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TH10111 Regular user 155 Posts |
The Liber Vagatorum is one of the oldest publications that references specific card cheating techniques, which appear in a single sentence.
Although there is an english translation, I wasn't convinced by it's accuracy, so I've had a go myself. I've documented my thoughts in a blog post: https://th10111.wordpress.com/2018/03/17/liber-vagatorum/ However, I do not speak German so I expect there are some errors. I thought a few people here may find it interesting and may even be able to contribute towards a more definitive translation. TH |
hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 506 Posts |
Joner - gambler
beseflerey - cheating brieff - card / deck mit abheben einem dem andern - cutting on the right place in collusion boglein - tiny arc / crimp spies - pike (infantry weapon) cheat with boglein and spies - cheating with bridge and jog mit dem gefetzten brieff - stripped cards ubern boden - (dealing) from the bottom of the deck mit dem andres teil, uber schrank - with/to the other,from the top of the deck (dealing normal). Hans-Christian (native German) |
hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 506 Posts |
Mit dem gefetzten brieff - (generally) treated cards (from "fetzen" with the slang meaning of "arbeiten" - to work)
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hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 506 Posts |
Mit dem gefetzten brieff, ubern boden, - a marked by means of a thumb-tack or a special prick card (literally "a marked by an injury on the back card")
mit dem andres teil, uber schrank - playing in collusion (literally "with the other part (player) over cross" Hans-Christian Solka |
MueCard Inner circle 2964 Posts |
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On Mar 23, 2018, hcs wrote: Where appears the word "dealing" in the text? You rightly put it into brackets! Remarkable is Dr. Volkmann's indication about the Pfortzheimer Ausgabe of the Liber in his MAGIE-Series "Geschichte der Zauberkunst"! |
hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 506 Posts |
Dr. Volkmann's indication about the Pfortzheimer Ausgabe of the Liber in his MAGIE-Series "Geschichte der Zauberkunst"!
See Magie (1940)7 Click here to view/download attached file. |
TH10111 Regular user 155 Posts |
Hey Hans-Christian,
Thank you for your input. I think you have confirmed a lot of my translation. It seems that the Liber Vagatorum was probably one of the earliest publications mentioning many of these techniques. I'm surprised it's not spoken about more... |
hcs Special user Germany, Magdeburg 506 Posts |
It's my pleasure.
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