubtiliáq[ue] adiecta sunt epimuthia, quibus emblematum amplitudo quaecunq[ue] in iis dubia sunt aut obscura, tanquam perspicuis illustrantur (1566)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-omniadandalciat00alci-57-46.webp)
