BEIN ENG141: Imperfect: lacking 9 of Spades, 5 of Hearts. From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Original design., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Standard card 24 x 19 mm in upper left corner of each card., and Tax stamp on Ace of Spades, red: [crown, filigree] / VI Pence.
BEIN ENG76: From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards., Title from Keller., French suit system., Type: Historical., Composition of deck: 52 [A, K, Q, J, 10-2]., Aces: Indicated by "I"., CourtCards: Kings, Queens, Jacks with rank at upper left corner., Pip cards: Numbered X-II., and These cards apparently were copied from cards of another Popish Plot pack: they are reversed. Several variants of the Popish Plot pack exist. The workmanship of the present pack is crude, the impression, fair.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Playing cards, Popish Plot, 1678, Great Britain, Politics and Government, and History
Manuscript fragment on parchment from an illuminated English psalter
Description:
In Latin., Script: gothica textualis rotunda., and Decoration: 20 small initials in alternating gold and blue ink with contrasting red and blue marginal penwork. Numerous line fillers in red and blue ink, including several "smiling fish" fillers.
Manuscript, in two unidentified hands, on parchment, including a Latin Chronicle (imperfect beginning, ends with Henry VI; ff. 1-5), and a collection of medical recipes and remedies in Middle English (ff. 16-65). The manuscript ends with a number of miscellaneous 16th century notes and inscriptions (ff. 63-80).
Description:
In Latin and Middle English., Title from manuscript note on front pastedown., Script: gothica cursiva., Decoration: 4-line red and blue initials. Rubrication., Layout: 1 column of about 25 lines., Binding: original sheep leather binding, with vestiges of two strap-and-pin clasps, fastening from the upper to the lower boards., and Also available on microfilm.
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Medieval, Medicine, Manuscripts, and Recipes
Title from item., Imperfect; sheet mutilated along edges with some loss of text., and On leaf 169 of an album with spine title: Trade tokens and bookplates.