The arts in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance (1886)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London : J.S. Virtue & Co. · leaf 201
Turianus,whom he had induced to join him in his retreat. It is said that he enjoyednothing so much as seeing the monks of Saint-Just standing amazed beforehis alarum watches and automaton clocks ; but it is also stated that he wasin despair at being obliged to admit that it was as impossible to… … PLAYIXG-CAPkDS. Supposed Date of their Invention.—Existed in India in the Twelfth Century.—Their connectionwith the Game of Clics3.—Brought into Europe after the Crusades.—Firtst mention of a Game■with Cards in 1372.—Cards well known in the Fifteenth Century in Spain, Germany, andFrance, under the…
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