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The idea of using playing cards to represent fifty-two interconnected ideas dates back to the late 17th century. In the anonymous //The Genteel House-Keepers Pastime//, 1693, p. 11-46, the author teaches readers how to carve various types of meat through the use of playing cards. Each of the fifty-two playing cards are represented by fifty-two types of meat, and the way they are to be carved. For example, the types of meat are divided by the suits in the deck: fowl for diamonds, flesh of beasts for hearts, fish for clubs, and baked meats for spades. | The idea of using playing cards to represent fifty-two interconnected ideas dates back to the late 17th century. In the anonymous //The Genteel House-Keepers Pastime//, 1693, p. 11-46, the author teaches readers how to carve various types of meat through the use of playing cards. Each of the fifty-two playing cards are represented by fifty-two types of meat, and the way they are to be carved. For example, the types of meat are divided by the suits in the deck: fowl for diamonds, flesh of beasts for hearts, fish for clubs, and baked meats for spades. | ||
- | Using such representations to tell a story appeared almost a century later in //A Pack of Cards Chang' | + | Using such representations to tell a story appeared almost a century later in //A Pack of Cards Chang' |
- | The earliest narrative | + | Telling a story with a deck of cards is the device used in a short story or article titled "The Queen of Hearts" |
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+ | That concept is developed further and more closely to the modern performance form by Chris Van Bern in "The Talking Pack of Cards" published serially in //The Magician Monthly//, [[http:// | ||
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+ | Close on the heels of Van Bern, H. C. Mole and Percy Naldrett | ||
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