Originally published at: Fantastic "Dice Man" illustration and more carnival costumes from 1590 | Boing Boing
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“Prithee, Watch Commander Gordon; light ye Bat-beacon and summon Gotham’s defender! Ye dastardly Dice-man is loosed upon the town!”
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Of course Nuremberg, a major producer of toys (and other small things of everyday life, such as thimbles and needles) in the Renaissance[1], would have had ready access to dice at the time.
Nürnberger Tand geht durch alle Land
It still is. Playmobil is a Nuremberg company and the toy museum is a part of the city’s museum landscape ↩︎
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