Case : 065.The tarot deck (78 cards) was never as popular as the standard decks, lower classes preferred smaller decks. The regular 52 or 56 card deck shrank to 48, 40, 36, 32, or 24 cards, with many modification of the suit. The older Latin suits, consist of coins, clubs, cups, and swords, respect the old Mamluk suit. They are subdivided into the Italian-suits deck and Spanish-suits deck. Italian-suited cards are rarely found outside of Northern Italy, but in the past, however, tarot cards based on those from Milan, the Tarot of Marseilles, spread to France, Switzerland, and most of central and northern Europe before being replaced by French-suited tarots during the 18th and 19th centuries. In a few places in Switzerland, the Italian-suited Swiss 1JJ Tarot is still used for games. The 40-card stripped decks lacking the 8s, 9s, and 10s are the most common format found in Italy today. Most important are Trentine deck, Bresciane deck, Bergamasche deck, Trevisane deck, Triestine deck, Primiera Bolognese and Tarocco Bolognese.
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