Phelippe Ayet, c.1575

Above: 15 cards from a Spanish-suited pack made by Phelippe Ayet, c. 1575 and found in the Torre de los Lujanes in Madrid during demolition, and now in the collection of the Gabinete de Antiguedades Real Academia de la Historia, Madrid. Opinion is divided over whether the pack was made in France, possibly Thiers, and imported into Spain, or else made in Catalonia by a French or Flemish card maker. The style is an archaic, late medieval type, which pre-dates the Spanish National pattern. The small figures on some of the numeral cards is a feature also seen in late XV century Catalan cards.

Another similar pack has been discovered in Toledo.

 Cards from facsimile edition by the Real Academia de la Historia, 2001.