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Re: Castor and Pollux / collection to the twins question

I thought that it was the zodiacal row that we were mainly talking about, at least recently, in the two threads (this one and the one about the donkey). Let me rephrase: might not the Minchiate designer's concern to preserve aspects of the zodiacal row from the Bollstater-type lot-book indicate an ...

Re: 3 New essays by A. VITALI

I personnaly welcome about the work of Vigilio, the assumption that “barbarian” could mean from France... B-) ... :-) ... yes, I think so. When this theater play was given (for the first time) in September 1512, the cardinal of Gurk, Matthias Lang, was an important guest. Matthias Lang was clearly ...

Re: 3 New essays by A. VITALI

Thanks for the reply Alain. I don't know that Bassano's poem dates to 1499 - that's just the year he died. It could be 1494. Perhaps it can be dated more precisely from internal evidence, the political subtext, etc. I understood Andrea's information in the way, that the Maccaroni counter work (from...

Re: Castor and Pollux / collection to the twins question

I thought one version of the lot book was 1450, considerably before Minchiate. Of course, the Bollstatter and the Fränkische Losbuch is before Minchiate, but it's not clear, which came first, Lorenzo Spirito lot book or the Minchiate-Version with 40 trumps + Fool. The bpth latter use 20-20-20-20-st...

Re: Castor and Pollux / collection to the twins question

Very elegant, guys. Now permit me to ask the obvious. If the Minchiate designer was influenced by the lot book, what are the chances that the Minchiate was intended for something else besides playing a game, namely, fortune-telling? I mean, why else would he care about reconstructing, more or less,...

Re: Castor and Pollux / collection to the twins question

... nice .. -------------------------------Cancer -------------------------Pisces------Sagitta. -------------------Aquarius--------------Capricorn ---------------Leo---------------------------Aries, Scorpio ----------Taurus--------------------------------------Virgo -----Gemini----------------------...

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