Paris and Rouen patterns

The Parisian pattern, also of fifteenth-century origin, survived and, with modifications, became official for the whole of France. Each figure card bears a fairly consistent name. Emblems, gestures and clothes can be compared with the relevant Rouennais pattern in order to discover the identities of its unnamed courtiers.

In the following chart, the archaic French spellings have been rendered in modern English.

THE PARISIAN PATTERN
	Hearts	Spades	Diamonds	Clubs
K	CHARLES	DAVID	CAESAR	ALEXANDER
Q	JUDITH	PALLAS	RACHEL	ARGINE
J	LA HIRE	OGIER	HECTOR	JUDAH MACCABEE (or JUDAS MACCABEUS)
THE ROUENNAIS PATTERN (ANCESTRAL TO THE ANGLO-AMERICAN TYPE)
	Hearts	Spades	Diamonds	Clubs
K	ALEXANDER	DAVID	CAESAR	CHARLES
Q	RACHEL	PALLAS	ARGINE	JUDITH
J	LA HIRE	HECTOR	OGIER	JUDAH MACCABEE

Paris pattern, double-ended, 1806 (?) (from D' Allemagne, Antique Playing Cards)

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