Wasn't it stated once, that the text on the cards had a juristic background? Or was it only suspected? Possibly just by us? Bernardino influenced many city laws, so "Bernardino 1428" could refer to one of the many Bernardino's reforms. A reference to an earlier "law with date" would have a natural r...

Mike wrote ... Then in the evening came the presentation and practice session of Sicilian tarocchi, of a particular sort found in one or maybe two Sicilian towns. It was a partnership game in which the partners change each hand, and who they are is known to only one of the players. I never would hav...

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https://www.jstor.org/stable/43132292?s ... b_contents

has some details. 1417 isn't totally sure, as I get it, but plausibly suggested.

MikeH wrote Otherwise, it is the date of his treatise that is of interest, which would still seem to be after 1418, when Michelino returned to Milan (actually, I don't have a source for that either! It is just from Huck on trionfi.com). It also seems unlikely to be after 1423, given his apparent ret...

I detected a used 1-Euro book in a shop for antiques (all books take 1 Euro there). "Das geheime Abendmahl", original is Spanish "La cena secreta" (2004) and English "The Secret Supper" (2006). The English version seems to have been a big success, the text is said to have been translated to many lan...

Trionfi.com got the following mail ... I would like to introduce myself. My name is Martin Jarvis and I have been a collector of playing cards for nearly 30 years. During that time I was a member of both the IPCS and the EPCS. I have recently taken the very difficult decision to sell my collection a...

This picture of a ceiling is interesting (you wrote as explanation: "Florence as cosmography ... city gates, guild symbols, etc." http://forum.tarothistory.com/download/file.php?id=2070 In the center are 4 elements mixed with 4 others. Then there are 16 elements around it. Then a circle with 21 elem...

Possibly the author of the work, who still has some books left from his adventure.

The book got heavy critics, when it appeared (2010), especially from persons with some understanding of Tarot history. Discussions about it you can find in the material of Aeclectic Tarot, a forum, which was closed two years ago (the texts are still online). "Robert Swyrin" was the author, the name ...