https://media.afar.com/uploads/images/post_images/images/YFwmh6NiXE/original_34fe4d490d6a0b84659528e69e70dd07?1438175259 Her a window in the Bargello museum in Florence (that also served during some time as office of the Capitano del Popolo) with the coat of arms in reversed colors, so identical to...

https://chris-dobson.com/images/florence-heraldry-1.gif Hi Huck, this is a part of the facade of the Palazzo Vecchio. From left to right we have the cross of San Giovanni, the patron saint of the city of Florenze and the Giglio, the most well known symbol of Florence, that also exists as a white li...

Hi Huck, Sorry, but I miss the point. I do not see any link between the actual city where the Visconti Sforza deck arrived at the end of the 18th Century, probably from Cremona, and the occasion for which the deck has been made. The coat of arms of Bergamo is red and gold, not red and white as on th...

Hi Huck, The Visconti Sforza deck is an extremely costly deck that has been made by a very skilled artist. I cannot believe that Francesco Sforza made this magnificent deck for another family. There were lots of cheaper Trionfi decks in different qualities. I'm convinced he ordered a less expensive ...

Hi Huck, Do you really think that Francesco Sforza would order a Trionfi deck for the Malalesta deck full of Visconti and Sforza symbols and none of the Malatesta family ? This seems extremebly improbable for me. With the shields representing possibly the coat of arms of the Comune of Florence I thi...

I'm not very frequent in Forum visits, so its only now I remarked this over 1 year old discussion. The same coat of arms is in use since almost 1000 years for the Comune of Florence. Starting 1250 is was added on the banner of the Capitano del Popolo, the highest elected leader of the population. Th...

After my post about the Star earlier this month, I completed a new page on my Internet site, this time about the development of the imagery of the Moon. You can find this page on the following address: https://tarotwheel.net/history/the%20in ... 0luna.html

Hello Tarot lovers. On the site tarotwheel.net in its series about the development of the individual tarot cards appeared a new page, about de development of the imagery of the Star in Medieval Art and on Tarot cards from the Trionfi cards to modern decks. You can find this page here: https://tarotw...

Hello Tarot lovers, After an absence of four years on the Internet, I'm back again. My latest web page is https://tarotwheel.net/history/the%20individual%20trump%20cards/la%20sagitta.html and it describes the history and inspiration sources of the Tower card from the so called Charles VI deck up unt...