| Hearts | |
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| Invented | 15th century |
Hearts (♥, 
) (French: Cœur, German: Herz) is one of the four playing card suits in a deck of French-suited and German-suited playing cards. However, the symbol is slightly different: &sq=&lang=&file=File:Suit_Hearts_(open_clipart).svg){kind=small}
is used in a French deck while &sq=&lang=&file=File:Bay_herz.svg){kind=small}
is used in a German deck.
This suit was invented in 15th century Germany and is a survivor from a large pool of experimental suit signs created to replace the Latin suits. The standard German-suited system of leaves, acorns, hearts, and bells appears in the majority of cards from 1460 onwards. There is no evidence for this system prior to this point. The French design was created around 1480 when French suits were invented and was a simplified version of the existing German suit symbol for hearts in a German-suited pack.[1]
In Swiss-suited playing cards, the equivalent suit is Roses, typically with the following suit symbol: &sq=&lang=&file=File:RosendeutschschweizerBlatt.svg){kind=small}
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- ^ Dummett, Michael (1980). The Game of Tarot. London: Duckworth. pp. 10–32.