Huck
Amuletts are amuletts, playing cards are playing cards, and Nothelfer are NOT Trionfi cards.
And these motifs are NOT very similar to the 14 Bembo cards - or my spectacles are a little unclear today.
The mere coincidence of the number 14 doesn't make them similar - that's against any logic.
German decks - as far it is known - hadn't any tendency towards 14 cards per suit, at least we don't know any example.
The Pierpont-Morgan-Bergamo-Tarocchi had 14 trumps very likely according to the condition, that in Italia the 4x14-system already had developed, which is given with the note from San Bernardino 1423.
It's true, that there is reason to assume, that German playing card production (and creativity) influenced Italian persons, probably with the Karnoeffel game, which likely did lead to the the production of Imperatori decks. It's true, that playing card producers also produced pictures of Saints.
But it is simply not true, that the known Nothelfer pictures are really similar to the Bembo cards and there is also no really logical reason, why they should do so. Nothelfers were not spread in Italy.
The possibility, that Nothelfer decks existed, is not neglected. It's a possibility and one can't exclude it. In the same manner 12-apostles + Jesus might have existed. Or other compositions. But neither the 12 apostles or the 14 nothelfers are near to the 14 Bembo cards.
And these motifs are NOT very similar to the 14 Bembo cards - or my spectacles are a little unclear today.
The mere coincidence of the number 14 doesn't make them similar - that's against any logic.
German decks - as far it is known - hadn't any tendency towards 14 cards per suit, at least we don't know any example.
The Pierpont-Morgan-Bergamo-Tarocchi had 14 trumps very likely according to the condition, that in Italia the 4x14-system already had developed, which is given with the note from San Bernardino 1423.
It's true, that there is reason to assume, that German playing card production (and creativity) influenced Italian persons, probably with the Karnoeffel game, which likely did lead to the the production of Imperatori decks. It's true, that playing card producers also produced pictures of Saints.
But it is simply not true, that the known Nothelfer pictures are really similar to the Bembo cards and there is also no really logical reason, why they should do so. Nothelfers were not spread in Italy.
The possibility, that Nothelfer decks existed, is not neglected. It's a possibility and one can't exclude it. In the same manner 12-apostles + Jesus might have existed. Or other compositions. But neither the 12 apostles or the 14 nothelfers are near to the 14 Bembo cards.