Thr Raffael picture description speaks of a "lira da braccio". http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lira_da_braccio Sure, the figure in the Cicognara deck is more Apoll as it is Orpheus. Generally the picture Nr. XVI in Geofroy's Tarot doesn't really look as a tower ... it's an incomplete deck, ca...

http://trionfi.eu/decks/geofroy/16.jpg and to "Orpheus with Viola" http://trionfi.com/0/j/d/leber/p/18.jpg "Cicognara deck" means "6 reproduced cards" made from an older deck in the possession of Leopold Cicognara, published in book ca. 1830. http://a.trionfi.eu/WWPCM/...

Thanks Debra. Another new and probably fabulous tool has developed for the researchers market ... it looks like this: http://a-tarot.eu/p/tnews3.jpg The humble opinion of an early Tarot researcher is of 1887 and it was found here .. http://query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?_r=1&res=9505E3DC...

I would say that, in this context, the expression "Maison de Dieu" is of an astrological origin. Western geomancy was largely "hybridated" with astrology. For instance, this list of the names of the astrological houses (loci) is from Julius Firmicus Maternus (IV century AC): &qu...

Still in an experimental form has developed http://a-tarot.eu an installation to build a new Tarot and Playing Cards News system. A first article is there ... "Tarot at youtube (2009)", which might take some of us hours and even days. Of special interest should be ... "Secrets of the ...

Well, the book is of 1556 ... but it is declared, that it is of de Meung, who is much earlier. It was tried to interprete this as a publisher trick. But there are indications, that older manuscripts existed, a least already in 15th century. Likely the whole is connected to older Geomancy. Then there...

marco wrote: Since I am currently reading some astrological stuff, I find fascinating, although uncommon, the interpretation of "La maison de Dieu" as the ninth astrological house.

Marco

see to this theme also:
http://tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=118352

At amazon.de I found others with the lowest price of 3.50 Euro, but they demand 15 Euro for transport to oversea destinations. That's really a bad joke ... The originals ... the originals were Greek-Roman gods, weren't they? ... :-) ... in Cologne there was a Kölsch original Tarot, which knew Empres...

On a market for used things I found a remake (1998) of an old Tarot deck from ca. 1790, together with a book of not much worth in German language. I paid 4 Euro for both. Researching the web for it, I found that it is variously offered for not much money, especially by German amazon. Peter Ortmann i...

hi, Various deep changes in the representation of the Tarot Museum - the work took two monthes http://trionfi.com/m/ - Tarot Museum, now with integrated Compare Function and deck lists http://trionfi.com/i/ - Tarot card Iconography section http://trionfi.com/i/tarot-andrea-vitali/ - Tarot Iconograph...