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Queen Of Clubs
The queen is a playing card with a picture of a queen on it. In many European languages, the king and queen begin with the same letter so the latter is often called ''dame'' (lady) or variations thereof. In French playing cards, the usual rank of a queen is between the king and the jack. In tarot decks, it outranks the knight which in turn outranks the jack. In the Spanish deck and some Italian decks, the Queen does not exist and the Knight appears in them instead, with the same role and value. In several card games, including the middle eastern Trex and French Barbu, the queen is a major card to avoid taking, with each queen taken inflicting a penalty on the player. Similarly, in Hearts, the queen of spades is to be avoided, and is called a variety of unsavoury names. In the Paris pattern, each court card is identified as a particular historical or mythological personage as follows: Image:Queen of spades fr.svg, Pallas Image:Queen of hearts fr.svg, Judith, Biblical f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queen Playing Cards
Queen most commonly refers to: * Queen regnant, a female monarch of a kingdom * Queen consort, the wife of a reigning king * Queen (band), a British rock band Queen or QUEEN may also refer to: Monarchy * Queen dowager, the widow of a king * Queen mother, a queen dowager who is the mother of a reigning monarch * List of queens regnant Arts and entertainment Fictional characters * Queen (Marvel Comics), Adrianna "Ana" Soria * Evil Queen, from ''Snow White'' * Red Queen (''Through the Looking-Glass'') * Queen of Hearts (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'') * Queen, a character from the video game ''Deltarune'' * Queen, the codename for Makoto Niijima, a character from ''Persona 5'' Gaming * Queen (chess), the most powerful chess piece that moves horizontally, vertically and diagonally * Queen (playing card), a playing card with a picture of a woman on it * Queen (carrom), a piece in carrom Music * ''Queen'' (Queen album), 1973 * ''Queen'' (Nicki Minaj album), 2018 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith
The Book of Judith is a deuterocanonical book included in the Septuagint and the Catholic Church, Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Christianity, Christian Old Testament of the Bible but Development of the Hebrew Bible canon, excluded from the Hebrew canon and assigned by Protestants to the Biblical apocrypha, apocrypha. It tells of a Judaism, Jewish widow, Judith, who uses her beauty and charm to kill an Neo-Assyrian Empire, Assyrian general who has besieged her city, Bethulia. With this act, she saves nearby Jerusalem from total destruction. The name Judith (), meaning "praised" or "Jewess", is the feminine form of Judah (son of Jacob), Judah. The surviving manuscripts of Greek translations appear to contain several historical anachronisms, which is why some Protestant scholars now consider the book ahistorical. Instead, the book is classified as a parable, Theological fiction, theological novel, or even the first Historical fiction#Historical novel, historical novel. The Cat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hebrew Bible
The Hebrew Bible or Tanakh (;"Tanach" . '' Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary''. ; ; or ), also known in Hebrew as (; ), is the canonical collection of scriptures, comprising the Torah (the five Books of Moses), the Nevi'im (the Books of the Prophets), and the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Judith (Hebrew Bible)
Esau is the elder son of Isaac in the Hebrew Bible. He is mentioned in the Book of Genesis and by the prophets Obadiah and Malachi. The story of Jacob and Esau reflects the historical relationship between Israel and Edom, aiming to explain why Israel, despite being a younger kingdom, dominated Edom. The Christian New Testament alludes to him in the Epistle to the Romans and in the Epistle to the Hebrews. According to the Hebrew Bible, Esau is the progenitor of the Edomites and the elder brother of Jacob, the patriarch of the Israelites.Metzger & Coogan (1993). ''Oxford Companion to the Bible'', pp. 191–92. Jacob and Esau were the sons of Isaac and Rebecca, and the grandsons of Abraham and Sarah. Of the twins, Esau was the first to be born with Jacob following, holding his heel. Isaac was sixty years old when the boys were born. Esau, a "man of the field", became a hunter who had "rough" qualities that distinguished him from his twin brother. Among these qualities were his red ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Of Bohemia
Elizabeth Stuart (19 August 1596 – 13 February 1662) was Electress of the Palatinate and briefly Queen of Bohemia as the wife of Frederick V of the Palatinate. The couple's selection for the crown by the nobles of Bohemia was part of the political and religious turmoil that set off the Thirty Years' War. Since her husband's reign in Bohemia lasted over only one winter, she is called "The Winter Queen" (, ). Princess Elizabeth was the only surviving daughter of James VI and I, King of Scotland, England, and Ireland, and his queen, Anne of Denmark; she was the elder sister of Charles I. Born in Scotland, she was named in honour of her father's predecessor and cousin in England, Elizabeth I. During Elizabeth Stuart's childhood, unbeknownst to her, part of the failed Gunpowder Plot was a scheme to replace her father with her on the throne, and forcibly raise her as a Catholic. Her father later arranged for her marriage to the Protestant Frederick V, a senior prince of the Holy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Queen Of Hearts (poem)
The queen of hearts is a playing card in the standard 52-card deck. Queen of Hearts or The Queen of Hearts may refer to: Books * "The Queen of Hearts" (poem), anonymous nursery rhyme published 1782 * ''The Queen of Hearts'', an 1859 novel by Wilkie Collins * ''The Queen of Hearts (1881)'', a picture book by Randolph Caldecott * Queen of Hearts (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character from ''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'' ** Queen of Hearts (Disney), Disney's adaptation of the character Film and television * ''Queen of Hearts'' (1936 film), a British musical starring Gracie Fields * ''Queen of Hearts'' (1989 film), a comedy by Jon Amiel * ''Queen of Hearts'' (2004 film), an Australian drama film written and directed by Danielle MacLean * ''The Queen of Hearts'' (2009 film), a French film * ''Queen of Hearts'' (2019 film), a Danish film * ''Queen of Hearts'' (TV play), a 1985 BBC TV play * ''Queen of Hearts'' (''D:TNG'' episode), an episode of ''Degrassi: ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French-suited Playing Cards
French-suited playing cards or French-suited cards are playing cards, cards that use the French Playing card suit, suits of (clovers or clubs ), (tiles or diamonds ), (hearts ), and (pikes or spades ). Each suit contains three or four face cards, face/court cards. In a standard 52-card deck these are the (jack (playing card), knave or jack), the (queen (playing card), lady or queen), and the (king (playing card), king). In addition, in Tarot packs, there is a (Knight (playing card), knight) ranking between the queen and the jack. Aside from these aspects, decks can include a wide variety of regional and national patterns, which often have stripped deck, different deck sizes. In comparison to Spanish playing cards, Spanish, Italian playing cards, Italian, German playing cards, German, and Swiss playing cards, French cards are the most widespread due to the geopolitical, commercial, and cultural influence of France, the United Kingdom, and the United States ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-suited Playing Cards
German-suited playing cards are a very common style of traditional playing card used in many parts of Central Europe characterised by 32- or 36-card packs with the suits of Acorns (''Eichel'' or ''Kreuz''), Leaves (''Grün'', ''Blatt'', ''Laub'', ''Pik'' or ''Gras''), Hearts (''Herz'' or ''Rot'') and Bells (''Schelle'', ''Schell'' or ''Bolle''). The German suit system is one of the oldest, becoming standard around 1450 and, a few decades later, influencing the design of the now international French suit system of Clubs, Spades, Hearts and Diamonds. Today German-suited playing cards are common in south and east Germany, Austria, German-speaking Switzerland, Liechtenstein, north Italy, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, northern Serbia (Vojvodina province), southern Poland and central and western Romania. History Playing cards (''Spielkarten'') originally entered German-speaking lands around the late 1370s. The earliest cards were probably Latin- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Unter (playing Card)
The Unter, formerly Untermann, nicknamed the Wenzel, Wenz or Bauer, and (in Swiss) also called the Under, is the face card, court card in German playing cards, German and Swiss playing cards, Swiss-suited playing cards that corresponds to the Jack (playing card), Jack in French playing cards, French packs. The name ''Unter'' (lit.: "under") is an abbreviation of the former name for these cards, ''Untermann'', which meant something like 'subordinate' or 'vassal'. Van der Linde argues that the King, Ober and Unter in a pack of German cards represented the military ranks of general, officer (''Oberofficier'') and sergeant (''Unterofficier''), while the pip cards represented the common soldier. The Unter is distinguished from the ''Ober (playing card), Ober'' (lit. "over", formerly ''Obermann'') by the fact that the suit sign is located in the lower part of the image on single-headed cards or in the centre of the image on double-headed cards. Unters or ''Untermänner'' were described ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ober (playing Card)
The Ober, formerly Obermann, in Austrian also called the Manderl, is the court card in the German and Swiss styles of playing cards that corresponds in rank to the Queen in French packs. The name ''Ober'' (lit.: "over") is an abbreviation of the former name for these cards, ''Obermann'', which meant something like 'superior' or 'lord'. Van der Linde argues that the King, Ober and Unter in a pack of German cards represented the military ranks of general, officer (''Oberofficier'') and sergeant (''Unterofficier''), while the pip cards represented the common soldier. The figure depicted on an Ober is usually a nobleman or officer. It is distinguished from the lowest court card, the Unter (lit. "under", formerly ''Untermann'' or "vassal", "subject", "subordinate"), by the figure's suit sign located in the upper range of the card. In the Württemberg pattern the Ober appears on horseback, as they were inspired by Cego packs whose face cards included a Knight or Cavalier as we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 originally consisted of fifty-six cards from which only 54 survive, all distributed in four suits, falcons, lures, hounds and herons, symbols related to hunting. Each suit contained ten pip cards with the 10s being represented by a banner like many old German playing cards and modern Swiss playing cards. There are four face cards per suit: the Unter, Ober, Queen, and King. It was found in a collection at the Ambras Castle, in Innsbruck, Austria, in the 16th century, and now figures as a precious item in the collection of cards of the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Museum of Art History) in Vienna. Facsimile A facsimile of the pack was produced as a boxed set in 1995 by Piatnik Wiener Spielkartenfabrik Ferd. Piatnik & Söhne, commonly referre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuttgart Pack
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 cards 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, Andreaat 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 female face cards (Queen, female Ober, female Unter) while the suits of ducks and falcons are led by men (King, male Ober, male Unter). The 10 of each suit is represented with a banner like in Swiss playing cards. 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 unkno ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
