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Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

Nathaniel wrote, mikeh wrote: ↑17 Oct 2023, 14:24 It seems to me that if a drawing perhaps uses a motif in a ms. of 1508, it might have been done later than 1509. Trapp simply means that the BnF Fr. 24461 drawing draws on some Italian image similar to the one in the manuscript of 1508, not that it i...

Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

Just to record here some French trionfi mss. with illustrated triumphs not yet mentioned in this thread.
Paris, Bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève, MS 1125; Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Arsenal, MS 6480; Paris, BnF, MS fr. 12423.
Not sure how complete they are. Some images from them are on the internet.

Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

I, too, have noticed that Guerrini is not complete, at least in 1986, and at least one. I don't know if that is because it has changed libraries, is lost, or what. For lack of anything better, I compared her listings with those given in Inventari dei manoscritti delle biblioteche d'Italia (https://w...

Re: II of Swords

Thanks to both of you. I had found the "Laura Borealis" initiated thread, but not the other. When I click on your link, Ross, all I get is one post - on precisely the 2 of Swords. If there is more, let us know.

Re: II of Swords

Mystic: In the SB courts, there is a Trojan War/Alexander the Great theme. Polisena was the youngest daughter of King Priam. See my posts starting at https://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=9031#p9031, but not original with me at all - I was just paraphrasing Tarotpedia, which is now on the W...

Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

Yes, that's what I was asking for. Thanks, Ross. So 163 lines, which I machine-transcribe, correct, machine-translate, and correct again, as best I can without spending a lot of time on it. You get what you pay for, including from me. I was mostly interested in people's names and how they were prais...

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