Das Spiel der Hoffnung is Johann Kaspar Hechtel's own 1799 primary text, the Nuremberg parlour game whose images were later adapted into the Petit Lenormand cartomancy deck. As a primary artifact it is authoritative for what this specific historical game actually depicted and how it was originally intended to be played, a documented ancestor of the later divinatory deck rather than a divinatory text itself. Use it to establish the game's original images and rules; it is not evidence for any fortune-telling meaning later attached to those images, which is a separate development this atlas sources elsewhere, and a claim about exactly how the transition from parlour game to divination deck occurred needs a dedicated historical source.
Facts
Citation
AuthorJohann Kaspar Hechtel
PublisherBieling
Gustav Philipp Jakob Bieling of Nuremberg, 1799, per a contemporary Bieling advertisement listing Hechtel's works. Publication Year1799
Source Typeprimary-text
Assessment
Reliability Tier1
Johann Kaspar Hechtel's own 1799 primary text, the Nuremberg parlour game whose images were later adapted into the Petit Lenormand cartomancy deck, cited for what this historical game itself depicted. NotesThe Nuremberg parlour game whose images became the Petit Lenormand deck.
Claims Backed By This Source (310 claims)
This source backs 310 claims across the atlas. As facts: 271 well-attested. Plus 39 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Lenormand Cards, 288 claims: 252 well-attested, 36 general references.
- Categories, 10 claims: 9 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 7 claims: 7 well-attested.
- Tarot Spreads, 3 claims: 2 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Articles, 1 claims: 1 well-attested.
- Disciplines, 1 claims: 1 general references.
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