Example Cards
The card designs shown here are based on those from a traditional French deck and include the historical and mythological names associated with French-style cards. The current (traditional) Anglo-American design of the Jack can be seen in the photo at the top of the page.
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Jack of spades: Ogier
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Jack of hearts: La Hire
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Jack of diamonds: Hector
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Jack of clubs: Lancelot
Read more about this topic: Jack (playing Card)
Famous quotes containing the word cards:
“A revolution is not the overturning of a cart, a reshuffling in the cards of state. It is a process, a swelling, a new growth in the race. If it is real, not simply a trauma, it is another ring in the tree of history, layer upon layer of invisible tissue composing the evidence of a circle.”
—Kate Millett (b. 1934)
“Oft have I played at cards and dice,
Because they were so enticing;
But this is a sad and sorrowful day
To see my apron rising.”
—Unknown. The Rantin Laddie (l. 1–4)