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Ambraser Hofjagdspiel

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The Ambraser Hofjagdspiel (Court Hunting Pack of Ambras), also called the "Ambras falconer cards", is a pack of cards painted around 1440–1445 and attributed to the engraver Konrad Witz from Basle, Switzerland. [1]

20 relations: Ambras Castle, Austria, Basel, Ediciones Akal, Face card, Falcon, Flemish Hunting Deck, German playing cards, Heron, Hofamterspiel, Hound, Innsbruck, Konrad Witz, Kunsthistorisches Museum, Lure (falconry), Pip (counting), Stuttgarter Kartenspiel, Swiss playing cards, Switzerland, Vienna.

Ambras Castle

Ambras Castle (Schloss Ambras Innsbruck) is a Renaissance castle and palace located in the hills above Innsbruck, Austria.

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Austria

Austria (Österreich), officially the Republic of Austria (Republik Österreich), is a federal republic and a landlocked country of over 8.8 million people in Central Europe.

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Basel

Basel (also Basle; Basel; Bâle; Basilea) is a city in northwestern Switzerland on the river Rhine.

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Ediciones Akal

Ediciones Akal is a Spanish publisher founded in Madrid in 1972 by Ramón Akal González.

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Face card

In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British) is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards.

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Falcon

Falcons are birds of prey in the genus Falco, which includes about 40 species.

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Flemish Hunting Deck

The Flemish Hunting Deck, also known as the Cloisters set of fifty-two playing cards and Hofjaren Jachtpakket (in Dutch), is a set of fifty-two playing cards owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, United States.

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German playing cards

German playing cards are a style of playing cards used in some parts of Central Europe.

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Heron

The herons are the long-legged freshwater and coastal birds in the family Ardeidae, with 64 recognised species, some of which are referred to as egrets or bitterns rather than herons.

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Hofamterspiel

Hofämterspiel (Court-office Game), one of the earliest card games on record preserved in its entirety with all forty-eight cards intact, is a major 15th-century medieval handmade deck commissioned by Ladislaus the Posthumous, king of Hungary and Bohemia and Duke of Austria from 1453 to 1457.

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Hound

A hound is a type of dog used by hunters to track or chase prey.

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Innsbruck

Innsbruck is the capital city of Tyrol in western Austria and the fifth-largest city in Austria.

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Konrad Witz

Konrad Witz (1400/1410 probably in Rottweil, Germany – winter 1445/spring 1446 in Basel, Switzerland) was a German-born painter, active mainly in Basel, Switzerland.

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Kunsthistorisches Museum

The Kunsthistorisches Museum ("Museum of Art History", also often referred to as the "Museum of Fine Arts") is an art museum in Vienna, Austria.

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Lure (falconry)

A lure is an object used in falconry, usually made of leather with a pair of bird wings or feathers attached.

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Pip (counting)

Pips are small but easily countable items.

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Stuttgarter Kartenspiel

The Stuttgarter Kartenspiel (Stuttgart card game) is one of the most valuable collections of the Landesmuseum Württemberg.

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Swiss playing cards

Parts of Swiss German speaking Switzerland have their own deck of playing cards.

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Switzerland

Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Vienna

Vienna (Wien) is the federal capital and largest city of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambraser_Hofjagdspiel

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