Tarot History Forum

Phaeded wrote: I am (finally) going to be sharing my "theory of everything" in regard to the CY and PMB hopefully before the weekend is out....so I can get back to writing fiction. Believe it or not this whole tarot thing is a tangent for me from a half-written novel of mine...I decided to use the 22 trumps as a lose framework for the chapters (you'd have to look hard for trump attribute references in the novel and certainly the novel in no way explicates tarot), but it kept bugging me: which deck should I use? The PMB intrigued me as the oldest to the point where I went to view the actual cards in the Pierpont Morgan library on my way to Milan in 2011...research that eventually lead me here. And understanding the PMB has done nothing for my fiction writing - its simply a fascinating problem.

Phaeded

Description:
Tarot pack: incomplete pack with 48 of 97 playing-cards for Minchiate made up from three different packs.
Hand-coloured woodcut illuminated with body colour and gold, the borders richly gilt.
Backs of 23 printed in black with the arms of Austria between Lorrraine and Medici, and the word "Etruria"; those of 14 with the arms of France and Medici, and the word "Etruria"; and 11 with the arms of Medici, and the word "Columba".
18th Century
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Dimensions
Height: 98 millimetres
Width: 58 millimetres
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Curator's comments
In No. 3 of the atutti the Empress holds a shield charged with the arms of France and Medici, and a similar shield appears on the ace of coins. The missing cards are the 9, 10 and queen of cups, the 10, knave, knight and king of swords, the 2-10, knight and king of coins, the ace, 5, 8, 10 and knight of clubs, and atutti Nos. II, V, IX, XII, XV-XVIII, XXI-XXV, XXVII, XXVIII, XXX-XXXVII, XL and XLI.

Tarot, jeu et magie : [exposition], Bibliothèque nationale, [Paris, 17 octobre] 1984-[6 janvier 1985] / [catalogue par Thierry Depaulis] -Bibliothèque nationale (Paris)-1984 Detailed information Display plain text
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Extrait 1 :Le minchiate florentin, à 97 cartes, a disparu depuis le début de notre siècleLes jeux modernes, toujours à 62 cartes, ne diffèrent en rien du modèle représenté au XVIIe siècle (cat. n° 26), si ce n'est l'élimination des papi au profit de « maures » et de « satrapes
Extrait 2 :107 87 88 Italie Florence 87 Minchiate « Colomba » cartier « Colomba » Florence, Italie, avant 1850 74 cartes (sur 97), enseignes italiennes gravure sur bois coloriée au pochoir papier en plusieurs couches avec rabats à l'italienne 100 x 58 mm dos : armes du Grand-Duché de Toscane, légende COLOMBA nomenclature IPCS : IPT-1 Au XIxe siècle, le minchiate voit sa popularité décliner : il est vraisemblable que de larges régions acquises au jeu au XVIIIe siècle (Rome, en particulier) l'abandonnent au
Extrait 3 :18 cartes (sur 97), enseignes italiennes gravure sur bois papier 101 x 61 mm (cartes), 425 x 293 mm (planche) nomenclature IPCS : IPT-1 Cette planche du Deutsches SpielkartenMuseum paraît bien être l'exemplaire le plus ancien d'un minchiateL'allure générale des cartes les a longtemps fait prendre pour un minchiate

DescriptionTarot pack: incomplete pack with 69 of 78 playing-cards
Hand-coloured woodcut
Backs printed in black with a pattern of hexagons enclosing suns
18th Century

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On the 2 of cups is "Louis de Laboisse, a la Perle Orientale a Strasbourg", and on the 2 of coins "Faict a Strasbourg par Louis de Laboisse". The engraver's initials J.N. are on "Le Chariot".

Curator's comments
The subject of No. II of the atouts is "Le Printemps". The missing cards are the ace and knight of cups, the king of swords, the knight of coins, and Nos. III-VI and VIIII of the atouts.

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1483-1487
Source Rijksmuseum: https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/nl/search/ob ... P-OB-937,0
Author Master of the Amsterdam Cabinet