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- 08 May 2021, 05:23
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: MILANESE TAROT by Edoardo Dotti 1862
- Replies: 1
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MILANESE TAROT by Edoardo Dotti 1862
Around 1862 a milanese card maker, Edoardo Dotti , printed a wonderful deck created almost 15 years before by his father. These 78 splendid cards are considered at the top of the Tarot production in the 19th century. In March 2021Rinascimento Italian Style Art has been reprinted the Edoardo Dotti's...
- 21 Dec 2020, 08:14
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Two exquisite hand painted tarot cards
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2009
Re: Two exquisite hand painted tarot cards
Regarding a the possible link between the 4 cards of the Correr Museum and those of the Louvre Museum (Rothschild collection), the impossibility that they come from the same deck has already been reported by various scholars, not only for evident differences in composition but also for the considera...
- 19 Dec 2020, 10:48
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Two exquisite hand painted tarot cards
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2009
Re: Two exquisite hand painted tarot cards
Hello friends, thanks for asking to me :) The two cards in the pics come from a group of fou, today kept at the Correr Museum in Venice. The catalog of the Museum tells: FOUR NUMERAL CARDS Ferrara, end on 15th century Xilographics hand painted, 180 x 93 mm Back: white These four illuminated cards we...
- 19 Nov 2020, 16:09
- Forum: Quick Takes
- Topic: PanSophia Mundi: a new "crowleyan" Tarot
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1187
PanSophia Mundi: a new "crowleyan" Tarot
After three years of intense work, an extraordinary Tarot comes to light : the PANSOPHIA MUNDI TAROT published by Rinascimento Italian Style Art. This deck, composed of 22 Major Arcana , has been created by Selene Ballerini and Roberto Negrini, leading exponents of the Italian branch of the Ordo Tem...
- 20 Mar 2020, 17:37
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Tarot and card players engraved by Mitelli in the 17th Century
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1843
Tarot and card players engraved by Mitelli in the 17th Century
Dear Tarot friends, today I want to share with you an article dedicated to the world of TAROTS and PLAYING CARDS in the ART of one of the most ingenious inventors of games of all time: Giuseppe Maria Mitelli. -> Do you know Giuseppe Maria Mitelli? -> Did you know that in the second half of the 17th ...
- 24 Feb 2020, 15:09
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Corband Tarot 1847
- Replies: 1
- Views: 3009
Corband Tarot 1847
Continuing the reprint of ancient Tarot decks still unknown , Rinascimento recently published the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot of Corband . The Corband Tarot is today very rare: a few incomplete decks remain in private collections, while the Academy of Sciences in Turin possesses the proofs of press...
- 02 Jul 2019, 18:02
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: EGYPTIAN TAROT SCHWALLER DE LUBICZ 1926
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2598
EGYPTIAN TAROT SCHWALLER DE LUBICZ 1926
Dear Tarot Friends, I am pleased to inform you of the recent publication of an almost completely unknown deck, although its creator is considered one of the greatest esotericists of the 20th century: René Schwaller de Lubicz (France 1887 - 1961). Schwaller de Lubicz was an adept of the french branch...
- 24 May 2019, 09:19
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: The Kabbalistic Tarot of Papus : a wonderful version !
- Replies: 0
- Views: 898
The Kabbalistic Tarot of Papus : a wonderful version !
In 1909 the famous occultist Gérard "Papus" Encausse published "Le Tarot divinatoire", a study of cartomancy illustrated with 78 figures in black and white drawn by a young artist, Gabriel Goulinat. Both the figures and the divinatory meanings attributed by Papus to the 78 Arcana...
- 24 May 2019, 07:47
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: New Material on Sola Busca
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3346
Re: New Material on Sola Busca
Dear SOLA BUSCA TAROT LOVERS, I read the article that " seems to be a compendium of recently done scholarly works "... It is well done but ... ... THERE IS A SERIOUS LACK ! ! ! :roll: A fundamental book is not mentioned... the first study that explains the relations of the Sola Busca Tarot...
- 19 Feb 2019, 10:57
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Sola Busca
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2359
Re: Sola Busca
Hi everyone, probably few of you know that in 1994 a book by Sofia Di Vincenzo, dedicated to the interpretation and use of the Tarola Sola Busca, was published in Italy. It was the first time that a scholar understood that the Sola Busca Tarot is a treatise of spiritual alchemy ... not a book of bla...
- 08 Feb 2019, 22:19
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Oriental Tarot 1845
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1567
Re: Oriental Tarot 1845
Can I add here the link to a review of this deck on you tube ?
- 16 Jan 2019, 13:57
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Oriental Tarot 1845
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1567
Re: Oriental Tarot 1845
...added today the review made by Christian De Rick on The Playing Card (vol.45, n.3, Jan.-Mar. 2017) official magazine of the International Playing Cards Society.
- 16 Jan 2019, 13:53
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Oriental Tarot 1845
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1567
Re: Oriental Tarot 1845
...added today the review made by Christian De Rick on The Playing Card (vol.45, n.3, Jan.-Mar. 2017) official magazine of the International Playing Cards Society.
- 15 Jan 2019, 18:13
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Oriental Tarot 1845
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1567
Oriental Tarot 1845
The Oriental Tarot 1845 is an extraordinary lithographic artwork by Claudio Foudraz, a Piedmontese printer remained unknown to historians until recently. The 78 magnificent cards are kept in the form of uncut sheets at the Academy of Sciences of Turin, which has authorized the reprint edited by Gior...
- 08 Jan 2019, 10:36
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: The wonderful Tarot decks by Rinascimento Italian Style art
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1672
The wonderful Tarot decks by Rinascimento Italian Style art
Many people know the name "Giordano Berti" as a Tarot historian and many people asked me to explain why, after having worked for 30 years with great publishing houses, like Lo Scarabeo in turin and Dal Negro in Treviso, taking care of the re-edition of about 20 ancient Tarots and the proje...
- 30 Nov 2018, 09:08
- Forum: The Historical Decks
- Topic: Tarot of Marseille by J. C. Hes (Germany, c. 1750)
- Replies: 1
- Views: 880
Tarot of Marseille by J. C. Hes (Germany, c. 1750)
Hello my Tarot friends :) I'm glad to announce you a new, exciting chapter in the history of the Tarot. This chapter is strongly related to the so-called "Marsellais Tarot tradition" but is not directly linked to France. This chapter is linked to the german language countries. One year ago...