Trumps in the lesser Visconti-Sforza tarot decks

KnightMove

The Visconti-Sforza tarot cards are a collection of some 300 cards from ca. 15 different decks. In three of them, a majority of the cards have survived. The most complete and famous is the Pierpon-Morgan Bergamo deck with 74 surviving cards, followed by the Cary-Yale deck (67 of an extended deck with at least 89 cards) and the Bera-Brambilla deck (48 cards).

It's fairly easy to find a full list of those three decks' cards.

However it's hard to find a full list of all ca. 15 decks involved. My point of interest is mainly:

Which *trumps* of the other, to a smaller proportion surviving decks have survived? Is there a full list of them available?
 

Huck

It more or less stayed at the situation of Kaplan Encyclopedia II, page 45. There are noted 15 decks, as you indicated.
There are a few new old Tarot cards only (not mentioned by the Kaplan's books), but not proven Visconti Sforza cards.

There was more progress in the situation of written early Trionfi documents in the last years.
 

KnightMove

Thank you so far... will have a look. Another question:

There are a few new old Tarot cards only (not mentioned by the Kaplan's books), but not proven Visconti Sforza cards.

If it's possible to prove/disprove cards to be a Visconti-Sforza cards, this means that there must be an accepted definition - what is it? Originating from a Northern Italian court before the Renaissance wars? Or anything else?
 

Huck

Usually some stylish elements similar to the cards, which are already known and accepted as Visconti Sforza, at least. Some heraldic elements from Visconti/Sforza are naturally better.

Now, as you say it, there were some new Visconti/Sforza cards some time ago, and somehow they are post-Visconti-Sforza cards. And the context is rather strange, perhaps it's better to take them as Isabella d'Este cards.

I talked in length with Rosanne about them.
Starting here at page 4 of the thread ..
The History of Things
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=211552&page=4

... .-) but much more has happened in regard of the early Trionfi card documents (and that's somehow much more important.

A list with all known Trionfi documents (1440-1465)...
http://trionfi.com/early-trionfi-cards-notes

An overview about their distribution in time:

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http://trionfi.com/n/