In the XV, on the ground, next to the acolytes, they appear the same initials that in the one of coups, ¨P¨ and the indecipherable symbol. Check it out: http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/2263/69813496.jpg http://img151.imageshack.us/img151/69813496.jpg/1/w209.png http://img24.imageshack.us/img24/3...

on the significance of the Sphinx... and I am left to wonder why did, specifically, did the artist/woodcutter of the Paris deck include such, in contradistinction to what is commonly the case with images of the Pope. It may also be worth noting that on the Paris (as on a number of other decks) the ...

This pope holds the triple cross. Ah yes, of course it is, the key of St. Peter and the triple cross: http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/450px-san-silvestro.jpg Like the Geofroy, with which it also shares the doughnut ring gloves! As both the popes with keys have the 'stigmata' does th...

This pope holds the triple cross. Ah yes, of course it is, the key of St. Peter and the triple cross: http://listverse.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/11/450px-san-silvestro.jpg Like the Geofroy, with which it also shares the doughnut ring gloves! "The three-barred Papal Cross shown on this page i...

EUGIM wrote:Now comes to my mind an older debate about if the figure depicted in this card is really a Pope or a bishop.

In this deck at least the papal crown and key clearly point to 'pope' I think.

I'm not sure we should assume that the Paris Pope (as, likewise, many other woodcut Popes) is sitting on a chair.... Instead, given the curvature of the image behind him, it may be that he is descending from having just given a sermon and/or blessing from a podium, many of which have a winding stai...

EUGIM wrote: Do you think that in this card deck example the Pope is bearded ?

looks clea shaven to me...

You can make up excuses about transparency as much as you'd like, but that's just not as simply an answer as "The Vieville is reversed". But the figure is the same way as other figures of this type in other decks. In support of the possibility from another deck we have for example the rib...

I made that same misreading when I first looked at his list... that's not Lynx, but iynx ;) dUH...of course, its just the hebrew transliteration of jinx... 1911, Amer.Eng., from 17c. jyng "a charm, a spell," originally "wryneck," a bird used in witchcraft and divination, from L....

jmd wrote:In this case, the word(s) used for 'fox' are based on and derived from the sources he lists. Specifically, תעל ThOL.

I prefer your lynx, perhaps it has fallen of Filipas WoF* ;)

*YNQS=LYNX