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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Visconti-Sforza deck
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4,440
Side by Side: Wirth, St. Germain, Waite and Knapp-Hall decks
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Tarot and Black Death
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Traditional French & Italian Divinatory Meanings for the Numbered Minor Arcana Cards
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12 apostles, 12 signs of the zodiac
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5,203
Modern alchemy: "Nordic gold"
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2,632
An early mention of divination with cards: 1620
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Probably a dumb question:
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ARVAL "Triumpe!" Mars: Le Chariot = Zayin
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2,112
René d'Anjou and cards
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3,309
Olympic Tarot (8) - climbing slowly the Olymp
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2,261
Olympic Tarot (7) - a little more prominent
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2,021
Olympic Tarot (4) - Chinese Perspective
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Olympic Tarot (6) - next stage
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1,530
Olympic Tarot (5 1/2) Intermezzo
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1,563
Olympic Tarot (5) - Hesiod's "failures"
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1,912
Olympic Tarot (3) - a first story - additions
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1,607
Olympic Tarot (2) - a first story
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1,741
Olympic Tarot (1) - what is ...
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2,509
Interesting comment by Ronald Decker
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TarotL Tarot History Information Sheet
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Further on René II
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Link to natural geometry/fibonacci nos:location?
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1,987
The Lemniscate in Tarot
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2,669
Tarot & The 4 Humours
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2,583
Datation of the Tarot =22+14x4=78
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Qabbalah and Tarot : Mark Filipas' theory
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2,062
The Pentagram (additional illustrations)
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King here, Queen there
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2,112
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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7,510
5000 years of manuscripts, samples/index
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2,121
aphorisms on the Mamluk cards
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2,094
Card Titles: Force (Strength card)
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2,160
Cyrene as XI La Force
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Meaning and Implications of Prohibitions
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Fortune telling decks
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1,961
Alchemical Symbols and Color
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Card Sequence: XX & XXI
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3,390
Jung and Tarot
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6,972
An Essay on Tarot's Flemish Origin by Roppo
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The King's court
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3,259
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To be deleted (duplicate)
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originality of minor cards--?
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3,549
Baldini and Waite
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3,063
Pamela Coleman-Smith
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2,732
Papus Tarot - Full deck/History?
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4,032
question Rosenwald collection
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1,880
Quality of Woodcut Craftsmanship
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2,204
Rothschild Canticles
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A boy in Ferrara (1447 - ca. 1458)
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2,230
"Old German decks"
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Huguenots, Jews, French expulsion and the Marseille sequence
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illuminati
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2,674
Collected fragments of Tarot History
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2,378
Vices/Virtues/Triumphs
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Tarot News (May)
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1,865
Old tarot images
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2,089
Updated a lot of things
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The TdM minor cards in "The Tarot of the Bohemians"
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The lycos site : tarot de marseille
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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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the Chinese connection and the Polo stick
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Alchemical symbolism and iconography
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Paris, Lyon, Marseilles: Tarot de Marseille
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Tarot News (April): Mona Lisa's Grandma invented Tarot (?)
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Byzantium exhibit & Stunning Iconography (merged)
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Tarot and neo-catharism
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Dante's commedia and the Tarot
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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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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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Card numbers in the fifteenth century
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Bianca Maria's birthday tomorrow
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Number of copies of 18th century Conver TdM in existence?
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3,428
News
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1,864
Di Gumppenberg 1810-1890 variations
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6,380
Astrological imagery
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1,900
Find the errors :-)
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Initials 'IM' on 1jj Four Coins
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2,768
Le Mat as number X ?
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test of playing card Museum
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Gringonneur on a playing card
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Rabelais and Tarot
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Mongolian antecedant cards
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Origins of Marseilles design pip cards
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Significance of the year 1471? (Jodo-Camoin TdM deck) / Earliest cards
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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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