:) This an argument ad hominem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem I dont think is a strong argument :) I think, this wasn't intended as an argument. ... hm ... but I would think, that I should recognize local hero strategies ... ... and Bologna has simply less early Trionfi documents than Ferr...

And to be honest, I no longer know who or what to believe. http://www.letarot.it/Bolognese-Industry-and-Tarots_pag_pg78_eng.aspx Pen ... :-) ... you mean this article? That's from Girolamo Zorli, a man from Bologna ... naturally he interprets the facts a little bit from a Bolognese perspective ... ...

hi Bertrand, Good evening, just to clear up certain details in my confused mind : Still in 16th century around 1560, when cheap woodcut decks existed without doubts, common Tarocchi cards were still considerably more expensive than other usual playing cards. Lollio in 1550 still states, that Tarot w...

Hm ... before I started to response to your idea I quoted you with ... Please bear in mind that this is the Unicorn Terrace , but I'm not wedded to this idea, so feel free to pick holes. demolish if you will, or just explain to me why it can't be this simple . ... so a clear sign, that I was aware, ...

I found this King Salomon ... http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/imagen/espada-salomon/rey-salomon-espada.jpg ... based on a chequered ground with 8 vertical fields in depth. The number of the horizontal fields is unclear. http://www.aceros-de-hispania.com/espada-salomon.htm (no further information)

Please bear in mind that this is the Unicorn Terrace, but I'm not wedded to this idea, so feel free to pick holes. demolish if you will, or just explain to me why it can't be this simple. .... 1. That the game, recognisable to us today as tarot, is not the result of a gradual change from decks such...

This book seem interesting: Stamperie, carte e cartiere nella Ronciglione del XVII e XVIII secolo: atti della giornata di studio presso la Sala riunioni della Cassa rurale e artigiana, 26 ottobre 1991 Francesco M. D'Orazi Centro ricerche e studi, 1996. I cant read it, but in the title we can found ...

The IPCS article from October 1989 has the two Minchiate sheets found in the binding of some notarial documents titled "1585". As already stated: the binding might have happened later. The article speaks of evidence for playing card production from begin of 17th century till one century la...

... :-? ... I dont understand... why Orazi are sure the sheets are from the XVII century? I cant see any date or name of cardmarker... Maybe I need read this book: http://www.ronciglione-crs.it/CRS/home/Index-sommario.htm I think, there's no evidence for card production in Ronciglinne before ca. 15...

:) There is a curious detail ... I didn't know a heraldic emblem of Galeazzo II Visconti: a lion with a big helmet on his head. http://www.storiadimilano.it/arte/imprese/Imprese04.htm I dont said this helmet is the same heraldic helmet, but is curious... A second version ... http://upload.wikimedia...