5 Decks at Schloss Ambras. Early Playing Cards Research.

<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="2" cellpadding="0"> <tr><td><a name="a"><b><font size="3" color="#0033ff" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">    A</font></b></a><a href="http://autorbis.net" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">UTORBIS.net </font></a> - <a href="http://trionfi.com" target="_blank"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">TRIONFI.com </font></a> </td> <td align="right"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial Narrow">created 2003 - 2006       </td> </tr></table><hr size="1" width="90%"> <table width="100%"><tr><td rowspan="2" width="30%" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd"> <h3>PLAYING CARDS</h3> <b><font size="+1">Very early references <br>     - 1370/80</font> <ul><br> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/90/">Introduction and list of Links</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/91/">Stuart Kaplan's list</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/92/">Huck Meyer's opinion</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/93/">Marseille 1337</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/95/">Playing Cards in Bohemia 1340 (?)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/94/">Old German/Swiss notes</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/21/">Early Paper Mills in Europe</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/01/">Early Prohibitions (- ca. 1420)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/02/">Other early Notes (- ca. 1420)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/22/">L. A. Mayer: Mamluk Playing Cards</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/96/">References Muslim World</a> </ul> <font size="+1">Germany</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/10/">Johannes of Rheinfelden 1377</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/20/">Early German Card producers</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/25/">German Decks (15th cent.)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/07/">Notes to Karnöffel, Keyserspiel </a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/c/05/">The Name Karnöffel </a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/06/">(Imperatori decks / Ferrara)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/mi/00/" target="_blank">MEISTER INGOLD</a> </ul> <font size="+1">France</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/03/">France and Burgund (14th/15th century)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/15/">The Gringonneur Case</a> <LI><A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/p/26/">Valentina Visconti and the French Court 1392 - 1397</A> </ul> <font size="+1">England</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/45/">Earliest reference in England in 1413</a> </ul> <font size="+1">Milan</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/08/">Prohibitions Filippo Maria Visconti</a> <li><a href="http://geocities.com/research_of_tarot/doc08.html" target="_blank">Vita di Filippo Visconti</a><br><br> </ul> <font size="+1">Ferrara</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/04/">Notes about Printing (Ferrara)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/06/">Notes about Imperatori decks</a> <br>    in Ferrara (1423 - 1452) </ul> <font size="+1">Florence</font><br><ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/05/">Prohibition around Florence</a><br>    (1377 - ca. 1500) <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/14/">Conclusions about Florence </a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/09/">Notes about Minchiate </a> </ul> <font size="+1">Further Articles to <A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/l/50/" target="_blank">CITIES</A></font><br><br> <font size="+1"><A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/e/" target="_blank">TRIONFI DOCUMENTATION</A></font><br><br> <font size="+1">Further Articles <br>     and Conclusions </font><br>related partly also to the theme "Trionfi"<br><br> <ul> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/27/">Early Printing dates (in development)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/12/">Trionfi-Kids</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/13/">Trionfi and Church</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/18/">Count Parravicino 1903</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/25/">First appearance 5x14-theory 1974</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/23/">Early Notes to "Tarot" (provisional)</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/28/">Tarocchi appropriati</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/17/">Sermones de Ludo cum aliis<br> - Information</a><br><br> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/24/">Knights Orders</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/19/">Ronfa - Notes</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/16/">The Cardplaying Wheel</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/29/">Felix Fabri / Playing Card Notes</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/40/">Il Cortegiano / Castiglione</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/70/">Franco Pratesi: Bibliography</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/41/">Oldest Divination with Playing Cards</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/82/">Collection Playing habits</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/42/">5 Decks in Ambras Collection</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/89/">Unusual Tarocchi cards, described 1849</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/87/">Jehan Bresson, 4 Spanish Tarocchi 1570</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/43/">Vespasiano da Bisticci - gambling notes</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/44/">Connaisseur 1754 - Gambling Satire</a> <li><a href="http://trionfi.com/0/p/71/">Links to Playing Tarot/Tarock</a> </ul></b> </ul></td><td height="50" align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#dddddd"> Playing Cards - Documents and Articles </td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top" bgcolor="#eeeeee"> <H1>The Ambras Collection in 1855<h1> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="10" WIDTH="100%"><TD>"Die K.k. Ambraser Sammlung" (Wien, 1855) by Dr. Eduard Freiherr von Sacken, p. 258/259, gives in a list of the inventory 5 card decks. 2 of them are well known, it are the the Hofämterspiel of ca. 1455 and the Ambraser Hofjagdspiel, estimated for ca. 1440 - 1450. A 3rd seems to be the second deck of Thomas Murner (1502/1518 ?). The other two are unknown to us for the current moment, one is said to be from 15. century with 32 small cards, containing motifs which indicate a similarity to Tarot. The other 48 cards, very big and from 16th century, show on their backside heraldic signs of Erzherzog Ferdinand, the earlier owner of Schloss Ambras. They've fruit trees as suits and use monkeys as figures.<br><br> Quote p.258/259 - <a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=33ZtM8HNvqQC&dq=kartenspiel&as_brr=1&pg=RA1-PA258&ci=207,493,724,34&source=bookclip"><img alt="Text not available" src="http://books.google.com/books?id=33ZtM8HNvqQC&pg=RA1-PA258&img=1&zoom=3&hl=en&sig=y6k3-To-fpNWUzPvqmkc-ED8eV4&ci=207,493,724,34&edge=1" border="0"></a><br/> <br><br> Von besonderem Interesse sind fünf alte Kartenspiele:<br><br> <CENTER><TABLE BGCOLOR="#ffffff" BORDER="1" CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="5" WIDTH="90%"><TD> 102. (194.) <B><A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/j/d/ambras/">(= Ambraser Jagdspiel)</A></b> Ein gemaltes Kartenspiel, aus 56 Blättern bestehend (von jeder Farbe l—9, dann Fahne, Knappe, Junker, Dame und König zu Pferde); statt der vier Farben sind Falken, Reiher, Falkenflügel und Hunde gemalt. Die sehr gut gezeichneten Figuren zeigen das burgundische Costüme um die Mitte des XV. Jahrhunderts. <br><Br> 103. <B>(= unknown)</b> Ein sehr kleines, aus 32 Blättern (2 1/4" hoch, l 1/4" breit) bestehend, auf denen man in bemalten Holzschnitten Figuren der verschiedenen Stände, Leidenschaften (Neid, Geiz, Eifersucht, Schmerz, Sehnsucht u. s. w.), Burgen, eine Trauung, Fortuna, die Gerechtigkeit u. dgl. dargestellt sieht. Aus dem XV. Jahrhundert. Auf dem Deckel des mit gothischem Schnitzwerk gezierten Kästchens ist das Wappen von Steiermark gemalt. <br><Br> 104. (195.) <B><A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/j/d/Hofaemterspiel/index.html">(= Hofämterspiel)</A></b> Ein Kartenspiel von 48 Blättern (I—X, Dame und König) aus dem XV. Jahrhundert. In bemalten Holzschnitten mit aufgelegtem Gold und Silber sind Figuren verschiedenen Standes, meist Hofämter, dargestellt: »Narr, Herolt, Falkner, Marschalk, Schenk, Hofmeisteryn, Yischer, Barbyr" etc. mit bci- gedruckter Benennung und Zahl. Die Stelle der vier Farben vertreten Wappen,— der einköpfige Adler, Ungarn, Böhmen und Frankreich ').<br><Br> 105. (193.) <A HREF="http://trionfi.com/0/j/d/murner/index.html">(second, less known, deck of Thomas Murner 1502/1518)</A></b> Ein Kartenspiel mit 11 Suiten (Schelle, Messer, Kamm, Glocke, Schild, Eichel, Zuber, Blasbalg, Beutel, Fisch und Krone), von jeder Suite zehn, in Holzschnitt. Auf den Gegenständen stehen juristische Formeln, auf den Rückseiten der Karten sind fürstliche Wappen angebracht (Deutschland. Lothringen, Mainz, Sachsen, Schwaben, Trier, Böhmen, Tirol u. a.).<br> Auf dem ersten Blatte stehen die Verse: <br><br>Res est plena ioci, res cst miranda profecto. <br>Ordine si cunctas picto pictas male leges. <br>El decreta patrum comrnemorare potes.<br><br> Aus der ersten Hälfte des XVI. Jahrhunderts.<br><br> 106. (170.) <B>(= unknown)</b> Ein sehr grosses Kartenspiel; die l F. 9 Z. hohen, l F- 3 Z. breiten Blätter, 48 an der Zahl, sind gemalt, auf der Rückseite eines jeden ist das Wappen des Erzherzogs Ferdinand, im Holzschnitt, aufgeklebt. Die vier Farben repräsentieren verschiedene Fruchtbäume, die Figuren sind Affen. <br><br> </TD></TABLE></CENTER><br><br> The two unknown decks are of special interest. <br><br> Nr. 103 is a very small deck, which measures 2 1/4" x 1 1/4" (? perhaps 5.5 x 3 cm), painted woodcut, and it shows figures of various ranks, passions (envy, avarice, jealousy, agony, desire, etc.), castles, a marriage, justice and similar allegories, so reminding in parts Tarot motifs. It is dated "from 15th century". The containing casket carries the shield of Steiermark.<br><br> Nr. 106 is a very big card game (? 1 foot, 9 inches x 1 foot, 3 inches) with 48 cards, painted, on the back is the shield of the arch duke Ferdinand as woodcut. The 4 suits are fruit trees, the figures are monkeys.<br><br> Further information is desired.<br><br> <B>(autorbis)</B> </TD><TD width="250" valign="top"><CENTER><IMG SRC="p/erzherzog-ferdinand.jpg"><br><br><B> Erzherzog Ferdinand<br> Collector at Schloss Ambras </b></CENTER></TD> </TABLE> </td></tr></table> <hr><br><br> <center><b><font size="1">Trionfi.com </b>has its focus on Tarot History and especially the origin of Tarot in 15th century, also the representation of about 100 000 Tarot and other playing cards in the Tarot Museum. <br><b>The Chapter "Playing Cards - Documents and Articles"</b> presents specific material to the situation of playing card development in late 14th and 15th century. <br> Author: when not otherwise specified, autorbis. Copyright: trionfi.com. 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