Facts And Speculations On the Origin And History of Playing Cards
Facts And Speculations On the Origin And History of Playing Cards
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All icono- graphers represent Fortune as standing, upon one foot, on a wheel or a ball, to signify her instability. The contrary idea was necessarily attached to the figure of a square or a cube, considered as a firm and immoveable base. It was for this reason that the ancients placed the figure of Wisdom and Firmness on a cube ; and Aristotle spefiJcs in the same sense when he informs us that a true philosopher ought to be square,— carre — that is to say, immoveable in courage and virtue. Hera...ldry has also admitted the square, placed lozenge-wise, as an emblem of Constancy and Firmness ; and the Squares of cards, called Carreaux, can only be sup- posed to have the same signification. As to the Tigue, there can be no doubt with respect to its meaning. It represents the head of a lance, and is thus an emblem of military force. The Germans, however, seem to have mis- conceived the character of this figure, which they converted into a Leaf, — Grun;^ — ^but this mistake, or rather this being somethmg like the Picks used in hewing coals.
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All icono- graphers represent Fortune as standing, upon one foot, on a wheel or a ball, to signify her instability. The contrary idea was necessarily attached to the figure of a square or a cube, considered as a firm and immoveable base. It was for this reason that the ancients placed the figure of Wisdom and Firmness on a cube ; and Aristotle spefiJcs in the same sense when he informs us that a true philosopher ought to be square,— carre — that is to say, immoveable in courage and virtue. Hera...ldry has also admitted the square, placed lozenge-wise, as an emblem of Constancy and Firmness ; and the Squares of cards, called Carreaux, can only be sup- posed to have the same signification. As to the Tigue, there can be no doubt with respect to its meaning. It represents the head of a lance, and is thus an emblem of military force. The Germans, however, seem to have mis- conceived the character of this figure, which they converted into a Leaf, — Grun;^ — ^but this mistake, or rather this being somethmg like the Picks used in hewing coals.
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