Earlier in this thread I wrote There was also Bianca of Savoy who could have been commemorated, with Filippo elevated by association with his illustrious forbear Galeazzo II. Not as a marriage gift for her, obviously (this was in 1350). But if other stemmi can derive from this era, (the dove, radian...

Nathaniel wrote, ...I didn't suggest the CY deck was created in 1428. If it was made specifically to commemorate the wedding, it must have been for an anniversary of the wedding in those years. But I certainly think it could have been modeled directly on an earlier deck—in fact, given its extensive ...

I have finally had a chance to examine these posts in a less than hurried manner. When they were posted I was too busy with some other projects to pay attention. I have one thing to add on the Savoy/Pavia question. There was also Bianca of Savoy who could have been commemorated, with Filippo elevate...

Ross wrote But this is a wild goose chase for Sacco, which is best explained as oxidized silver. And it has nothing to do with Marziano, or the genealogy painted by Michelino in Castelletto. Better not clog up the thread with any more of this, or I'll split it off into a different thread. I think th...

Huck wrote, I followed the theme of the Black Venus and crossed different other themes. *************** Theme: Black Madonna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Madonna Research into the Black Madonna phenomenon is limited due to a wide consensus among scholars that the dark-skinned aspect was unint...

For what it's worth, which may be nothing, I notice a similarity in wording between Guerrazzi, 1836, and a quote from Singer, 1816, p. 240. https://books.google.com/books?id=ZTMCAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q=plaies&f=false I highlight the similarities in bold...

Yes. good question, Huck. I realized after posting that I should not have said "historian", as that was not Andrea's word. He called Guerrazzi, "an important Italian scholar," and I jumped to a conclusion. Actually, Wikipedia speaks of "his most famous novel, L'Assedio di Firenze - based on and grea...

From Andrea Vitali I learn of another reference to the tarot as depicting the struggle of between factions, which in Florence weren't just Guelfs and Ghibellines, but then White and Black Guelfs, etc. It is from a19th century Tuscan historian [added later: actually, novelist and politician], Frances...

The IPCS convention is of course canceled for this year due to COVID-19. It is tentatively rescheduled for Sept 2021, same place, they say.

firecatpickles wrote 17 is unlucky for the Italians. Thank you. And for sure. Yet the fact remains that in the majority of the known early orders, Death is number 13 and the 13th card, and the Hanged Man is 13th in other orders, at least in the Bolognese, even if later it gets the number 12 written ...