9 of Horns, from The Cloisters Playing Cards, ca. 1475–80, Made in Burgundian territories, South Netherlandish, Paper (four layers of pasteboard) with pen and ink, opaque paint, glazes, and applied silver and gold, 5 3/16 × 2 3/4 in. (13.2 × 7 cm), Miscellaneous-Paper, The Cloisters set of fifty-two cards constitutes the only known complete deck of illuminated ordinary playing cards (as opposed to tarot cards) from the fifteenth century. There are four suits, each consisting of a king, queen, knave, and ten pip cards
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9, Horns, Cloisters Playing Cards, ca, 1475–80, Burgundian territories, South Netherlandish, Paper, four layers, pasteboard, pen, ink, opaque paint, glazes, applied silver, gold, 5 3/16, 2 3/4, 13.2, 7 cm, Miscellaneous-Paper, Cloisters, set, fifty-two cards, constitutes, complete deck, illuminated ordinary, playing, cards, opposed, tarot, fifteenth century, suits, consisting, king, queen, knave, ten pip
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