The find now is a new kind of minchiate, or at least that is the claim. It is in the same vein as the ancient history minchiate of a previous note. The original, "1748 – Minchiate incomplete di un pastore arcade," is dated May 1, 2024, and is at https://www.naibi.net/A/ARCADE.pdf. The &quo...

Here now is another, "Firenze 1783 ‒ Il giallo del Diavolo," https://www.naibi.net/A/BACCANO.pdf. As usual, comments in brackets are my additions (in consultation with Franco) for explanatory purposes. Numbers in the left margin correspond to those of his pdf. I have a few comments afterwa...

Here is another find of Franco's, from the same Biblioteca Moreniana as in his preceding notes: "Minchiate, un campo troppo vasto per l’Accademia," https://www.naibi.net/A/RICCI.pdf. This time there is a mention of a hitherto unknown minchiate designer, which Franco's sleuthing makes it no...

Thanks, Huck. I had forgotten. I even translated that essay, a dozen years ago, http://www.letarot.it/page.aspx?id=180&lng=eng. It even provides a couple of quotes, the parts about the four seasons and the four cardinal virtues in relation to the four suits. It was only pp 11-15 that I supposed ...

Here are another couple of finds by Franco, still rummaging through the Biblioteca Moreniani. The first is an erudite mock defense of playing cards, "Carte da gioco difese in accademia e in chiesa," https://www.naibi.net/A/ELOGIO.pdf. The author would seem to be a high-ranking member of an...

From the discussion of the B series of engravings, what I found of interest is this, on p. 131: https://forum.tarothistory.com/download/file.php?id=3198 Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 04-20-09 HindTriumphs_162534.pdf.png The dimensions of Love are, he says on p. 133, 260x173 mm. Chastity is 257x164. Death...

And on the A series, starting with A.I.16 on one page, then Vienna on the following: Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 03-29-41 HindTriumphs_162534.pdf.png Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 03-29-58 HindTriumphs_162534.pdf.png Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 03-30-18 HindTriumphs_162534.pdf.png Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 02-1...

Here are Hind's comments on the engravings. Note that there were several versions. There is A.I.18-23, in Vienna. Hind thinks the B series, of which the first reworking (i.e. the second state) is what the British Museum has, is what corresponds to the inventory. The BM has one plate of it, he says. ...

Ross wrote, Franco's remarks about "giuocho" meaning something besides a literal "game" are correct in the case of Rosselli, at least as art historians understand it. But his new discovery of a "paio" of Petrarch's Trionfi adds another wrinkle to the question, then. Cou...

Here is Hind's appendix on the inventory (Early Italian Engravings, I'm not sure what volume): Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 01-47-50 HindEarlyItalian294-309.pdf.png Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 01-48-46 HindEarlyItalian294-309.pdf.png Screenshot 2024-05-06 at 01-50-18 HindEarlyItalian294-309.pdf.png Screens...