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"A Moorish Sheet of Playing-Cards" by Simon Wintle. Article about the introduction of playing-cards into Europe. Download as Adobe Acrobat file (400 Kb. PDF).

Tarot cards by Nicolas Bodet (1743-1751). An early example of the "Rouen/Brussels" Latin-suited tarot, probably the earliest we know actually made in Brussels (466 Kb JPG).

"Ernesto Flaiban: playing-card manufacturer in Buenos Aires (1936-70)" by Simon Wintle & Diego Flaiban. Download as Adobe Acrobat file (2 Mbyes PDF)

"Shipman's Guide: early card packs and the arcana" by Diane O'Donovan. Article about the pack of playing-cards. Download as Adobe Acrobat file (60 Kb. PDF).

"Michael Scot's rebus figure of 'Juppiter' as prototype for the tarot pack's Magus/Bateleur" by Diane O'Donovan. Download as Adobe Acrobat file (42 Kb. PDF).

"The place of The Fool" by Diane O'Donovan. Download as Adobe Acrobat file (1.5 Mb. PDF).

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