I don't know, if this is interesting for you. The name Isidoro Bianchi in an article about Benjamin Franklin, who was active in freemasonry. The name "Gobelin" (sic) and "Tarocchi" appear in the same article https://www.grandeoriente.it/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Massonicamente-0...

MikeH wrote ... (in #126) Il codice con un sol verso per rigo venne esemplato a Milano verso il 1447; così, infatti, si legge a car. 128 r: 1447 die 27 aprilis, hora secunda noctis, adveniente die veneris 28, obijt d. Aloisius de sancto Severino in Mediolano dum hec scriberem. This passage is probab...

.... :-) ... well, Petrarca wins a free aeroplane trip from Ganges to Thule .... the world of Italian proverbs has a progress .... https://depts.washington.edu/hrome/Authors/ninamil7/PiazzaNavonaandBerninisFourRiversFountain/245/246/nile.jpg.1 https://depts.washington.edu/hrome/Authors/ninamil7/Piaz...

Rota di fortuna M. faustina toschi Faustina ne vien per cui risplende Virtu quanta altra sia dal gange al Nile , Principio ver dove mia lingua prende Novo oggetto d’amore e nuovo stile Cosi suoi begli occhi ogni vile alma accende, E fa co’l dir ogn’ aspra fiera humile. Tal che nocer non puoli cosa ...

2023 August/September Playing Cards 7/05. Carte e tarocchi a Sassari all’inizio dell’Ottocento (02.08.2023) https://naibi.net/A/TASASSA.pdf 7/06. Più edizioni lombarde da Court de Gébelin (03.08.2023) https://naibi.net/A/EGITTARO.pdf 7/07. Regole Generali sopra il Gioco delle Minchiate (10.08.2023)...

Joann Bussemecher or Bussemacher was a Cologne card producer end of 16th century http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks06/d04139/d04139.htm http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/decks02/d00604/d00604.htm https://www.monika-schmidt.com/index.php/de/kum-bussemacher-j It's possible, that Pussemecher copied the Master PW ...

I agree, that there is no mistake in the numbers of the Bolognese Ottocento .... Card Points: The basic values are as follows: Tarocchi ( Angel, World, Bégato, Matto ) 5 each Kings 5 each Queens 4 each Knights 3 each Jacks 2 each All other cards 1 each There are 4 special cards, which get 5 points. ...

Ottocento is described ... https://www.pagat.com/tarot/ottocento.html The webpage has ... https://www.pagat.com/images/bolog/mor1.gif https://www.pagat.com/images/bolog/mor2.gif https://www.pagat.com/images/bolog/mor2.gif https://www.pagat.com/images/bolog/mor3.gif Immediately below the 5 of trumps ...

Thanks for this ... Phaeded wrote ... Minor point here on the wedding date of Malatesta to Polissena Sforza, but the incontestable source is Giusti, who is by Malatesta's side at this point, so we can at least pinpoint near or on 12 August 1441: [1441] Sabato a dì 12 d’agosto in Rimino andai a visit...

Another good observation is, that Master Ingold observed 2 decks, which he didn't like. In one the Ober and Unter are replaced by a Queen and another woman, which Master Ingold dentified as a Mätresse for the King. For this reason Master Ingold doesn't like it. The deck has totally 52 cards. In the...