Oldest Tarot Cards

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The deck is lost, but it is known by 3 different sources: An accompanying manuscript by Martiano da Tortona (before 1425), a remark of Decembrio in the <I>Vita of Filippo Maria Visconti (1447) and a letter of Jacopo Antonio Marcello in the year 1449. </I>letter manuscript. <br> Author: when not otherwise specified, autorbis. Copyright: trionfi.com. 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