le pendu
I was searching through the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library today. I've gone here before to see the Cary-Yale Visconti and the Este cards, but noticed in the Encylopedia of Tarot 2 that some Jean Payen images should be there as well... only found the black and whites (still interesting).
While searching, I tried "France" as a keyword and came upon the Rothschild Canticles. WOW! Very, very strange.
Heres two of the images I thought were quite interesting.. one related to the Bagatto, one related to the Hanged Man:
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002755&iid=1011791
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002755&iid=1011789
(hope these links work!)
Both of these images are about a hundred years earlier than any known tarot cards.
SOURCE DATE ca 1325
SOURCE PLACE Northern France
NOTES"Mystical texts and drawings illustrating the Song of Songs, the glories of the Virgin, and the mystery of the Trinity, with other Biblical and moralistic texts, s. XIII|XIV"
To find the entire collection (which I suggest you look through just for the beauty/weirdness of them) , go to
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/
and type Rothschild Canticles. Scan through the B&W to find the color scans.
robert
While searching, I tried "France" as a keyword and came upon the Rothschild Canticles. WOW! Very, very strange.
Heres two of the images I thought were quite interesting.. one related to the Bagatto, one related to the Hanged Man:
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002755&iid=1011791
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/brbldl/oneITEM.asp?pid=2002755&iid=1011789
(hope these links work!)
Both of these images are about a hundred years earlier than any known tarot cards.
SOURCE DATE ca 1325
SOURCE PLACE Northern France
NOTES"Mystical texts and drawings illustrating the Song of Songs, the glories of the Virgin, and the mystery of the Trinity, with other Biblical and moralistic texts, s. XIII|XIV"
To find the entire collection (which I suggest you look through just for the beauty/weirdness of them) , go to
http://beinecke.library.yale.edu/dl_crosscollex/
and type Rothschild Canticles. Scan through the B&W to find the color scans.
robert