Thanks for your alternative view, Phaeded. First, I want to make clear that I do not say that the replacement of Hope, Faith, and Charity by Star, Moon, and Sun is a fact. It is only a hypothesis, part of the larger hypothesis that I presented, assuming (hypothetically) the historical correctness of...

The heavenly figure on the left is holding the woman's wings because he has just given them to her. He is setting them on her, affixing them to her back (Rev. 12:14). Here is the relevant part: 13 When the dragon saw that he had been hurled to the earth, he pursued the woman who had given birth to t...

Good points, Huck. Andrea's comments do not deal with the occurrence of "minchiatar" two lines earlier than "triomphi". It would be of interest to have a translation of that part of the poem. There is a period at the end of the line that separates the two words. If that marks a shift of topic from t...

I am sorry not to have been able to contribute to this interesting discussion, as until recently I have been focused on Andrea's iconological essays, or else Alain's. But Andrea and Alain are taking a break, and I have time at the moment. I was happy to see Sandy's playing with the idea of the Popes...

Just to make sure I understand. "jeu" should be "game" everywhere it appears in the part of your essay I translated. opuscule -= little book ("Pamphlet" is not so polemical in English, but does have a slight connotation to that effect; also, it, and perhaps also "booklet", suggests lack of a binding...

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...