Thanks for resurrecting your old post in this new context, Phaeded. I am interested, primarily because Hermes Trismegistus as the PMB Old Man fits my hypothesis of an Egyptianizing intent for a few of the PMB cards, perhaps influenced by Ciriaco, in Cremona at the time of the cards. I hadn't connect...

Did he describe the queens? Were they taken from another pattern? Sorry, I forgot about your question. No mention of the queens in particular. Here is what he says: Giacomo Recchi Tarot, circa 1820. A tarot pack was made circa 1820 by Giacomo Recchi of Oneglia, a town in northwest Italy. The cards ...

The deck is described, without pictures, on p. 355 of vol. 2 of Kaplan's Encyclopedia of Tarot..

Good eye, Ludophone. Looking in Game of Tarot of 1980, Sardinia is not listed. However on pp. 406-7 of Il Mondo e l'Angelo , 1993, Dummett writes: Infine, da Oneglia nella Liguria viene l’unico esempio a me noto di un mazzo di tarocchi con semi spagnoli. E opera di Giacomo Recchi, il cui nome e citt...

Robert did a great job refurbishing the Forum so that people can now join. The only problem is that gremlins may creep in later, such that people who can't join also can't let you know. I understand you have now built in a way to let someone know. If so, you might indicate it on this thread. However...

Yes, Robert, great job, especially for adding the "classic". I have one concern. You wrote I'll be spending time with the styles, but I think that user registration and PMs are now working, if not, do let me know! My concern is that if someone can't register, or can't get on once they have registere...

Very relevant, Steve. If the goats were fleeing, it would suggest that even though we don't see the lightning of destruction, those sensitive to such things can foresee it as imminent and explain why the shepherd is in such a panic. It would reinforce the idea that the scene is apocalyptic. But the ...

I have posted amateur translations of portions of the 2nd Cahier on Aeclectic and also, more readably, at http://etteillastrumps.blogspot.com/ A previous poster on this thread gave links to the Aeclectic posts. This work of Etteilla's is rather difficult to translate. His 19th century French success...

Phaeded wrote, Are you implying all of the 2nd artist PMB trumps are related to decans? No, not at all. Also, the Strength card is related to a degree, not a decan. I also don't find the PMB strength card needing Angelus images, just the original text, given the historical context of Milanese-Veneti...

Yes, the PMB Matto and Forza cards are by different artists. That has been recognized for a long time. Forza is one of 6 cards (along with Temperance, Star, Moon, Sun, and World) by a different artist than the others, of a style popular later than that of the first artist. Whether they were made as ...