http://formation.kevinmeunier.com/?page_id=2069 ... has pictures of the Blanck & Tschann deck http://formation.kevinmeunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Blanck-et-Tschann-102.jpg http://formation.kevinmeunier.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Blanck-et-Tschann-72.jpg http://formation.kevinmeunier.com...

There is some mention of the engraver Francois Isnard in previous topic here: http://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=821 Yes ... Thierry Depaulis wrote in 2010 an article "When (and how) Tarot reached Germany" (IPSC 39/2, starting p. 64). The article is excellent, it helps here to devel...

Does this mean, that Pierre Francois Basan had been the artist of the Etteilla cards? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Basan https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre-Fran%C3%A7ois_Basan "Il perd sa femme en 1788 et se retire des affaires à la fin de 1789. Ses deux fils, Antoine-Simon-F...

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... .-) ... right, the riddle, that we follow here, is probably not from 15th/16th century, but older. It is naturally also very doubtful, that 12 tribes from a not very important kingdom were deciding. German wiki suggests as the origin (in a rather short way) .... A. Babylonische Mythologie Wahrsc...

In matters of the eagle one shouldn't forget about the eagle, who bothered Prometheus long before Ganymed .... https://www.ancient.eu/img/r/p/750/1149.png?v=1485680400 Prometheus together with Atlas. Both appear in the 10th (Atlas) and 12th work (Prometheus) of Hercules. Hercules saved Prometheus. G...

If Drummonds in 19th century had the idea with Scorpio, somebody in 15th century might have had it, too. Johannes at Patmos was 1st century. In 1st century astrological models weren't completely fixed on the model of modern astrology. Manilius, also 1st century, had ... Leo = Jupiter Aquarius = Juno...

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Man = Aquarius Bull = Taurus Lion = Leo Eagle = Scorpio ... is an astrological cycle. a wheel. The order runs (on the picture) in counter-clock direction A-B-C-D have 24 possibilities, in 4 of them the astrological signs run clockwise , in 4 they run in the counter clock manner. So this feature migh...

Fame has in the French picture book the attributes of Prudentia .... book and mirror. We discussed the "missing Prudentia" and its relations to Fame (Fame as hidden Prudentia) very often.