Regole di chitarrella series#

After digging under its thick layers, I could find much less than I could expect, mainly owing to the unsuitable selection of records preserved, as will be stresses below. Although dust on similar documents is the rule, all these files are much more dusty than usual. I have leafed through its inventory and thus I could select a dozen files for further inspection. Ripartimento delle finanze', which may be simply referred to as Finanze.

Regole di chitarrella series#

However, the series of documents which looks most promising is the collection of 'Ministero e segreteria di Stato presso il luogotenente generale. The makers will print their names on a card of each pack. The mark must be on the 2 spades for French cards and 5 swords in the others the duty will be of 4 Neapolitan grana for each kind moreover the price for the sheet will be 3 grana for ordinarie and 6 for others. They have to be stamped in colour in Palermo with 3 gigli semplici (fleurs-de-lys) under the royal crown. II n.654) - Four kinds of cards are allowed: Carte ordinarie, Italiane fine, Francesi, Tarocchi. II n.212) some bandi, as that of Ferdinando II dated Naples (Misc. I n.225) a 1846 edition of Chitarrella rules for mediatore and tresette (Misc. Here are kept the already known impressions of wooden and copper blocks for Sicilian cards (Misc. Let us begin with Archivio di Stato located in a fine Palazzo near Cala and Vucceria, the old port and market of Palermo, respectively. Not to mention his remarkable contributions from oral witnessess, it is unlikely that any relevant archival evidence has escaped his attention! Nevertheless, I could recently study in some public Libraries and in Archivio di Stato of Palermo a few documents which provide further useful information. There are two main reasons for that, the objective lack of documents and the pioneering interest to the topic by Michael Dummett. It is not easy to find something new concerning cards and card playing in Sicily.