There has been talk about the Zavaratti Brothers and a possible involvement with hand painted Tarot images. Well there seems some confusion with which Zavaratti painted the other part of the Hebrew work. As far as I can tell it goes like this...because they all have the same names except the Father....

Hi Phaeded! I thought you might think it interesting. It was apparently painted in 1438. It was to illustrate the traditional formula of Jewish marriage where it says "Behold you are consecrated unto me with this ring, in accordance with the Laws of Moses and Israel" The two couples are th...

By mjhurst As an aside, the larger issue here is that context counts and every word or image is at least potentially polysemous. Taking details out of context, and mindlessly or even perversely distorting them is about as productive as crossword puzzles or Sudoku. It's a pastime; some find it amusin...

Yay! Yes that is it SteveM, thank you very much. In my book of Hebrew manuscript painting it says it was painted in 1438 by Bonifacio Bembo; the Zavaitari Brothers of Monza who painted another part and the script was completed on Thursday, November the 24, 1435 by the scribe in Mantua. It sure trave...

In searching for some works that I had read about by the senior Giovanni Bembo, father of Bonifacio, I came upon this article in the Jewish Press. It was in 2005. I will highlight three parts of the article that was interesting to me.(and maybe to you :) ) Four beautifully illuminated Hebrew manuscr...

Thank you chevre for your detailed answer. We often have to pay the Piper when we cheat..... I will give a clearer answer to my point about the Hanged Man. Hanged man.jpg This is from the reconstructed Noblet. Note the tongue. Sonja Musser Golladay wrote "Los Libros de Acedrex Dados E Tablas:Hi...

Glad you found some extra info Phaeded. I like making 'connections' or working out the 'Butterfly effect'. Sometimes I make 1+1 =2, more often I get outlandish results. I am not the scholar others are, and my interests are wandering within the sphere of Tarot. Example: I collect connection type book...

Thank you Marco- would I have wings to fly!
The dating seems very precise for the deck and the place of origin.
~Lorredan

In order to keep on the topic of the thread, I should just state, for the record - THERE ARE NO MARRIAGE DECKS. If someone would like to show me the commission for a deck of Triumph cards for a wedding, please do. I do not disagree with you. I have waited for the sky to fall upon your head, neverth...

That is very interesting Steve! I was searching for some roots of the the word Cheat and found this CHEAT c.1375, aphetic of O.Fr. escheat, legal term for revision of property to state when owner dies without heirs, lit. "that which falls to one," pp. of escheoir "befall by chance, h...