Hofämterspiel ca. 1450 - 1455, eventually made for Ladislaus Posthumus, King of Bohemia and Hungary till 1457 4 suits (= shields of France, Germany, Bohemia and Hungary) 48 cards, probably the oldest complete surviving card deck was found together with the Ansbacher Hunting Game deck woodcut with gold and silver

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articles at: Andy's Playing Card Gallery Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien Spätmittelalter am Oberrhein

FRANCE König king Königin queen Hofmeister household master Marschalk marshal Hofmeistryn household mistress Schenk cup-bearer Junckfrawe lady-in-waiting Koch cook Marstaler master of the stables Hofsneider tailor Jeger huntsman Nerryn female fool

GERMANY König king Königin queen Hofmeister household master Marschalk marshal Capplan chaplain Truchses steward Junckfraw lady-in-waiting Kellner wine-cellar man Parbirer barber Renner jouster Bott messenger Narr fool

HUNGARY König king Königin queen Hofmeister household master Marschalk marshal Kantzler chancellor Kuchenmeist[er] chief cook Junckfrawe lady-in-waiting Schutz archer Trometer trumpeter Vischner fish-monger Pfister baker N[er]ryn

... ... X IX VIII VII VI V IIII III II I

BOHEMIA König king Königin queen Hofmeister household master Marschalk marshal Artzt doctor Kammer[mei]ster chamberlain Junckfrawe lady-in-waiting Valkner falconer Trometer trumpeter Herolt herald Hefneryn potter (female) Narr fool