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Stukeley-type playing cards
Title
[Stukeley-type playing cards].
Publication
[Nuremberg] : [publisher not identified], [between 1510 and 1520?]
Physical Description
48 cards : color ; 72 x 46 mm
Medium
woodcut making
stenciling (process)
Local Notes
BEIN PLAYING CARDS GEN 838: Mounted on 12 sheets (22 x 16 cm). From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards. Removed from the binding of a volume containing two works by Johannes de Pale: Celifodina absconditos stripture thesauros pandeus, (Leipzig, 1515) and Supplementum celifodine (Leipzig, 1516). Accompanied by a typescript article (photocopy) on the discovery, removal, and restoration of the cards: Sobota, Jan. Background of late Gothic playing cards (14 leaves), housed separately.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
German suit system.
Composition of deck: 48 (D, K, O, U, 10-3).
Format
Images
Added to Catalog
July 13, 2023
Subjects
Genre/Form
Playing cards.
Woodcuts.
Printed waste.
Also listed under
Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library)
Germany Nuremberg.
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