Well, the development of this "house" expression happens somehow in the jungle of Geomancy and Dodecahedron-magic. Around 1550 a few things happen, but they've some earlier routes. The "House of God" seems to have a late appearance in Tarot, the greater Dodecahedron fascination s...

Il Castello dei Tarocchi (composed by Andrea Vitali) http://trionfi.com/il-castello-dei-tarocchi Description now in English language Essays by Giordano Berti, Alain Bougearel, Franco Cardini, Ross Sinclair Caldwell, Thierry Depaulis, Gerardo Lonardoni, Alberto Milano, Lothar Teikemeier, Giovanni Tes...

I'll not interfere and perhaps it's already known (?) or part of the discussion, but I remember that "Maison Dieu" or "Mansion Dieu" was used for the 9th astrological house (= Sagitarius Equivalent) in geomantic concepts and concepts of 12-sided-die (Dodecahedron).

Ok. Thanks, friend... It is an interesting question. Perhaps because is not luck-random (in spanish, azar) game. I dont know where I read in the first times the chess had dices, and after they removed for not join the random (sin) ... I dont know, I'll finish the book (I still have a little over 70...

... :-) ... Taxillorum are mostly seen as dice. This wouldn't go as "evidence". Actually my question is ... why doesn't Petrarca speak of chess? Or did you see something about it? Remigio Fiorentino (living mid 16th century, I think) likely didn't have much chance to know about the conditi...

Well, I haven't so much reading about the orders ... but my general impression had been, that knight orders had been more a Northern than an Italian scheme. Italy had a condottieri culture ... a result of the condition, that Italy had much bigger cities. My impression had been that Italy took the id...

Well, the whole case has another dimension ... As far I understood it with my only bad Italian, I'm nozt the first, who immediately expected, that "Vincenzo Imperiale" might be pseudonym for Lollio himself. Lollio attacks the game (as Lollio and as a suffering player, who makes rather bad ...

Nice pictures, very big ... good finding

Hi Huck -it would have helped if I had spelled it correctly- Compagnie des Ge n dames Ecossois. An independent Military Order created by Rene d'Anjou whose founders were Cosimo d'Medeci, The Grand Duke of Tuscany and John de Montgomery (Scot = Ecossois) whose Motto was "Honour, Duty, Truth and...

hi Lorredan,

In 1445 he is shown as a member of the Order of Compagnie des Gerdames Ecossois.

What sort of order is this? The web is silent it.