yes, friend, I know... But is not cleary the name of trionfi: http://www.tretre.it/dk/menu/accademia-del-tre/biblioteca-del-tre/anonimo-i-germini-sopra-quaranta-meretrice-della-citta-di-firenze.html#c1190 That's an interesting observation with the sultan in the Colonna card and a similar feature in...

Great article, thanks Huck. a) We need find it: La Biblioteca Comunale dell Archiginnasio conserva due esemplari dei Tarocchini di Montieri, completi di mazzo, libretto, custodia originale e bando del cardinale Ruffo. Isn't it that, what is presented by Andrea Vitali, " Il Tarocchino di Bologn...

Long before 1725 and the priest Montieri the Master PW had 4 Moors in his deck and also French cards showed Moors and the Moro's Milan had a moorish faible, and the most exalted dance of the time was the Moreske. And Alfonso d'Este's is said to have shown the dark face of his great-grandma and one o...

Well, as I already told, there was "Fracasse" Sanseverino, who was an ugly brother of the tournament star Roberto Sanseverino, who wasn't a good choice as a leading general, which was realized too late by Lodovico Sforza, but a knight of the salons, though splendid at the tournaments and g...

I would think, that Captain Fracasse simply followed the broad Northern tradition King (= Emperor) - Queen (=Empress) - Ober (= Captain Fracasse)- Unter (Bateleur), just referring (back) to the general numbers which were used in card play. Ober and Unter often developed somehow Don Quixotte - Sancho...

Well, Spain had a dominant position during 16th century. US America had it in 20th century. Somehow natural, that dominant positions go hand in hand with some obvious crimes and form the base for some shame later, when the earlier dominance becomes only history. As Lao Tse or Dschuang-Tse or one of ...

Duke of Alba http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando_%C3%81lvarez_de_Toledo,_3rd_Duke_of_Alba had been from 1567 - 1573 in the Low countries Pope Pius V. (1565 - 1st of May 1572) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Pius_V Pope Gregory XIII (1572 - 1585) ... strong association to the Spanish king, famous...

About Fracasse

viewtopic.php?f=11&t=487&p=6357

NEW: Andrea Vitali

Tarot in Literature
http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=199&lng=ENG

Il Castello dei Tarocchi
http://www.letarot.it/Il-Castello-dei-T ... 9_ita.aspx
Description in Italian language

No, I didn't know, thanks, that seems to be a good book. The pictures are not very good, as far I see it, but the content seems promising.