Tarot History & Development

Research, theories and discussions of the origins, myths, influences and development of Tarot and playing cards.
Was the Hanged Man hung as a traitor?
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Strange deck: Florentine Minchiate/Tarot???
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Tarot and dice
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Cary Sheet / Tarot de Marseille decks / Visconti decks
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Vieville - Scans of all Majors?
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Lazzarelli: a Pythagorean diversion
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Abbe Rive 1780 / Gebelin
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Gebelin pictures somewhere???
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Were Names and Numbers on Early Tarot de Marseille?
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1597 mention of "Tarotiis"
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Naming of the Court Cards
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Spain 1371, playing cards and Paris, 1377
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The Lost Language of Symbolism, and Contemporary Symbols
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Magician and Alchemist
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Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Cardinal Virtues
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Question: Falcon with diamond ring
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Hieroglyphs decoded by 9th century alchemist
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Giovanni Vacchetta, Design Master in Turin/Torino
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Czech Papus deck - 1910-20? found in Prague
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Trionfi.com : good and bad news
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Ernst Kurtzahn - Der Tarot
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Good Site on Tarot History?
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Ulrich Braeker
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L'abbatiale de la Chaise Dieu en BOURGOGNE et la Danse Macabre
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Origins of the Game of Tarot
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22 Revelations' Chapters
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Templar-cross and other symbols
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pentacles/coins
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Bonifacio Castellane 1267
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Giotto and Visconti-Sforza
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The Fools' Journey
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The House of Grimaud...
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Very old Czech/German cards
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Progression from Visconti-style decks to the modern 'Jeu de Tarot'
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Garden of Love
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Historical Research: The Proverbs of Pamela
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Introducing the Drago Tarot
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Mitelli's 'Proverbi Figurati' & Tarocchini Imagery
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Numerologies of Tarot /Andrea Vitali's texts
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What's the 5x14-theory
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Historical Golden Dawn and Their Tarots--Resources?
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Lo Scarabeo
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Chronology of Tarot in North America
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The Tower and Robert Browning
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Feast of Fools
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Mother on the Pope Card
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Did Waite know of Jungs' work?
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Coins or Pentacles or Discs or Shields
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Did Saint-Martin study the Tarot?
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The Fool: progress or stasis?
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The Illuminating Ancient Tarots
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How were cards made?
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Does the Tarot de Marseille comes from Occitania?
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Eduardo and Teodoro Dotti Tarots circa 1850s
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Early "French/Swiss" Decks that predate Conver
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Where is the best place to find info on Tarot history?
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Period card games
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Cartomancy Cards
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Correspondence of trumps to atomic numbers briefly outlined.
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The Prophecy of the Popes
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Dante and Tarot cards
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Number-tradition behind the trumps?
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Interesting images from "Sacro Speco, Subiaco"
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Plato and the 22 Arcana
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a question regarding pamela colman smith's interpetation of the tarot.
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Can someone tell me what these are??
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Musée Moyen (Cluny) - Casket Plates and a Chasse
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3,225
Jacques Vieville Tarot
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The Language of the Birds
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Court Cards
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Tarot and the Da Vinci Code
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Tarot Horticulture & Le Pendu
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Holbein's Dance of Death
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History of the High Priestess
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Master PW - evidence for the 5x14-theory
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French tarot News / December 2004
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Tarot and Cosmology between Cusa, Ficino and Bruno
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The Moon by Andrea Vitali : translation and publication in French
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Historical Game: Visconti/d'Este Tea Party
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GREAT WORK: Oldest Tarot book translated
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spreads
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References Query
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Theatre D' Amour, 1620...
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Researching F.M. Visconti
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Which of the modern decks has more historical authenticity?
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Kaplan IV, 2005
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Gnostic reflections...
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Thinking out loud about tarot history
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Readable cousin of Tarot?
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Romance of the Rose & Language of Birds
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CHESS and Tarot?
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German "Golden Dawn"
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Jacques Lefèvre d'Etaples
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Vieville deck - L'Amoureux (The Lover)
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Names on French playing cards
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Petrach and the concept of time
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Alchemical English term required
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Tarot in Eastern Europe
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The Meanings of the Minors: Who First Created Them?
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Seeking information regarding the 'priest' of 'swords'.
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