Playing card Museum

Playing card Museum

Early European cards were known as Tarot. There is a saying that there is a certain connection between the patterns depicted in the tarot card and the Hindu goddess ardhanari. The goddess has four hands, each holding a magic wand, a cup, a sword and a ring representing money. Therefore, the cards may have been handed down to Europe by the Gypsies of the Indian nation. They entered Egypt through Persia and Arabia, and arrived in Europe from Egypt. Some of them entered Paris in 1427.

Tarot -- the early European card

As early as the 14th century or earlier, many parts of Europe were already producing a large number of cards, and the more famous ones were Nuremberg, Augsburg and Ulm. Relevant records show that tarot card has been mentioned in an Italian document in 1299; Johanna, Duchess of Brabender, taught card in Holland in 1379; there were cards in Spain at least in 1371, and cards are called naipes in Spanish; In 1392, King Charles VI of France ordered Jacqueline Greene to draw a deck of cards by hand. This historical fact led to the emergence of the idea that cards originated from France. But it is obvious that a deck of cards ordered by the king of France is just a deck of cards similar to those already used. At that time, the Royal treasurer, who was responsible for the payment of money, once said that there were three pairs of cards printed as "gold and various colors, with a lot of decoration, for the entertainment of our king." Seventeen of them are on display in the French National Library.

The introduction of cards to the UK was later than that to other European countries. Jos é died in 1400. Although he had counted all kinds of entertainment activities at that time, he never mentioned cards: "they dance, they play chess and have dinner." The information about Edward I playing the game of the four kings (k) in his flannel costume almost certainly refers to some other game, perhaps some form of chess game. The earliest time when British playing cards were definitely mentioned in the data was 1465. In this year, British playing card manufacturers applied to Edward IV to ban the import of foreign made Zach cards, and there was an appropriate law to prove it. Playing cards, as a luxury, can provide a large source of tax for the national tax. Britain first taxed playing cards in 1615.

Legends in the history of playing cards

C. In his book the history of playing cards, P. hagravi wrote: "there is a legend about Columbus and his sailors, who loved gambling. When they were attacked by a storm on the vast and mysterious sea, they threw all their playing cards into the sea because of the terror caused by superstition. Later, after they reached the land, they regretted this reckless action, so they made some playing cards with a kind of leaf in this new country, which aroused great interest of the Indians. " According to the material by gascelso de Na Vega (history of Florida), Spanish soldiers played cards with leather during the expedition in 1534. This statement seems to be more than just a legend. Mexicans have had card play for a long time. At that time, Mexicans called it Amapa Tolli, in which Amapa means cards and Tolli means games.

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Head card generally refers to the j, Q, K cards in poker, but some places also list a as head card. The card with the figure pattern printed on the card surface was initially called coat cars, and later called cour. Modern American and British poker manufacturers have basically the same design pattern of their first cards, which follows the pattern of 18th century French poker.

In the early stage, the pattern design was completely determined by the skill of the artist who carved the woodblock. Later, the pattern gradually changed from representing recognized characters or things to meaningless figures. It has been said that Henry VIII is a model of four K's; the four K's of the oldest existing British playing cards all have curly moustaches and beards separated from each other like Henry VIII. It is also said that the models of the four portraits on Q are probably Queen Elizabeth of York Dynasty, that is, Queen of Henry VII. The design of the figures on the rest of the head cards obviously follows the figures of the playing cards made in Lyon, France. Although the figures are different, they are still similar in terms of customs, position of hands and weapons.

Different names of people's first card in playing cards of different countries

In 1813, the government issued an officially approved design, giving each head card a name. Up to now, many playing cards still use this name

Spades, hearts, squares and clubs

K David Charles Caesar Alexander

Q Athena Judith Rachel aquini

J. hogger rahelhektoransloda

Playing card corner

Now the poker is printed with 10 symbols on the corner, which is the poker corner code. But there was no corner code in the early poker. The biggest problem of this kind of poker is that you have to see the whole card to know the size of the card. It was not until 1870 that the American invented the corner code.

In the 18th century, some poker manufacturers printed Roman letters or Arabic numerals on the top corner of each card in order to identify. However, this method was only used in suit poker and Spanish Style Poker, not used in general French suit poker until the 19th century.

In the 1870s, three American Poker manufacturers adopted different methods to solve this problem.

A card in each of the two corners printed with a decor symbol and a number or letter, known as the "squeezer", this is the most popular method, the British and American Poker generally use this method.

Another manufacturer prints a reduced card figure on each corner of each card, which is called triple. This method is less used now.

There is also a manufacturer in each card on the four corners are printed with Decor symbols and a number or letter, known as quadruplate, this method of printing poker, whether the card left or right spread into a fan, you can see the corner code on the corner, now the European puff is usually printed in this form.

Yale University poker Museum

Yale University in the United States has a collection of more than 3000 pairs of playing cards, uncut plates, and wooden plates of card printers. These collections were originally collected by the late melbert and Mary Cary, and were bequeathed to Yale University when they died in 1967. There are two card collectors' associations in the United States, including the world poker collection Association. Some members collect cards, while others only collect the reverse side of cards. Mr. Horsman of the United States has a collection of more than 3000 kinds of poker from all over the world, and has also published a set of Encyclopedia of American Poker.

Poker Museum, Cincinnati, USA

There is a poker Museum in Cincinnati, USA. this is a gift given to the Art Museum of Cincinnati by the American Poker company. The museum has a collection of 10000 complete sets of cards and 70000 incomplete sets of cards. It's said to be the largest poker collection in the world. There are a few of the oldest and most valuable playing cards in the Morgan Museum in New York.

A museum of playing cards in Germany. In Altenburg. Founded in 1922. There are more than 4000 kinds of ancient and modern poker printed around the world, including the ancient court "Poker" of Iran and India. Many of them have exquisite patterns and gorgeous colors, which have certain artistic appreciation and historical research value. There is also the world's smallest collection of playing cards, each card is only 8 mm in length. The city of alcheburk in Germany is famous for its production of poker, known as the "Poker city". There is a poker Museum in the city.

The National Library in Paris has a collection of playing cards. There are two collections of playing cards in Britain, one is the British Museum, and the other is kilde hall. In addition, there are poker collections in Vienna, Nuremberg, Dresden, Munich and Budapest.

The first French Museum of playing cards officially opened on December 17, 1999. This national museum is located in isilemurino in the upper Seine Province in the south of Paris, with a very rich collection. Among the 8500 items in the collection, there are 5000 playing cards, 800 engravings, drawings and advertisements, as well as more than 1000 items related to playing cards. Among them, the most precious collection is a set of tarot cards - "Ferrari car". The card, a 15th century piece decorated with gouache, was bought at a public auction for 750000 francs. Other treasures are: the best painting plate in Paris in the 16th century, a typesetting table in the 17th century, and one made in 1967

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