D-Ngm Sp 7418 1–47 Kapsel 516

Bibliothek des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, Germany

Playing cards: c. 1540

Archive	Bibliothek des Germanischen Nationalmuseums, Nuremberg, Germany (D-Ngm)
Shelfmark	Sp 7418 1–47 Kapsel 516
Image Availability	DIAMM does not have images of this source. Please refer to the external links for image availability.
Surface	Other
Numbering System	None / Unknown
Format	landscape
Measurements	105 x 59 mm
Notations	black void mensural
Inventory	This MS has not yet been inventoried by DIAMM. If you would like to submit an inventory, please send it to diamm@music.ox.ac.uk
Copyists	Flötner, Peter (1485–1546) Illuminator
Relationships	Zell, Hans Christophe (publisher)
External Links	images of Bassus cards (acorn suit) from exhibition at the The Met (NY) images of Discantus cards (hearts suit) from exhibition at the The Met (NY) images of suit of bells (reverses not shown) from exhibition at the The Met (NY) images of suit of leaves (reverses not shown) from exhibition at the The Met (NY)
Provenance	Nuremberg, Germany

General Description

A deck of cards, woodcut on paper with watercolour, opaque paint, and gold; the backs of the cards are inscribed with musical notations (voice-parts from songs) and lyrics, with each suit given a particular voice: Acorns, bassus; Leaves, tenor; Hearts, discantus; and Bells, altus.

The d’Este arms are hand drawn in pen and ink on the 2 of every suit in this set. Another set is found in the British Museum.

DIAMM, 2019

‡ denotes primary source study

Crosby Jr., C. Russell. 1967. The Flötner Playing Cards and Other Curiosities of 16th-Century Music Dissemination from Franconia.

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