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  Playing card - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Playing cards are often used as props in magic tricks, as well as occult practices such as cartomancy, and a number of card games involve (or can be used to support) gambling.
An early mention of a distinct series of playing cards is the entry of Charles or Charbot Poupart, treasurer of the household of Charles VI of France, in his book of accounts for 1392 or 1393, which records payment for the painting of three sets or packs of cards, which were evidently already well known.
Until August 4, 1960, decks of playing cards printed and sold in the United Kingdom were liable for taxable duty and the Ace of Spades carried an indication of the name of the printer and the fact that taxation had been paid on the cards.
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 Queen (playing card) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it.
The usual rank of a queen is as if it were 12 (that is, between the king and the jack).
In the standard English playing card deck, the Queen and the other face cards represent no one in particular.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/queen_(playing_card)   (135 words)

  
 Playing card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The belief that the early card makers or cardpainters of Ulm, Nuremberg and Augsburg, from about 1418 to 1450, were also wood engravers, is founded on the assumption that the cards of that period were printed from wood blocks.
The queens are Pallas (warrior goddess; equivalent to the Greek Athena or Roman minerva), Rachel (biblical mother of Joseph), Argine (the origin of which is obscure), and Judith (of the Apocrypha).
Though specific design elements of the court cards are rarely used in game play, a few are notable: the jack of spades and jack of hearts are drawn in profile, while the rest of the courts are shown in full face, leading to the former being called the "one-eyed" jacks.
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 Encyclopedia: Queen (playing card)
The King is a playing card with a picture of a king on it.
The Jack is a playing card with a picture of a young man on it.
In playing cards, a suit is one of the four categories into which the deck is divided.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Queen-(playing-card)   (366 words)

  
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Hatshepsut, the Queen of Sheba, and Immanuel Velikovsky David Lorton criticises Velikovsky's book, Ages in Chaos, which identifies Queen Hatshepsut's expedition to Punt with the Queen of Sheba's visit to King Solomon.
(playing_cards) Playing card with picture of queen on its face, 12th card in a given suit.
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 creativepro.com - Heavy Metal Madness: It's All in the Cards
Card design reached its peak in the Fifties, when card playing was still popular and advertising hadn't completely taken over the industry.
Card playing is documented as early as the 10th century, though the Chinese version was more like paper dominoes, which were shuffled and dealt in various games.
At one point every card had to carry a tax stamp, but later the stamp was only applied to the ace of spades, leading to the term "duty ace." Playing cards were specifically mentioned in the British Stamp Act that so pissed off the colonists and led to the American Revolution.
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 International Playing-Card Society - Brief History of Playing-Cards
In Germany and Switzerland, the two lower court cards are both on foot, representing an 'upper' and a 'lower' rank-as stated in the 1377 description of playing-cards.
The resulting cards were, of course, totally unusable for play when they had no corner-indices, and indeed the publishers of early packs recommended that the blank backs should be used as visiting cards (a very important item in high society).
It was on 22nd October 1628 that Charles I granted the charter to the Company of the Mistery of Makers of Playing Cards of the City of London, and from 1st December that year all future importation of playing cards was forbidden.
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 Playing card   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
A playing card is a typically hand-sized rectangular piece of heavy paper or thin plastic used for playing card games.
The queens are Pallas (warrior goddess; equivalent to the Greek Athena or Roman Minerva), Rachel (biblical mother of Joseph), Argine (the origin of which is obscure), and Judith (from Book of Judith).
Playing cards are usually a standard size called bridge size.
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 Portraits of Queen Elizabeth I (1533-1603), with commentary
I call it 'The Hardwick Portrait' since the queen wears a skirt embroidered by Bess of Hardwick, and the portrait was also commissioned by her.
This is a prepatory sketch for a full-length portrait.
The queen is wearing a pearl necklace given to her by the earl of Leicester; it was Robert Dudley's last gift to the queen.
www.marileecody.com /eliz1-images.html   (3106 words)

  
 Andy's Playing Cards - The Tarot And Other Early Cards - page I
For many traditional pastimes (not only playing cards), an important element which enhances the players' interest is an imaginary theme or setting for the game: for instance, Chess represents an ideal battle between two armies, while Backgammon and other similar games mimic a race, and so on.
A similarity between these cards and the tarot trumps is undeniable, as discussed in the relevant gallery, and although the arrangement and number of cards mismatch, the progress is basically the same, and analogies can be found between specific illustrations belonging to the two decks.
Nevertheless, 15th century playing cards might have not been merely looked at as a trivial pastime (as they are today), but as an activity whose dual purpose was to entertain and to provide a source of moral precepts, what today would be called an "educational game".
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 Queen
A woman who is the sovereign of a kingdom; a female monarch; as, Elizabeth, queen of England; Mary, queen of Scots.
A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
www.online-dictionary.biz /english/vocabulary/reference/Queen.asp   (155 words)

  
 FAQ for Playing-Cards mailing list   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Transformation cards made their first appearance soon after 1800 and have been sporadically popular ever since; their aim is to `transform' and ordinary pip card into a picture by means of incorporating the pips in their standard positions in a larger overall design.
When card players see writing about Tarot using the terms "major arcana" and "pentacles" in place of trumps and coins they tend to assume that the writer comes from the occult tradition, and is probably more interested in divination than in playing card games.
Italian cards were originally made with the back folded over and stuck down to form a border on the face of the card to protect its edges (cards were always made by pasting several layers of paper together, and tended to fall apart with use).
www.cs.man.ac.uk /playing-cards/faq.html   (6989 words)

  
 Rules of Card Games: Euchre
Any card may be led, and each player in clockwise order must follow suit by playing a card of the same suit as the card led if possible.
The trick is won by whoever played the highest card of the suit led, unless a trump was played in which case the highest trump wins.
When playing with a double pack, if two equally high cards are played to a trick, the second to be played beats the first.
www.pagat.com /euchre/euchre.html   (3199 words)

  
 Playing card design   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Your deck of cards should have a theme that relates to you or represents "self" through it's images and design.
The deck of cards should be unified through the overall look of the design and choice of media.
The back of all cards should be the same.
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 Playing Card Information - The House of Cards
The basic purpose of playing cards hasn't changed much in the last 625 years, but the fundamental precepts and principles of design and print have been continuously developing and improving to the present day.
Our mission is to help promote the interest for playing cards and card games around the world and to be available as a reference site for researchers seeking accurate information on the subject.
A complete cataloging of American playing card makers as well as details, types, and brands of playing cards from the late 1700s to the early 1930s.
thehouseofcards.com /card_info.html   (543 words)

  
 Playing Card Meanings and Combinations
He corresponds to The Fool in the Tarot deck and has some of the same meanings in the regular deck of playing cards.
His number is zero and he is truly a “wild card.” When the Joker appears in a reading, it means that something unexpected and uncontrolled can occur.
One significant difference between reading the Tarot and reading playing cards is the strong emphasis put on card combinations when reading playing cards.
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 Playing Card System
In Figure 1, the Ace of Hearts is in the 2nd column from the left and in the 5th row down.
Each playing card is associated with a planet in a particular order.
is the card furthest to the left, the next card has to be the furthest card to the right on the next row down because we are reading from right to left and from top to bottom.
www.russellrowe.com /the_playing_card_system.htm   (1553 words)

  
 Playing Card Illustrations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Here’s a quick way to view all the products using playing card illustrations in one place.
The greeting cards are 5” x 7” (when folded) with a white envelope.
Talia (or Thalia) is the muse of comedy and of playful and idyllic poetry.
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 Arcana Arcanorum: The Playing-Card Oracle
The Universe is forced to average the selection of a Card out with large numbers of drawings; but for small numbers, the Universe has a method to communicate with us, the sentient beings inside Her womb, waiting to be born.
The Face Cards (that is, the Jack, the Queen, and the King) each have meanings unrelated to this simple chain of degree (as often does life).
Should the Tenth Card be a Face Card, the outcome of the matter may lie in the hand of the person suggested by the card.
www.alcyone.com /arcana/oracle.html   (2519 words)

  
 Auction list of playing cards and card games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The cards are in POOR condition probably because of bad storage, but old Aluette packs are very scarce.
Card is a faded buff colour, 52 VF.
Complete item with all cards and box present, jokers are usually missing from these packs.
www.collectorsplayingcards.co.uk /auction_list.htm   (1011 words)

  
 Meanings of Playing Cards
ho are the figures on the court cards in a standard deck of playing cards supposed to represent?
If we're speaking of English playing cards and their descendants (which would include American playing cards), the answer is "no one." This answer is the one most scholars would agree on, based on historical research.
It is also the answer most people would be dissatisfied with, because most of us seem to have heard (or to think that we've heard) of a list of the people represented on the face cards, and just can't remember who's who.
www.woodenhorsebooks.com /Playing-Card-Names.html   (194 words)

  
 Gunnysack - Playing Card Facts
Spades represent the Peasant Class, a spade is a small shovel used by farmers to dig in gardens.
Sometimes the cards will have sticks, since the poor had the most rudimentary weapons and tools.
Hearts represent the Upper class, since love was considered an abstract concept that could only be appreciated by the rich and educated.
www.haversack.com /gunnysack/cards.htm   (115 words)

  
 Hearts Info - The House of Cards
Play your favorite variation such as Jack of Diamonds, Shooting Moon, Sun, Spot, Gates, and Queen of Spades.
Play against 12 characters as unique as the phrases they dish out while challenging you at your favorite card game.
This page is from the United States Playing Card Company, and contains a thorough discussion of the game of Hearts, background of the evolution of the game, and rules for a large number of variations.
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 Queen - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
) A playing card bearing the picture of a queen; as, the queen of spades.
) To make a queen (or other piece, at the player's discretion) of by moving it to the eighth row; as, to queen a pawn.
OPTED is a public domain English word list dictionary, based on the public domain portion of "The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster's Unabridged Dictionary" which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
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 Playing-Cards Index   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
who do the Kings, Queens and Jacks on the courts represent?
is Queen Elizabeth I shown on the courts?
What is the story connecting a deck of cards with the Bible?
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 Art Rugs The Art of Playing Cards
hooking with the universal appeal of playing cards to create both a
was committed to designing an 18" x 28" art rug depicting one card from
This includes the 13 cards from each suit (hearts,
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 US Playing Card Company Sold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Norwood-based US Playing Card Company has been sold for $232 million.
In addition, there's a stipulation in the contract that the US Playing Card Company and its 510 employees will remain in town.
Simko refused to talk on camera Thursday, but said the sale was was well-recieved by the company and it will be good for the community that it remain here.
www.wcpo.com /news/2004/local/02/26/uscard.html   (257 words)

  
 ICKLE PICKLE NICKLE!
In this Mini-Illusion, you zig zag a queen playing card and then put it out for inspection.
Magician lets spectators examine a CARD and then takes pushes it into the ZIG-ZAG CASE with three holes in it..
Magician now pushes the middle of the card out and the card is zig-zagged into three pieces with the middle section pulled out!
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