Here is a translation of the above, for those who might want to critique Alain's summary. I have corrected some of the spellings of non-French names, and I assume that Alain's "Etables" was a typographical error for "Etaples". The word "Septempedano" is a Latinized nickname meaning "of San Severino"...

This is just to let people know that all of Andrea's iconological essays from Papessa to Luna have now been updated, mostly with additions, in Italian, and the translations into English revised. These are at http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=5&lng=eng and http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=5&lng=IT...

With Alain's approval, I have added Huck's point about the connection of Scheggia to the Ursino/Catania cards to the reasons for thinking he might be the artist of the TdeChVI as well. I have also said what the initials after his name are for "Société des Gens de Lettres de France".

Actually, in the way Apollonio paints rocks, I'm beginning to wonder if the ChVI perhaps is his creation rather than Scheggia's. This does not to cast doubt on Sheggia (and workshop) as the creator of the Catania. But the ChVI simply has more of Apollonio's style, compared to the Catania. Here are t...

Yes, good addition, Huck. The thesis that Scheggia did the cards should probably read something like this. (1) He is a painter documented as producing playing cards (see Franco Pratesi at http://trionfi.com/evx-lo-scheggia). (2) One of the triumphs in the Castello Urbino group has special details si...

Sandy: regarding the stemma, see the "Stemma di Piero il Gottoso" at the link that Alain gives us, https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stemma_dei_Medici https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5c/Coat_of_arms_of_Piero_il_Gottoso.svg/92px-Coat_of_arms_of_Piero_il_Gottoso.svg.png The only dif...

Here is a provisional translation of Alain's essay on LeTarot. The only awkwardness was in translating "plusieurs devices", which is ambiguous in the original between "several suits" and "many devices" i.e. heraldics, although, according to Caldwell, Depaulis prefers "suis", i.e,. French "couleurs",...

As far as a translation, I think I have it in hand.

This post goes a little beyond my self-imposed limit of early 16th century. Kircher published his material on Kabbalah in 1653. The Jewish material that is relevant, however, is mid-16th century and earlier. It's a long post, but it's something I've been wondering about for a long time and finally h...

I am sorry not to participate more often, but my main attention is on another project at the moment, working with Andrea Vitali to revise the translations of his iconological essays. We finished the Star. Only 6 to go. But I do have something to say on the topic in question. First, in relation to th...