When were the earliest Holy Cards?

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Historically, when were the earliest Holy Cards?

Maybe some of us have seen antique Holy Cards. I wonder when the first ones were made. Probably way way back. 1200s? Earlier? Later?

(Oh, I should have put this under Spirtuality probably, I was thinking “Sacramentals”, “Sacraments”, unsure of the correct area.)
 
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Historically, when were the earliest Holy Cards?

Maybe some of us have seen antique Holy Cards. I wonder when the first ones were made. Probably way way back. 1200s? Earlier? Later?

(Oh, I should have put this under Spirtuality probably, I was thinking “Sacramentals”, “Sacraments”, unsure of the correct area.)
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Holy Cards are residual Iconography, leftovers of their past as stained glass and statuary replaced them as the primary means of communicating the Faith. Compare them to Eastern Iconography and you will see their similarities.
 
“The first holy cards were sold to pilgrims as a souvenir of having visited a shrine. The oldest such holy card is a picture of St. Christopher dating from about 1425. These were not really cards, but rather pictures printed on inexpensive paper. Since they were easily torn or destroyed, very few medieval holy cards have survived.” - article from Our Sunday Visitor
Full article: osv.com/OSVNewsweekly/ByIssue/Article/TabId/735/ArtMID/13636/ArticleID/9946/Trading-holy-cards-since-1425.aspx#sthash.h3Wiwcjs.dpuf

Earliest Holy Cards would have looked like this: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_card#/image/File:Saint_Christopher_001.jpg
 
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