The other deck of XVIII century was described by Breitkopf: "this deck has four suits: Ven (civil), Woo (army), Co (science), Juan (аcademy), 9 cards every go well with. Every card has a corresponding title within this swimsuit. In such a approach we've the most important ranks of the civil hierarchy and specifically a very powerful officers from minor to senior".
Prunner has distinguished three essential elements within the Chinese language playing cards of XVII: literary quotations; toasts and needs; fits in the type of financial denomination (from hundred hundreds and tens of thousands to a whole lot and cash). In a while the officials and toasts disappeared from the cards and only quotation and cash remained. The most well-known Chinese playing cards are money cards. The value of the card is set by the denomination of the cash wire.
Probably the most ancient Japanese playing cards have been produced from the shells and had been intended for literary entertainments of the educated public. The lines from the poems have been depicted on the shells. The purpose of the sport was to accurately mix the shells (to compose a poem). This recreation was a predecessor of the sport known as "one hundred poets". The classical collection of poems of hundred of poets of VII-XIII centuries was offered on these playing cards within the following manner: one card with an image of the poet, the opposite one with a line or strains from his poem. The players should properly match the cards.
Heraldic playing cards. Their appearance in XVII century is related to the identify of Claude Oronce Advantageous, who published one of the first decks with coat of arms beneath the pseudonym of de Brainville in 1660 in Lion: Jeu de Blason, Father Ménestrier, who issued the identical deck of cards a pair years later, tells about the first surprising troubles of Effective: some princes were severely offended that they have been depicted as jacks and aces. The playing cards have been confiscated by the magistrate and Fine had to change the images. However, quickly the creator of the deck became very profitable and the cards were reissued with new coat of arms. A community of younger noblemen known as "Armorists" was formed in Naples; they studied coat of arms of quite a few noble families. From Naples the concept reached Venice. In 1682 Benedictine, Dom Kasimir Frescott, offered to the Doge of Venice and to the senate Venetian the deck with coat of arms of Venetian noblemen. The supplementary guide to the deck stated: "Advantage in recreation or well-known Venetians from patrician families". Decks of historic gambling playing cards. The subject of the photographs on the playing cards were historical personalities. Depicting of the heroes of the ancient times (Alexander the Great, Caesar, Carl the Great, etc.) as card kings, vintage goddesses and nice ladies (Athena, Jeanne d'Arc, Judith and others.) as queens, excellent courageous men (Hector, Decius, Lancelot, and many others.) as jacks - grew to become a tradition nearly from the very delivery of the playing cards manufacturing in Europe. The artists painted the card characters similar to real life trendy monarchs, commanders and their ladyloves of their occasions (Karl VII, Agnès Sorel and so forth.). For instance, in time of the Nice French revolution, the monarchs on the playing cards were changed with free-thinkers and tyrant fighters: Voltaire, Hannibal, Horace, La Fontaine, Molière, Rousseau, Saint-Simon. Many cards of great art worth have been painted by the famous artists and engravers on the order of the high and mighties. So, the playing cards current a priceless historical materials that allows to conduct quite a few researches and research.
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