英语词汇devil-s picture book的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

devil’s picture book. A colorful, little-known term for “play- ing cards” that was used by the Puritans, who considered it sin- ful to play cards or even have a deck of cards in the house. In fact, it wasn’t until the mid 19th century that playing cards were deemed permissible in devout New England homes. Long before this, however, 16th-century clergymen issued playing cards bearing scriptural passages and Cardinal Mazarin taught France’s Sun King history, geography, and other subjects by printing instructive text on “educational” playing cards. We take our 52-card deck from the French, but there is a 56-card deck (Italian), a 32-card deck (German) and many others around the world. Playing cards are called pasteboards because they were made of pasteboard for centuries, the paste making them opaque so that they couldn’t be seen through. It was only after 1850 that designs on the backs of cards were used, for early gamblers had felt that plain white backs couldn’t be so easily marked as decorative ones.

词汇	devil-s picture book
词源	devil’s picture book. A colorful, little-known term for “play- ing cards” that was used by the Puritans, who considered it sin- ful to play cards or even have a deck of cards in the house. In fact, it wasn’t until the mid 19th century that playing cards were deemed permissible in devout New England homes. Long before this, however, 16th-century clergymen issued playing cards bearing scriptural passages and Cardinal Mazarin taught France’s Sun King history, geography, and other subjects by printing instructive text on “educational” playing cards. We take our 52-card deck from the French, but there is a 56-card deck (Italian), a 32-card deck (German) and many others around the world. Playing cards are called pasteboards because they were made of pasteboard for centuries, the paste making them opaque so that they couldn’t be seen through. It was only after 1850 that designs on the backs of cards were used, for early gamblers had felt that plain white backs couldn’t be so easily marked as decorative ones.
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