Historical Deck Gallery

[thesteelpanther]

I keep a digital gallery of historical decks on my website at https://www.classicaltarot.com/p/reference-decks

It is not comprehensive....yet, as I have only listed the decks I utilize in teaching the historical tarot. All the images are either public domain or else displayed with the permission of the artist, usually with a link to buy that deck from its creator, if available.

I also only display the trionfi- I tend to see the Minor Arcana as simply the vehicle for the Major Arcana.

Feel free to browse them and let me know if there are others you would like to see.

[Nemia]

Beautiful! Fascinating to see the change from the hand-painted luxury items in the tradition of book illuminations to the new esthetic of printing and how it develops.

I'd love to see the Vacchetta, the Liguria-Piedmont, the Foudraz... there are so many, and all so interesting, and you have covered so many already. I'll keep looking. And thank you for totally enabling me by leading me directly to the shops It's bookmarked! Great job.

[KoyDeli]

Perhaps you might want to include the Nicolas Rolichon in the TdM section, unfortunately it has been lost, but we have a record of it from a black and white reproduction of its trumps (and some court cards) in the Larouse Mensuel article by by Henry Decharbogne (1870-1927) on tarot reading, published in 1919 -

The Nicolas Rolichon, early 17th century (1620 - 1636 ? see below)

I have a pdf of the whole article if you would like me to send it to you, or if you are a member of the f/b Tarot History group you can find it as a pdf in the files section there :

https://lookaside.fbsbx.com/file/Larous ... p_zxQtM-oQ

We have records of two Nicolas Rolichons, father and son, active as cardmakers between 1594 - 1612 (the Elder) and 1620 - 1636 (the Younger), Nicolas the Younger's sons, Jean and Philibert, are active as cardmakers between 1653 and 1664 --

[There was another son Nicolas, but there are no records of him after his birth in 1636 - and he probably died at birth or early infancy]

In comparison with other TdM decks - the Dodal appears to be most clearly related to the Rolichon -

Igor Barzilaï [Tarot Artisanal] created a modern reproduction of the trumps based upon the Larouse Mensuel plate:

http://www.tarot-artisanal.fr/artisanale.htm

Of the Rolichon Thierry Depaulis wrote: "Because it strongly resembles the tarot made by Jean Dodal c. 1705, Jean-Marie Lhôte and I find it difficult to date the Rolichon tarot, as we see it, to the early 17th century (not to speak of an earlier date). Rather we would place it in the
late 17th century, but we must admit that no ‘late’ Nicolas Rolichon has ever turned up from the records (while Jean and Philibert Rolichon are noted in the 1660s)."

Thierry Depaulis The Tarot de Marseille – Facts and Fallacies Part II
https://www.academia.edu/8119803/Thierr ... es_Part_II

[Sumada]

Great stuff Ben and Koy and thanks for the links...