Rusty Neon
Does anyone know of web-links to one or more medieval drawings of plants (roses, poppies or otherwise) in the style of plant drawings in one or more of the Marseilles pips cards? Thanks!
Shalott said:The blue protective shell thing thus far makes the most sense to me, allowing for it to indeed be a rosebud
Rusty Neon said:Out of the curiousity, I checked the 5 of Cups cards from the 1760 Conver, the 1701 Dodal and the Hadar. In the case of the 'eggplant' (or 'rosebud'?) in the Hadar 5 of Cups, Hadar follows the lines of the 1760 Conver quite closely, although he changes the colour usage. There's no need for you to have to take Hadar's botanical views as the final word; he has no special inside knowledge that other well-known Marseilles authors don't have; Hadar adds elements to his deck but the 'eggplant' ('rosebud') wasn't one of them. In fact, nobody has special knowledge of the features of this deck; they just get it from observing the cards; read the commentaries but in the end, trust your own observations.
For what it's worth, Paul Marteau, writing concerning the 'eggplant': "The flower at the top, in its blue protective shell, shows that there is still gestation to undergo that will permit it to attain the Seven through the Six."