I imagine that if it has labels for Vieville, they are based on the names of the cards used in the poem on the Ace of Coins and Two of Cups which gives us the names of the cards as: Oops. Well this changes everything. I overlooked the writing on the ace of coins and two of cups. Back to the drawing...

This is a post in the Tarocchi Goes West series, but not about any particular trump. It is about the labels on French tarot cards, as opposed to the images on them. I will post it in four parts. Noblet's labels. Noblet copied 16 trumps, plus the fool, so closely from Viéville you can hardly tell the...

Thanks so much for this. I have gotten pretty good with the "advanced search" at Gallica, but I knew nothing of Madragore. For the manuscripts in libraries in France other than the BnF, I have found a very good index called La Bibliothèque virtuelle des manuscrits médiévaux here: https://b...

I am not satisfied with any explanation for the two sticks: they are my worst sticking point. My only thought is that since there are two of them, it makes most sense to see them as related. If the lower one is a sort of garden border, then the upper one may be part of the same thing. There are lots...

I like the idea of the eight emperors being an emperor and empress for each suit. (And a lot of other great stuff in this post (mikeh's), such as the arrest for playing triumphs in a poor section of town). In this passage The name "four papi" can easily be explained by the heavy hand of th...

I did warn you my artistic skill is not high. Here is my reconstruction of the Cary sheet Sun card. Scan of Cary sun as Gemini RH597.png I doubt the real card was quite so explicit. I wanted to check out the anatomy for plausibility first, and then try to draw in flapping cloth to cover things. My b...

When I click on the links in In comparing the proposed Cary Sheet order above with other C orders, there is a useful chart once posted by Marco at http://www.forum.tarothistory.com/viewt ... 961#p10961 But it is nice to actually be able to see it on the page: I don't get to Marco's original posting ...

I will attempt a picture, with my poor skills. I like the idea of the shoulder strap as connected with clothing. On the subject of Zodiac and planets, I am finding more and more confirmation of an association between the Moon and Cancer, of the right date for Noblet. For example: Iatromathematisches...

Thanks for this. I know just enough to know that I don't know what order "Cedit amor forti & justo: regemque sacerdos," implies.

My answer is Florence-A-Standard 22 trump subjects. The argument is the perponderance of evidence, not just quantity (of documentation), but quality (i.e. analyzed and weighed against the evidence from other places). Do you think the first printed deck was made in Florence, and if so, when? 1435? 1...