“Queen of Nooses” from “The Cloisters Playing Cards” (South Netherlandish, Burgundian territories, 1475–80), paper (four layers in pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied ...

The Knave of Horns, like all the figures from the Cloisters' deck, was draw in pen and ink and colored with typical medieval pigments. The parody-like nature of the deck may mean that the set was ...

And last year, I got addicted to Solitaire. Why me. During the dark final days of 2024, I was averaging 12 wins per day in Sawayama Solitaire, one of the Solitaires created by developer Zachtronics.

Playing cards are known and used the world over—and almost every corner of the globe has laid claim to their invention. The Chinese assert the longest pedigree for card playing (the “game of leaves” ...