Thank you Steve, you're a star...!

There are so many links one could make, and just occasionally one turns up that seems almost to answer questions - or at least to provide an extra dimension to the puzzle. I've been searching for an old thread that shows an engraving of the Virgin Mary, a star and a cockerel in a tree - without luck...

Some time ago I gave a thought to Pen’s idea that it was Aquarius. It can be. My problem was that Aquarius, as shown on The Shepherd's Great Calendar, is a nude MALE and on the Cary Sheet and Jean Noblet, we have a nude FEMALE. It could be an artistic misrepresentation. Perhaps! But I i’ve decided ...

I'd completely forgotten that old thread. I started reading again at the beginning and got about half way through, but my eyes are stinging - I must finish tomorrow. Do you remember that page at Tarot L - I believe Mary spoke of updating it. I always thought the reversed statements that were then co...

Ross G. R. Caldwell wrote:
I suppose that anyone who really WAS serious on AT, will find THF for now.

I think they will, and some will follow the elders who have deserted AT, simply because they are serious tarot historians and can't be replaced.

Hi and welcome Penthasilia...

There are huge differences. We have a TINY membership, and TINY traffic compared to Aeclectic. Thousands of people look at threads there. Traffic may be sparse compared with Aeclectic, but content here is denser, fairly uncluttered and therefore more easily accessible. It seems there are always non...

Huck wrote: ...and you claim, that the sister-of-law of pope Innocenz X has something to do do with the Papessa of the Tarot de Paris. I didn't ever claim this, it was an idea that seemed to fit after I read about her notoriety. I posted in the other thread to see what others thought of it. Perhaps...

Thanks Huck, I must reread this thread and catch up with some others. The linework seems consistent in style, quality and detail throughout the deck, which would suggest that the deck is complete and without later additions. And 1559 is too early for Olimpia Maidalchini to be the inspiration for La ...

Huck wrote: I'm not sure, if I understand the question. Is it not possible that the deck as we know it today was not made to celebrate an important event - that a card maker simply published an uncommissioned deck? The heraldic coins could have been copied from an earlier time or an existing deck (o...

Ahhhh, Robert, you're lovely @};- I've been looking in the book for the medal reference without success (many pages), but I know it's in there somewhere. It'll turn up, but maybe someone will find the actual object first - it would be interesting to see it, even if the dates for Olimpia and the Taro...