Visconti: Naming and Ordering

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The Visconti decks have no names or numbers printed on the cards. Like the French decks, there are various names and orders for the cards. (Please feel free to use the English names, or any of the Italian names that seem suitable when refering to the cards.)

Andy Pollett lists them at his site (in TdM order) as:
http://it.geocities.com/a_pollett/cards33i.htm

il Bagatto
la Papessa
l'Imperatrice
l'Imperatore
il Papa
l'Amore
il Carro
la Giustizia
il Tempo (l'Eremita)
la Ruota della Fortuna
la Fortezza (Forza)
il Traditore (l'Appeso)
la Morte
la Temperanza
(manca) Missing - The Devil
(manca) Missing - The Tower
le Stelle
la Luna
il Sole
la Giustizia
il Mondo
il Matto

Tom Tadfor Little gives a very detailed, and extremely interesting list of the different historical names at his site:
http://www.tarothermit.com/titles.htm

Some of the names that are of special note:
The Chariot was also called The Triumphal Chariot
The "Lovers" was called Love
The "Hermit" was called The Hunchback, The Old Man, and Time
The Hanged Man also called The Traitor
The "Tower" was called The Arrow, The House, The Fire, The House of the Devil, The House of the Damned, Hell
"Judgement" was called The Angel

He also has a comparison of the different orders of the cards here:
http://www.tarothermit.com/ordering.htm

-robert