Tarot History & Development

Research, theories and discussions of the origins, myths, influences and development of Tarot and playing cards.
Andrea Vitali : French publication
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The Neuf Preux and Anne of Bretagne
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Marcolini, Francesco.
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7,849
Visconti-Sforza deck
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4,292
Side by Side: Wirth, St. Germain, Waite and Knapp-Hall decks
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2,499
Tarot and Black Death
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12,906
Traditional French & Italian Divinatory Meanings for the Numbered Minor Arcana Cards
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4,883
12 apostles, 12 signs of the zodiac
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5,086
Modern alchemy: "Nordic gold"
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2,517
An early mention of divination with cards: 1620
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1,955
Probably a dumb question:
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1,694
ARVAL "Triumpe!" Mars: Le Chariot = Zayin
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2,034
René d'Anjou and cards
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3,213
Olympic Tarot (8) - climbing slowly the Olymp
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2,201
Olympic Tarot (7) - a little more prominent
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1,962
Olympic Tarot (4) - Chinese Perspective
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1,881
Olympic Tarot (6) - next stage
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1,473
Olympic Tarot (5 1/2) Intermezzo
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1,500
Olympic Tarot (5) - Hesiod's "failures"
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1,857
Olympic Tarot (3) - a first story - additions
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1,554
Olympic Tarot (2) - a first story
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1,680
Olympic Tarot (1) - what is ...
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2,449
Interesting comment by Ronald Decker
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10,543
TarotL Tarot History Information Sheet
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4,855
Further on René II
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1,866
Link to natural geometry/fibonacci nos:location?
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1,913
The Lemniscate in Tarot
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2,561
Tarot & The 4 Humours
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2,458
Datation of the Tarot =22+14x4=78
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2,291
Qabbalah and Tarot : Mark Filipas' theory
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2,006
The Pentagram (additional illustrations)
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1,778
King here, Queen there
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2,039
How many original copies of the 1760 TdM Conver are there in existence?
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4 suites arrangement(coins, wands,swords, cups?
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16
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7,205
5000 years of manuscripts, samples/index
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2,057
aphorisms on the Mamluk cards
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1,977
Card Titles: Force (Strength card)
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2,104
Cyrene as XI La Force
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2,306
Meaning and Implications of Prohibitions
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1,960
Fortune telling decks
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1,900
Alchemical Symbols and Color
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10,187
Card Sequence: XX & XXI
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3,274
Jung and Tarot
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6,775
An Essay on Tarot's Flemish Origin by Roppo
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2,148
The King's court
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3,104
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To be deleted (duplicate)
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1,691
originality of minor cards--?
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3,437
Baldini and Waite
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2,966
Pamela Coleman-Smith
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2,586
Papus Tarot - Full deck/History?
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3,922
question Rosenwald collection
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1,812
Quality of Woodcut Craftsmanship
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2,125
Rothschild Canticles
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2,470
A boy in Ferrara (1447 - ca. 1458)
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2,170
"Old German decks"
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2,359
Huguenots, Jews, French expulsion and the Marseille sequence
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4,436
illuminati
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2,572
Collected fragments of Tarot History
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2,297
Vices/Virtues/Triumphs
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7,616
Tarot News (May)
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1,799
Old tarot images
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2,007
Updated a lot of things
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1,871
The TdM minor cards in "The Tarot of the Bohemians"
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The lycos site : tarot de marseille
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1,848
Translation of Article: Le Mat (the fool) as the Giant Bel-Gargan
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Le Mat as Giant "Bel-Gargan"
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4,127
the Chinese connection and the Polo stick
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Alchemical symbolism and iconography
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3,998
Paris, Lyon, Marseilles: Tarot de Marseille
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1,954
Tarot News (April): Mona Lisa's Grandma invented Tarot (?)
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1,850
Byzantium exhibit & Stunning Iconography (merged)
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2,406
Tarot and neo-catharism
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2,115
Dante's commedia and the Tarot
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2,263
Visconti - Moon - Hair
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Mystere dou jour dou jugement
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Minchiate Fiorentine - Questions about the red background
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1,963
Noblet, Dodal, Conver... which is "truest"?
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What exactly are the rods/sticks/staves of the Batons suit?
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2,282
Card numbers in the fifteenth century
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2,075
Bianca Maria's birthday tomorrow
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Number of copies of 18th century Conver TdM in existence?
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3,290
News
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1,789
Di Gumppenberg 1810-1890 variations
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6,216
Astrological imagery
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1,828
Find the errors :-)
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1,925
Initials 'IM' on 1jj Four Coins
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2,682
Le Mat as number X ?
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1,799
test of playing card Museum
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2,963
Gringonneur on a playing card
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1,821
Rabelais and Tarot
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Mongolian antecedant cards
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Origins of Marseilles design pip cards
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1,995
Significance of the year 1471? (Jodo-Camoin TdM deck) / Earliest cards
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5,564
An old Marseilles that I would compare
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Oldest numerological listing
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Pagad?
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A very early magician
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The Marseilles birth and influences
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Ancient Rubber Stamps?
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Mamluk card with Polo stick
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