St Victor of Hugh is very early for our Tarot de Marseille Bateleur - Discoverie Of Witchcraft Written by Reginald Scot in 1584 in which 'demonic powers' are treated as jugglers tricks (rather than visa versa as in St Victor) is perhaps a little closer. Here is an old Jewish tale of Hormin the Juggl...

Could 'The World' possibly be an abbreviation of 'The Light of the World'? There is the world, and the Evangelists who are, as are all called by G-d, 'the light of the world.' Matthew 14: Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hid. 15 Neither do men light a candle, an...

Oddly enough, just before this passage is what must be one of the earliest references to playing cards in England. I do not recall its being included on the playing card history sites: “La dee du quell tu juerez Ore est un siaz, or est un as… (22002ff) The goddess with whom you play Now is a six, n...

marco wrote:I have typed in the Italian original, that is now available on the same Tarotpedia pages.

Fantastic Marco, thankyou so much - where do references such as Plato go, in the 'discussion' area? (of the tarotpedia entry).

Great stuff Marco, thank you.

So, yeah, show me a Christ in leaves and I'll be even more delighted, no problem, I really don't care. YOU care because you think this is Christ as New Adam, I have no investment one way or the other. I cared because it is a detail I think requires an explanation some what more satisfactory than on...

Hi Steve, Robert - "Copyist's errors" are demonstrable, and Robert offered one - the Bull loses his halo. There are countless others that I'm sure Robert could rattle off. The alternative, that there was a message in every line of every woodcut, is absurd. You agree with Robert then that ...

Even the leaves don't bother me much, I think the girdle on the image that Ross found is a damn good match, and it is possible that even the "earliest Tarot de Marseille decks" that we have are already late enough that that detail was not understood and was seen as leaves rather than a gi...

In the Vieville it is possible too that the artist in that case has misunderstood and put in what he would have expected: it seems to me that an obscure or misunderstood image is more liable to 'correction' according to a copyists expectations, than a universal and well known image to deterioration.

MODERATOR NOTE: The next few posts were split from a different thread and joined to this one because the main topic was the representation of Christ on the Tarot de Marseille. --------------- According to Michael's reading of the Tarot de Marseille, the Star announces the Advent of Christ. That is a...