Lee
In recent posts in a thread in the Tarot Decks section, I was corrected after I stated that (in my opinion) the 1804 Swiss Marseilles deck was a Marseilles deck.
It just seems to me that there is a certain amount of arbitrariness and subjectivity involved. But then, I believe there is a certain amount of arbitrariness and subjectivity involved in many issues surrounding Marseilles decks and how we read them, a view which makes me about as popular as a skunk at a tea party around here.
So my question is, how do we categorize or determine what is or isn't a Marseilles? I don't really mind if we are to consider the 1804 deck not a Marseilles, but then I have to ask, why do we consider the Camoin-Jodo or Hadar decks to be Marseilles, since they also contain significant differences from the Conver deck (which I'm assuming is considered to be the standard)? Isn't this all in the eyes of the beholder to a certain extent?
-- Lee
It just seems to me that there is a certain amount of arbitrariness and subjectivity involved. But then, I believe there is a certain amount of arbitrariness and subjectivity involved in many issues surrounding Marseilles decks and how we read them, a view which makes me about as popular as a skunk at a tea party around here.
So my question is, how do we categorize or determine what is or isn't a Marseilles? I don't really mind if we are to consider the 1804 deck not a Marseilles, but then I have to ask, why do we consider the Camoin-Jodo or Hadar decks to be Marseilles, since they also contain significant differences from the Conver deck (which I'm assuming is considered to be the standard)? Isn't this all in the eyes of the beholder to a certain extent?
-- Lee