The war to make Tarot the domain of women. The true history of Tarot is not just the story of where and why things began, but also the story of how they are ending up, today, and tomorrow. Yet, in "A History of The Occult Tarot, 1870-1970", the authors dismiss the notion that history now ...

Well ... it's even worse ... Already in 15th century there was Cartofeminism of high degree ... at least at the high courts. Occasionally (documented Savoy 1430) it was prohibited to men to play with cards, only allowed, when they played with women. Men were advised to stay humble, playing chess or ...

We've added two articles to the collection of appearances of the expression "Trionfi" in context of playing cards in 15th century: http://trionfi.com/0/e/29b/ http://trionfi.com/0/e/29c/ One contains a report to a new finding by Ross Caldwell for November 1469, the painter Federico Bonacos...

At Tolfo's page she mentions that she took her information from Leopoldo Cicognara. The relevant passage should be at page 52. http://books.google.com/books?ci=209%2C176%2C478%2C231&as_brr=1&id=QG4EAAAAYAAJ&dq=bullet+tarocco&q=martiano#v=onepage&q=marziano&f=false I don't kno...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Ambrogio_de_Predis_-_Ritratto_di_una_dama.jpg Given to Ambrogio de Predis and to ca. 1490 ... with insecurities, I guess ... "unknown person", occasionally ascribed to somebody, I remember "Bianca Sforza" I see similarities in t...

http://www.kleio.org/en/history/famtree ... ffio4.html

Kleio.org, which often has "strange opinions", offers an alternative view on the picture.

Hi Huck- Robert's original link said that... Mr Kemp speculated that the profile of the young girl whose hair hangs in a long single braid could be the portrait of Bianca Sforza, daughter of the Ludivico Sforza, the 15th-century Duke of Milan. ~Lorredan Yes, the report also says so, but many pages ...

Ross, I think, it's not Bianca Maria (Empress), about which was spoken in the report, but Bianca Sforza, illegitime daughter of Ludovico Sforza, which married the tournament hero and later disappointing Milanese general Galeazzo Sanseverino 1496 and died 1497 (15 years old) short before Beatrice d'E...

hi Mike, For the difference of the orders (Athena/Diana etc.)... this should be a problem at the side of Tolfo. Ross was in Paris and visited the manuscript, before him Franco Pratesi was there. Tolfo surely hadn't the timeto do this. Ross translated the Martiano text. http://trionfi.com/0/b/02/ The...

The strange theories of Trionfi.com (...:-) ... occasionally suspected as a "crackpot theory" ) meanwhile found some acceptance in Italy Italian: http://www.letarot.it/Andrea-Vitali-presidente-tarot-tarocchi_pag_pg166_ita.aspx English: http://www.letarot.it/Trionfi.com_pag_pg166_eng.aspx s...