Shields (suit)
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shields-suit-163-3003032
title:
Shields (suit)
text:
Shields, also called Escutcheons, is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of Swiss-suited playing cards. This suit was invented in 15th century German speaking lands and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. One example from the mid-15th century is a five-suited deck with the Latin suits plus a suit of shields. Another example, is the Hofämterspiel, a medieval handmade deck from 1453 to 1457 where each suit depicts shields carrying
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description:
Playing card suit from Switzerland
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shields_(suit)
date created:
2018-06-07T20:47:59Z
date modified:
2024-08-28T08:45:10Z
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