I'll try and hold back a little on this... just on the point of 'For entertainment purposes only', I actually consider that it has merit if taken in its full sense, and not in its diminished form of 'amusement'. To 'entertain' is to give serious consideration and reflection to what is being presente...

The problem lies in that in no 15th century decks is there any evidence that there is any kind of influence of correlation with either the Hebrew alphabet or other Kabalistic considerations. At most, what there may be is, as Mark Filipas suggests for later decks, a plausibility of card designs under...

errrr.... the four dots occurs on two of the four cardinal virtues, so it MUST be that the FOUR dots reflect the cardinal virtues which are also FOUR. :(|) Also, Force has the same implication by having a dot BEFORe and After the title, which reflects the single dot used with the four dots on the ot...

errr..... to add a little to the crack-pottiness of the Fool and the Rabbit, I think this arose out of something I first posted and occasionally refer to as an alternate image from the time prior to tarot's creation on, for example, Lumiere ('Gothic') Cathedral petroglyphs. Thereon, there is a pair ...

Again, there's more likely an element of depicted 'realism' here: The body clearly arising from the grave is dead, hence bloodless, hence 'bluish' in skin-tone. So the final judgement call suggests that the body of the dead is being raised. The 'colour symbolism' here is likely far more literally re...

[...] Also, there are some really quirky inconsistencies within single images where you can only conclude the presence of a cryptic message. I'm not sure I agree with this, Marcei. There may be no cryptic message at all. Take, as an example, the 'quirkiness' (I presume this would qualify) of the co...

* Just let me see ... Conver card size : wide/ 6.6 - high / 12 centimeter Name card Bar : 5.6 centimeter x 5 milimeter. - So now see the example of the XI card : Copia de CONVER-LA FORCE.jpg . Conver placed 20 very precise,clear done lines just because he was bored or because he was a "funny&q...

I haven't checked it... but in terms of L'Amoureux, to simply have a couple below a canopy with a arrow-wielding being is consistent enough with the Visconti-type decks, and the very early cards remained un-numbered (despite ordering implied by various textual references) - so that in itself makes i...

There is no doubt that colour has importance in iconographic art as well as in paintings in both pre- and post-renaissance. I don't think anyone has suggested otherwise. From that, however, it is a jump to suggest that colours on woodcuts presents us with the same degree of significance. Apart from ...

There it is and I remark just for me is the bag where the man keep his things. Conver: Copia de CONVER-LE BATELEUR.jpg I too agree, Eugim, that on the Tarot de Marseille type-II it is a bag that is intended - and also very likely on the Tarot de Marseille type-I and (in case it is considered a bit ...