John Meador
I am interested in learning more about this deck. It is said to derive from the "hunting" decks, although I'm not sure about this in relation to the trumps. The extant suits are parrots(hearts)climbing roses, peacocks sporting on vineshoots(clubs?) and lions within a cartouche. The missing suit is thought to be monkeys, since this deck is said to derive from that of Virgil Solis(1514-1562) Nuremberg, 1544: 52 cards from copperplate.
The Geofroy deck is numbered. The Papesse holds a closed book in her right hand with a single key in her left. As far as I know, only the Rosenwald sheets(Florence) has a Papesse as such.
Are any sources available in color that depict all the extant cards?
Here are some interesting links to Virgil Solis:
Les Planètes
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/flori/opera/solis/solis_planetes.html
Les neufs Muses
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/flori/opera/solis/solis_muses.html
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09370x.jpg
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09371x.jpg
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09372x.jpg
The harp on the shield of the coat of arms indicates that the elderly king with flowing locks and beard on top of a helmet is the biblical King David.
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o283.html
Ovid: Metamorphoses
Illustrated by Virgil Solis
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/sep1999.html
Virgil Solis
Das Haupt des Orpheus
1563|1609, HS
http://www.rastko.org.yu/drama/zstefanovic/orfej/mit/img/art/virort2-2.jpg
The Geofroy deck is numbered. The Papesse holds a closed book in her right hand with a single key in her left. As far as I know, only the Rosenwald sheets(Florence) has a Papesse as such.
Are any sources available in color that depict all the extant cards?
Here are some interesting links to Virgil Solis:
Les Planètes
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/flori/opera/solis/solis_planetes.html
Les neufs Muses
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/flori/opera/solis/solis_muses.html
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09370x.jpg
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09371x.jpg
http://www.ulg.ac.be/wittert/fr/images/i_09/b09372x.jpg
The harp on the shield of the coat of arms indicates that the elderly king with flowing locks and beard on top of a helmet is the biblical King David.
http://www.getty.edu/art/collections/objects/o283.html
Ovid: Metamorphoses
Illustrated by Virgil Solis
http://special.lib.gla.ac.uk/exhibns/month/sep1999.html
Virgil Solis
Das Haupt des Orpheus
1563|1609, HS
http://www.rastko.org.yu/drama/zstefanovic/orfej/mit/img/art/virort2-2.jpg