Spanish Playing Cards
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Above: archaic Moorish playing cards, XV century.
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Above: early XV century cards.
Above: XV Century Catalan Playing Cards.
Above: Gothic Spanish-suited cards.
Spanish Playing Cards Which Each Card Means
Above: Archaic sixteenth century playing cards by Francisco Flores.
Above: 17th-18th century Spanish playing cards.
Above: Joan Barbot, San Sebastian, c.1780.
Above: Litografía Madriguera, c.1896.
Above: Domino Cinematográfico, Barcelona, c.1925.
Above: Zoo Comics, 1968.
Above: Baraja Andaluza.
Above: Baraja 'Te Amo'.
Spanish suit symbols are cups, swords, coins and clubs (termed copas, espadas, oros and bastos) but the form and arrangement differs from Italian cards.
Spanish Playing Cards Meaning
SPAIN has played a pivotal role in the history of playing cardsin Europe and Latin America. One view is that the early history of playing cards in Europe was related tothe invasion of North Africa, Spain and Sicily by Islamic forces during the Mamluk Sultanate of Egyptwhich ended in 1517. This coincided with the Nasrid Kingdom of Granada (13th - 15th century), the last Islamic stronghold inthe Iberian Peninsula, which was linked to North Africa via the Strait of Gibraltar.Spain has had a complex colonial history and Spanish playing cards have travelled to the ‘New World’where the legacy of Spanish-suited playing cards still prevails today from Mexico to Patagonia, as wellas other remote parts of the globe.
Above: archaic Spanish playing cards dated 1707.
Above: Mapuche Indian Playing Cards.
Above: Xilografías de Mallorca, mid-18th C.
Above: Recreo Infantil, 1888.
Above: Spanish Conjuring Cards, 1890.
Above: Juan Roura, Barcelona.
Above: Baralla Galega, 1983.
Above: ‘El Cid Campeador’ 1999.
Above: Capel Vinos, 2001.
Above: Don Quijote IV Centenario, 2004.
An abundance of early literary references are in the Spanish language. Playing cards have been popular in Spain since their very first introduction there.Early sources refer to playing cards and card games in dictionaries and merchants’ inventories, to various card-makers and to prohibitions of card games, mostly around Barcelona and Valencia, in the late 1300s and early 1400s. Historical archives from Barcelona, 1380, mention a certain Rodrigo Borges, from Perpignan, and describe him as “pintor y naipero” (painter and playing card maker). He is the earliest named card-maker. Other card makers named in guild records include Jaime Estalós (1420), Antonio Borges (1438), Bernardo Soler (1443) and Juan Brunet (1443). The types of cards mentioned include “large cards, painted and gilded” as well as “Moorish” cards and “small” cards.
With the marriage in 1468 of the Catholic monarchs Ferdinand of Aragon and Isabella of Castille, the Spanish nationality came into existence in its definitive form. The catholic monarchs inherited the trading routes linking the Cantabrian ports with Flemish and French production centres. To this they soon added trade routes to England, North Africa and Italy. Catalonia experienced a revival of its importance in the Mediterranean reaching as far as Egypt. And, of course, Columbus discovered the 'New Indies' in 1492… thus Spain became a sort of emporium for the exchange of goods and artefacts from a very broad compass reaching almost literally to all four quarters of the globe.
Some of the earliest-known tarot cards, hand painted and illuminated in the 15th century, were supposed to have been discovered in Seville although the game of tarocchi has never been played in Spain. At the same time many Spanish-suited packs were engraved in Germany during the second half of the fifteenth century. Other 15th and 16th century evidence of Spanish playing cards have turned up in Latin American museums and archives. An interesting example are the archaic Spanish-suited cards unearthed in the Lower Rimac valley, Peru during archaeological excavations which are very similar to cards by Francisco Flores preserved in the Archivo de Indias (Seville).
Above: detail from “La Sala de Las Batallas” mural painting in El Escorial palace (Madrid) produced by a team of Italian artists, late 16th century.
The Spanish state playing card monopoly was first established during the reign of Felipe II, in the 16th century. It was divided into several regions, including Mexico and ‘New Spain’, Toledo, Castile and Seville. Leases for these respective monopolies were awarded on a competitive basis to the highest bidder and subject to strict controls. Lease holders also enjoyed the protection of laws governing the playing card monopolies, which included the outlawing of contraband playing cards read more →.
Spanish playing cards are today divided into several distinctive types or patterns, some more ancient than others,which are often associated with different regions, as well as a wide range of non-standard cards which testify to the creative geniusof Spanish artists. The suits are usually numbered through 1 - 12. A peculiarity to be observed in Spanish cards isthat the suits of cups, swords and clubs have respectively one, two and three gaps or intervals in the upper and lower marginallines of every card, called pintas.
Moorish Cards •Gothic Spanish-suited cards •South German Engraver •Early German Engraved Cards •Benita la Bruja •Phelippe Ayet/Jean Pouns •Pere Rotxotxo •Navarra pattern •Spanish National pattern •Benoist Laius •Money Bag pattern •Rotxotxo Workshop Inventories, Barcelona •Joan Barbot •Xilografías de Mallorca •Real Fábrica de Macharaviaya •Naipes Comas •Baraja Constitucional, 1822 •José Gombau, 1833 •Torras y Sanmarti, 1830 •Sanmarti, 1840 •Maciá Pattern •José Martínez de Castro (Madrid) •Baraja Mitológica, c.1815 •Fournier Hermanos (Burgos) 1860 •Baraja de Amor, Hijos de Taboadela, 1871 •Heraclio Fournier S.A. (Vitoria) •Castilian pattern •Fournier: El Fundador •Ibero-American Deck •República Española Souvenir •Hija de B. Fournier (Burgos) •Jaime Margarit Naipes Instructivos, 1888 •Antonio Moliner (Burgos) 1890 •Conjuring cards, c.1890 •Litografía Madriguera, 1896 •“El Perú” Fabrica de Cigarrillos Roldan y Cia •Historia de España, 1896 •French Catalan pattern •Spanish Catalan pattern •S. Giráldez (Barcelona) c.1910 •Simeon Durá (Valencia) •Belgian Spanish Cards •Baraja Cinematográfica, c.1925 •Domino Cinematográfico, c.1925 •Artistas del Cine, c.1926 •Cine Manual, c.1927 •El Monoplano, c.1926 •Baraja Boxeo, c.1930 •Baraja Hoja de Afeitar •Romance Español •Descubridores y Colonizadores de America, c.1952 •Monumentos de España, c.1955 •Classic •América, 1960 •Europe, 1962 •Baraja Marca “Tití” •Juan Roura (Barcelona) •Zoo Comics, 1968 •Heráldica Castanyer •Spanish Regional Costumes •Baraja Andaluza, 1980 •Baralla Galega, 1983 •Naipes Milano 1988 •Baraja Digital, 1990 •Vic Joc de Cartes, 1990 •Naipes “El Castillo”, 1991 •Baraja Canaria, 1995 •El Cid Campeador, 1999 •Baraja Gallega, 2002 •Mas-Reynals: Baraja Edad Media, 1993 •Catalan pattern •Naipe Español Ref.201 •Naipe Español 2003 •Gabriel Fuentes 2003 •Asescoin: Baraja Marinera, 1995 •Baraja Asescoin 1998 •Baraja Taurina 1999 •Baraja Clavería 2001 •Baraja Literaria, 2002 •Baraja Hispanoamericana, 2003 •Baraja 'Te Amo' •Don Quijote IV Centenario •Repoker Político Diario 16 •La Baralla Espanyola de Regió 7 •Málaga Souvenir Playing Cards •Capel Vinos, 2001 •Salvador Dalí
REFERENCES:
Agudo Ruiz, Juan de Dios: Los Naipes en España, Diputación Foral de Álava, 2000
Denning, Trevor: The Playing-Cards of Spain, Cygnus Arts, London, 1996
Pratesi, Franco: Cinco Siglos de Naipes en España, in La Sota nº 16, Asescoin, Madrid, March 1997, pp.27-51
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