Paris and Rouen patterns

[Paris pattern, 1806]

The Parisian pattern, also of fifteenth-century origin, survived and, with modifications, became official for the whole of France. Each figure card bears a fairly consistent name. Emblems, gestures and clothes can be compared with the relevant Rouennais pattern in order to discover the identities of its unnamed courtiers.

In the following chart, the archaic French spellings have been rendered in modern English.

THE PARISIAN PATTERN
  Hearts Spades Diamonds Clubs
K CHARLES DAVID CAESAR ALEXANDER
Q JUDITH PALLAS RACHEL ARGINE
J LA HIRE OGIER HECTOR JUDAH MACCABEE
(or JUDAS MACCABEUS)
 
THE ROUENNAIS PATTERN
(ANCESTRAL TO THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TYPE)
  Hearts Spades Diamonds Clubs
K ALEXANDER DAVID CAESAR CHARLES
Q RACHEL PALLAS ARGINE JUDITH
J LA HIRE HECTOR OGIER JUDAH MACCABEE

Paris pattern, double-ended, 1806 (?) (from D' Allemagne, Antique Playing Cards)

 

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