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Visconti in 1442 and withdrawn from circulation at his death, in 1447. The Cary-Yale is the only historic Western deck with six ranks of face cards, as the "Damsel" and the "Girl on horse" supplement the conventional King, Queen, Knight and Jack. Their ranks can be identified by their positions: standing, mounted on a horse, or enthroned.
All trump cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards have a silver one. Information from the 4 of denari Brera-Brambilla [modify] This set is named after Giovanni Brambilla, who obtained the cards in Venice in 1900. Considering that 1971 the deck has been in the brochure of the Brera Gallery in Milan.
All face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards have a silver one. The seven staying face cards are: Knight and Jack of cups; Knight and Jack of denari; Knight, Jack and Queen of bastoni. Nearly all pip cards have endured, as this set is just missing the four of denari.
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