Playing Cards from Italy
Lo Zodiaco
French-suited fortune-telling pack with distinctive designs by Italian artist Sergio Ruffolo.
Lombardy (or Milanesi) pattern
The origins of the Lombardy pattern probably lie in the early 19th century when it was a full-length design. It has some affinities with the French Provence and Lyons patterns which are now obsolete.
Love is a smoke
‘Love is a smoke’ (Classic edition) fantasy playing cards produced by Passione, Italy, 2015.
Marcello Morandini
Modern designs by Italian artist Marcello Morandini using the simplest of forms and colours.
Martin Mystère
Martin Mystère based on the comic book by Alfredo Castelli. The cards were designed by Giancarlo Alessandrini.
MEMENTO
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by Adam Wintle
Memento, a unique Playing Card Deck designed by Valerio Aversa and Antonios Fiala, inspired by the history of playing card design.
Mercante in Fiera di Jacovitti
Traditional Italian card game with comic designs by Benito Jacovitti.
Minchiate Fiorentine
Minchiate Fiorentine created by Costante Costantini, published by Edizioni del Solleone.
Minchiate Fiorentine
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by Simon Wintle
The Florentine game of Minchiate is played with a pack of 97 cards. The subjects and arrangements of the trumps are slightly varied and their number increased to 41 by the addition of the three theological virtues, one of the cardinal virtues (Prudence), the 4 elements and the 12 signs of the zodiac.
Minchiate Fiorentine, 17th C.
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by Simon Wintle
17th century Minchiate cards reprinted from the original woodblocks.
Mitelli ‘Gioco di Passatempo’
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by Simon Wintle
Il Gioco di Passatempo contains 40 figurative playing cards depicting moral virtues and vices, dated 1690.
Mitelli Tarocchini
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by Simon Wintle
The title refers to “a new form of Tarocchini”. Mitelli's designs are to a high standard of artistic quality and a complete departure from the old tradition, especially the 22 Trump cards which are unnamed and unnumbered.
Modet Sardegna
Costumes, masks and symbols from the island of Sardinia, with designs by Luciano Dettori and Tonino Caputo.
Musikalisches Kartenspiel
Facsimile of Dondorf’s “Musikalisches Kartenspiel” (c.1862) published by Lo Scarabeo, 2004
Napoleone playing cards
Long, narrow cards designed by Osvaldo Menegazzi, featuring Napoleon, Josephine and various soldiers.
Neapolitan Cards Italian Cards
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by Adam Wintle
A modern twist on a classic Italian style of playing cards, this pack created by Raffaele Iaccarino is typical set of the southern regions of Italy mixed with his own style of artwork.