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Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

(I have updated the post below to clarify the difference between my scenarios 1 and 3. It seems I never manage to communicate clearly in my first or even second draft, it always takes me one or two more rounds of correction, at least... - July 29, 2023) Thank you for sharing a summary of your theor...

Re: Petrarca Trionfi poem motifs in early Trionfi decks

What follows is my reply to Mike and Ross from the discussion here: https://forum.tarothistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=25887#p25887 I am still very doubtful of the wisdom of sharing what is still a work in progress, and even more so of attempting to present my findings in abbreviated form, without layin...

Re: The order of trumps

Well, in regard to the meter / rhyme scheme / layout, there is something that I should have pointed out earlier, but I did not remember it until after I sent my last post: All three of these features of the Cesena poem and the Furfanto work are the same as in Pomeran's work. The placement of the tru...

Re: The order of trumps

I just noticed something else, which makes the place of origin of this Furfanto poem somewhat more likely to be closer to Cesena than Bologna: Its meter and rhyme scheme are exactly the same as the Cesena poem, and both of them do nothing but praise the ladies in question, profusely and uncritically...

Re: The order of trumps

Thanks for bringing Vitali's essay to our attention! It's an interesting discovery. The Vatican catalog record is here, including an image of the first page: https://opac.vatlib.it/stp/detail/10103911 I don't find it very believable that the author would have left out the Popess while keeping the Po...

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