hist-games: dating period card games

[Jane & Mark Waks]

Jane & Mark Waks wrote:
> Imran:
> > http://un2sg4.unige.ch/athena/rabelais/rab_garg.html
> 
> Or here:
> 
>         http://abu.cnam.fr/cgi-bin/donner_html?gargantua2

Oh, now this *is* fascinating. The 1534 edition that Imran cited, and
the 1542 edition I did, are *wildly* different from each other. Search
for "fleux" to find the beginning of the list in the first version, or
"flux" in the second. While there's considerable overlap, the order is
certainly rather different, and it appears at first glance that a lot of
games have been dropped out and/or added in.

Okay, so this problem is a little more complex than it appeared at first
glance. I wonder which French edition the English translation comes
from...

				-- Justin

"Why is it that many folks find a malleable, very human document like
 the Society's Corpora, that was formed by the anvil and tongs of
 vigorous debate, and want to turn it into dead words engraved in
 marble?"
		-- Bertram of Bearington