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Re: 15th century access to the "Theology of Arithmetic"

It seems plausible, that Tito Vespasiano Strozzi (possibly) went to Florence for his late years, leaving Ferrara, which had changed his ruler in 1505, behind and giving his job in Ferrara (a sort of president to the 12 judges) his son Ercole. The Strozzi had been exiled for long years from Florence ...

Re: A strange belt

I notice Huck is ignoring me. You're safer that way Huck, I might subject you to my opinion on the Trojan War if you aren't careful. You think of that animal farm with Ulysses as fox and Penelope as Duck ? Beware, maybe Morgante would have done a job there, collecting Greek and Trojan helmets like ...

Re: 15th century access to the "Theology of Arithmetic"

Very interesting stuff, Huck, and perhaps good clues to understanding the pictures on the Sola-Busca trumps, if the Boiardo poem and the SB are really connected. Not that I have any idea what the clues mean, in the context of the SB... ... :-) I think, that a structural nearness of both objects (Bo...

Re: The Fool

translation of mid-fifteenth century anonymous poem Italian court of Ferrara: It seems that the angel, star, sun, and moon, Hardly possible, that this is from "mid-fifteenth century" ... :-), should be an "error in the system" ... printing error, earlier error, lay-out error, tr...

Re: A strange belt

I think, that Morgante took his name from Morgan Le Fay ... associating in a funny way some Arthurian stuff inside the Charlemain story. Pulci talked in his later letters (since 1466 or 67) to Lorenzo a lot about spirits and had magical ideas. He was accused to be a kabbalist by Matteo Franco (1474)...

Re: 15th century access to the "Theology of Arithmetic"

... .-) ... I was still editing the post, but was detracted. So I post the observation here, but it belongs to the earlier post .... As above shown, in the Sola Busca Tarocchi the Nr. 6 is an exception , as it is turned to the front (instead turned to the left). In the Boiardo Tarocchi the trump 6 i...

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