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The Stuttgart pack or Stuttgart Cards () is one of the most valuable collections of the Landesmuseum Württemberg. It is a hunting-themed deck of
''Stuttgart pack, c.1430''
at the World of Playing Cards. Retrieved 9 September 2016.Pollett, Andrea
at Andy's Playing Cards. Retrieved 9 September 2016. They are thus among the earliest surviving packs of playing cards.
The Stuttgart pack or Stuttgart Cards () is one of the most valuable collections of the Landesmuseum Württemberg. It is a hunting-themed deck of playing card
A playing card is a piece of specially prepared card stock, heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic that is marked with distinguishing motifs. Often the front (face) and back of each card has a f ...
s painted on gilded pasteboard dating to around 1430.Wintle, Adam''Stuttgart pack, c.1430''
at the World of Playing Cards. Retrieved 9 September 2016.Pollett, Andrea
at Andy's Playing Cards. Retrieved 9 September 2016. They are thus among the earliest surviving packs of playing cards.
Description
49 of the original 52 cards survive. The cards are divided into four suits of thirteen ranks. The suits of stags and hounds are led by femaleface card
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s (Queen
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* Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom
* Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king
* Queen (band), a British rock band
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* Queen dowager, the widow of a king
* Q ...
, female Ober
Ober may refer to:
* Ober (playing card), court card in the German and Swiss styles of playing cards
* Ober, Indiana, an unincorporated community in Washington Township, Starke County
* Oberek (also ''ober''), a lively Polish dance in triple metre ...
, female Unter) while the suits of ducks and falcons are led by men (King
King is a royal title given to a male monarch. A king is an Absolute monarchy, absolute monarch if he holds unrestricted Government, governmental power or exercises full sovereignty over a nation. Conversely, he is a Constitutional monarchy, ...
, male Ober, male Unter). The 10 of each suit is represented with a banner
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like in Swiss playing cards
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. The backs are uniformly painted with red lead.
Facsimiles
A limited edition facsimile of the cards was produced as a boxed set with accompanying booklet in German and English by an unknown manufacturer with the claim that the original cards are the oldest surviving pack in Europe.See also
*Ambraser Hofjagdspiel
The Ambraser Hofjagdspiel (Court Hunting Pack of Ambras; sometimes the Ambras falconer cards or the Courtly Hunt Cards) is a pack of cards painted around 1440–1445 and attributed to the engraver Konrad Witz from Basel, Switzerland. It origin ...
, another 15th-century hunting deck
* Flemish Hunting Deck, another 15th-century hunting deck
* Hofämterspiel, a deck found together with the Hofjagdspiel in Ambras Castle
Footnotes
References
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