The arts in the middle ages, and at the period of the renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London, Bickers and son · leaf 313
, 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 Schetten, 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…
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