I should have pointed out -- QH: Judic (sic), don't ask me why.
Lyn
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From: "Lyn Moir" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: Snap Melies & 1919 Australian silent film
> Melies did not make a decision to give human names to the court cards --
> in the Paris pattern of French packs, from the middle of the 16th century,
> all the court cards are named -- KH: Charles (prob. Charlemagne), QH:
> Judic, JH: Lahire, KS: David, QS: Pallas, JS: Hogier, KD: Cezar (can't do
> an acute accent in Outlook Express!), QD: Rachel, JD: Hector, KC:
> Alexandre, QC: Argine, and JC: Lancelot.
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