Links  to 15th/16th century Playing Cards
   and Artists active in Playing Card Production
      and other documents

updated May 2003

FAQ to playing cards
general history of playing-cards
Origin of Playing Cards

Mamluk cards (15./16th century)
Mamluk cards

site to Michelino deck (before 1425)

earliest playing card reference in Ferrara (1422)
Parasina - other early playing card documents

Stuttgarter Kartenspiel (1427 - 1431)
Stuttgarter Kartenspiel (english)

Cary-Yale-Tarocchi (1428 ?) (1441 ?) (mixed with modern replacement cards)
article to Cary Yale Tarocchi

Ambraser Hofjagdspiel in Wien (ca. 1440)
Ambraser Hofjagdspiel (english)

Liechtensteinisches Spiel (perhaps 1440, perhaps much later)

Ferrara 1441 and 1442 - oldest note about Trionfi decks

Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarocchi (after 1450) (mixed with modern replacement cards)
article to Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarocchi

Visconti-Sforza-cards - general article by Andy Pollett (with pictures)

Hofämterspiel (ca. 1450 - 1455)
Hofämterspiel

Master of the Playing Cards (various cards)

Master E.S. (knight playing card - ca. 1450)

Florence - earlist note of Minchiate and about card playing prohibitions in Florence

Flemish Hunting-deck, ca. 1480, Facsimile of the only known complete pack of 15C hand-painted playing cards, thought to be Flemish, Suits are nooses, hunting horns, dog-collars and tethers. Oval-shaped cards. Size: 71 x 138 mm, 52 cards + 1 additional card

Mantegna-Tarot - article by Andy Pollett (with pictures)

Spanish-suited deck made in Germany (1480), engraved

Sola-Busca-Tarocchi (1491 or later) (Italian deck)
A Sola-Busca-Reproduction from ca. 1900 with some variations
Article to Sola-Busca-Tarocchi by Michael J. Hurst

Italian playing cards (15th century)

Playing cards, unknown origin (ca. 15th century)

Boiardo-cards (unusual Tarocchi), probably ca. 1490
Boiardo-poem (to the deck and on the deck), probably from 1465
Interpretation of the 22 Trionfi of Boiardo
Further material to Boiardo

d'Este Tarocchi - two cards in article (late 15th century)

Thomas Murner, didactical deck (1507)

Leber-Tarocchi, one card in article (16th century) - not shown in Kaplans encyclopedia

Marseille and Paris decks -  article by Andy Pollett (with pictures)
Paris decks  - article by Andy Pollett (with pictures)

Mitelli-Tarot - article by Andy Pollett (with pictures)

Minchiate-Fiorentine
Minchiate-Etruria

Hans Leonhard Schäufelein (ca. 1535) and later card producing in 
Nuernberg;  with "Artikel zur Nürnberger Kartengeschichte"

Jost Amman - 4 playing cards
Jost Amman deck from 1588
Jost Amman - Book of Trades


Sagramoro, Tarocchi painter in Ferrara

Master of the Playing cards - biographical data

Martin Schongauer - biographical data

Konrad Witz - pictures and biographical data

Israel Meckenem - pictures and biographical data

Hans Sebald Beham (1500 - 1550) - six pictures of  the Liberal Arts

Heinrich Aldegrever - 49 pictures with allegorical series

Jost Amman - pictures of professions

card player with fool


Exhibition in Bochum (Allegories)    VERY NICE:  221 pictures



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