Without going into the cards to Besançon, and beyond the reigning Christian culture & Christian iconography of the French cards, the tarot was historically persecuted by the Christian church, right? Not believe that a relationship exists whereby in the early Italian decks refers to Christ and no...

I'm looking for the Mamluk images and just find some cards, someone knows where to find them all?

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Thanks for responding Marco, the representation of Christ on the italian cards was feasible perhaps be created for royalty, however the French cards were pagan and made for the people ... Please correct me if I'm wrong, besides not handle good English, I have no historical knowledge that many of you...

From French Emblems at Glasgow: http://www.emblems.arts.gla.ac.uk/french/facsimile.php?id=sm1248_ll3v I do not think there is a strong link, but I see a relationship between this french emblem and the world of Dick Sheet, which also notes a town or village as the center of the action protected by t...

Pen wrote:http://emblem.libraries.psu.edu/Ripa/Im ... pa032b.htm

Interesting picture of the Strength of Justice, where the woman with the sword represents the human supremacy over the animal ferocity.

Why do you think that this image gives "extra weight to the argument that it would have been blasphemous to depict Christ on cards"? Hi Marco, I agree with Pen because these images are contemporary and represent the same as tarot cards and none of them shows the image of Christ. Cheers!

I Found this image in the Flornoy Site,

Devil´s Catedral -Vieville Style- stands on pedestal or column:

Back to color, the problem is that, in fact, the evidence suggest the opposite. No two decks share the same color scheme, and more important, we even find color changes and variations in different editions of the same deck. If we set the context in which these cards were printed, we can see why suc...

Regarding the III card,one can see that the Empress hang the shield with his left hand,so contrary the others decks. But the head of the eagle is pointing to the right side as all the decks. * So why Vieville respected this detail ? I believe that this is a clear indication that the sequence invest...

Hi compagnions Although its truth that the genital organs in this deck are not any surprise, it is that following with the graphical style it does not seem to be a penis, I see similar it the end of a wand (like Vieville)… By the way, I must say that I agree Prudence says, the zone is seen very clea...