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Re: Who's in the Chariot?

Hi, Robert, When I first started studying Tarot History, I was delighted to find a female charioteer on the Visconti cards. This made sense to me, as at the time I was playing with the idea that the Chariot might be related to the "Triumph of Chastity" from Petrarch's triumphs. Now, it's i...

Re: Moakley's Research Notes

Hi, Robert, You sound frustrated that more people don't "know" Moakley. Not really. But I do think that if people are going to spend a significant part of their adult life talking about something, they might want to read a book or two. Most Tarot enthusiasts seem to believe that their opin...

Re: Moakley's Research Notes

Hi, Jean-Michel, Moakley's book was both historical and iconographic. Her historical research included a lot of "breaking news" at the time, and that area has continued to be researched by others, most notably Dummett. However, it doesn't appear that anyone has followed up on her iconograp...

Re: The "Charles VI" Tarot

Hi, Robert, Tonight, what struck me was the way the characters break out of their frames. It seems such a modern design element; I don't know why it surprises me so much to find in this old deck, but it does. Self-referential art, drawing attention to itself as art, naturally appears modern. Whether...

Moakley's Research Notes

I posted a note to Aeclectic this morning with some biographical info on Gertrude Moakley. Gertrude Moakley http://www.tarotforum.net/showpost.php?p=1421741&postcount=1 I noted that she entrusted both the copyright for her Tarot book and her research files to Stuart Kaplan of U.S. Games. Ross re...

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