%-( %-( The Order of Triumphs In ancient tarot cards and in XVIth century documents http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=221&lng=ENG See also : The Mystical Staircase The mystical journey toward Knowledge http://www.letarot.it/The-Mystical--Staircase_pag_pg110_eng.aspx The Prince http://www.letar...

The Order of Triumphs
In ancient tarot cards and in XVIth century documents


http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=221&lng=ENG

Thanks for theses explanations.
i didn't know about this expression...

I'm confused "as well"!

I've asked Andrea ... "If we consider that the term Minchiata should derive from Latin Mentula, penis, to mean a thing with no value, a trifle, a bagatelle or foolishness (in Italian language and in many dialects the “foolishnesses”, as things with no value, among this the game of cards, are sa...

L'Ordine dei Trionfi
In mazzi di tarocchi antichi e in documenti del sec. XVI

http://www.associazioneletarot.it/L%27O ... 1_ita.aspx

About the etymology of Tarot
The meaning of the word Tarot in the Renaissance and in modern interpretations

http://www.associazioneletarot.it/About ... 0_eng.aspx

Tarot and Neo-Pythagoreanism
http://www.associazioneletarot.it/Tarot ... 3_eng.aspx


In fact, in my book in 1997 i had dedicated it to the memory of Nicomaque de Gerase....


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Alain BOUGEAREL

Great bibliographical research. All research linked to the Byzantin's erudits is, from my point of view, welcomed. Nicomaque de Gérase for example :-B is really , in my spirit, the "theorician" of pythagorean arithmology. And I believe that the neo- pythagorean structure of the 78 cards is...

We'll have to be patient to discover the English version in translation... Meanwhile :an additif in the Italian version in Note 8 : Una medesima disamina di questa possibile derivazione etimologica è stata compiuta nel 2006 da Jess Karlin in un dotto saggio visitabile al link http://www.tarotica.com...