PDFs & Downloads
A growing number of PDFs about playing cards available to read online or download.
Michael Scot's rebus figure of "Juppiter" as prototype for the tarot pack's "Magus”/”Bateleur”
A precursor for the 'Bateleur'/'Magus' included in the major arcana of our tarot pack.
Piquet: the game and its artifacts
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by Tony Hall
Piquet may be the oldest card game which is still played today with origins going back to early 16th Century.
Poker Patience
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by Tony Hall
Poker Patience, according to an early 20th century author, was "introduced so recently as the autumn of 1908".
Shipman’s Guide: early card-packs and the Arcana
In late medieval Europe, among the various forms of card-sets that were tried, two were apparently found most useful.
