Italian renaissance woodcut playing cards

Block C2

All but one of the preserved fragments are partially coloured, and come from at least eight different imprints.

Fragment 5064 consists of two parts; it is likely but not certain that these are from the same imprint. Similarly, 5059 and 46780 probably belong together. 5067 and 5057 might join up perfectly without a gap, but the low resolution of the 5057 scan makes it impossible to confirm this. There are enough instances of near identical cuts between sheets of the same design that the close correspondence could be incidental – the Cary fragment has a very similar cut, but would not fit 5067 as it has a small tab extending at the bottom that would overlap. Both 5057 and the Cary fragment could also be part of 5059; both of these and 46779 could be part of 5064 or 5066.

The Benaki card is a single card found in Egypt and held by the Μουσείο Μπενάκη (Benaki Museum) in Athens. The different preservation history makes it highly unlikely that it comes from the same sheets as any of the other fragments.