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Oldest Tarot Cards
The Milanese Duke Filippo Maria Visconti commissioned before 1425 a manuscript and a playing card deck from Marziano da Tortona and Michelino da Besozzo. Jacopo Antonio Marcello got book and deck in 1449 and called it a new kind of Ludus Triumphorum.
Filippo Maria Visconti loved card playing and commissioned a few unusual decks
The Oldest Tarot Cards
- Michelino Deck


Imperatori-Cards
In 1423 Parisina, the young signora of Ferrara, imported from Florence "VIII Imperatori"-cards. It's unclear, which sort of cards it really had been, but it might be a predevelopment to the later Tarot cards.
Parisina had a cruel death cause her love to Ugo, son of her husband
Imperatori
- Karnöffel and other decks


Decks of unclear state
- before 1440 or after 1440


Ferrara 1441
At the 1.1.1441 the painter Sagramoro got some money for "14 figure" for the guest in Ferrara, Bianca Maria Visconti. One year later appears the first use of the word Trionfi in relation to playing cards.
Leonello d'Este made Ferrara to a cultural center of early 15th century. Here the idea to the Tarot took it's start

Start: Ferrara 1441

Before 1441
Playing Cards 1422 - 1441
Cultural Change 1430 - 1441
Bianca Maria's Visit 1440 - 1441
After 1442
New Political Change 1450
Documents (1)
Early references to playing cards and related articles

PLAYING CARDS

Very early references
    - 1370/80
Germany
France
England
Milan
Ferrara
Florence
Further Articles to CITIES

TRIONFI DOCUMENTATION

Further Articles
    and Conclusions

related partly also to the theme "Trionfi"



Oldest Tarotcards - Biographies-Menu
- related to the Michelino Deck


1424/1425 - Michelino Deck Iacopo Antonio Marcello, a Venetian
  • Scipio Caraffa has an idea
  • Francesco Sforza, a friend
  • Isabella da Lorraine gets a parcel
  • Muzio Attendola, called Sforza, died 1424
  • Bracchio da Montone, died 1424
  • Francesco Sforza, leader of the Sforzeschi, since 1424
  • Niccolo Piccinino, leader of the Braccheschi, since 1424
  • Carmagnola, left Milan 1424 Great Foes (1424) Filippo Maria's wifes
    • Sophia, a divorcing woman ( - 1411)
    • Beatrice de Tender, beheaded (1412 - 1418)
    • Maria of Savoia, unused (1428 - 1447)
    • Agnes del Maino, mistress, Bianca Maria's mother (1425)
    The French Side, the great Context
    • Petrarca, a marriage diplomat
    • Valentina, a half sister
    • Charles, an English prisoner
    • Louis, a marrying dauphin
    • Lyon, a playing card city
    • Milan's French destiny called Habsburg
  • Documents (2) OLD VERSION
    First appearances of the word Trionfi in relation to playing-cards (1442 - 1500)

    Documents (3) NEW VERSION (BETA)
    First appearances of the word Trionfi in relation to playing-cards (1441 - 1465)
    The term "Trionfi"
    - in relation to playing cards


    Start Documents

    Analyses


    1423: Imperatori - first note

    March 1425: Birth of Bianca Maria Visconti
    May 1425: Parisina killed
    June 1425: Trionfo Filippo Visconti
    (Michelino Deck ?)

    1438: Council in Ferrara
    1439: Council in Florence
    (real Trionfo - probably no cards)

    Burchiello

    Autumn 1441 Bianca Maria Visconti in Ferrara
    (small Trionfo at her arrival - no cards)

    14 Figure, 1.1.1441
    (Marriage Trionfo projected ?)

    October 1441 Marriage Bianca Maria Visconti
    (Cary-Yale Tarocchi?, Marriage-Trionfo ?)
    Marcello is already near to Francesco Sforza

    December 1441: Leonello new Signore in Milano
    01  1442/1  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    (February 1442 / Trionfo projected ?)

    02  1442/2  Ferrara/Kids
    (small Trionfo for the kids
    according to the interests
    of their mother (?)

    1443 Imperatori - 1st reappearance

    1443 Real Trionfo in Naples
    Alfonso of Aragon
    (no cards known)

    Pause (1443 - 1450)

    August 1447: Filippo Maria Visconti dies
    Decembrio is in Ferrara
    1447 Decembrio writes "Vita ..."

      Vita di Filippo Maria Visconti

    early 1449: Marcello with Francesco Sforza
    in the region of Milan
    Scipio Caraffa didn't know Trionfi decks
    03  1449/1  Marcello letter
    (Nov. 1449)

    25.2.1450: Francesco Sforza occupies Milan
    04  1450/1  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    16.3.1450 Trionfi cards are paid
    25.3.1450 Leonello visits Milan
    After 8 years pause suddenly Trionfi decks production in Ferrara

    Imperatori - 2nd reappearance

    October 1450: Leonello dies
    Borso new signore in Ferrara

    05  1450/2  Florence
    December 1450: Trionfi allowed (Florence)

    06  1450/3  Sforza letter
    December 1450: Difficulties to get a Trionfi deck

    07  1451/1  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    Borso's Trionfo projected ?

    07b  1452/1  Siena/Emperor-visit

    08  1452/1  Malatesta/Sforza
    The letter signals a Trionfi production in Cremona, perhaps as a preparation for a Trionfo
    August 1453: Real Trionfo in Milan

    The peace of Lodi is near (9th of April 1454)
    Probably Borso prepares
    already before some Trionfi decks
    production in series from February till April
    09  1454/1  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    10  1454/2  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    11  1454/3  Ferrara/production
    12  1454/4  Ferrara/production
    13  1454/5  Ferrara/production

    13b  1455/1 Padua / preaching

    14  1456/1  Ferrara/Trotti
    Trotti's comment signals, that now Trionfi is (at least in Ferrara) a well known game.

    15  1456/2  Ferrara/Sagramoro
    Last Sagramoro document

    16  1457/1  Ferrara/70 cards
    Very important, proves the 5x14 theory

    17  1457/2  Ferrara/Vicenza
    18  1458/1  Ferrara/Vicenza
    19  1459/1  Ferrara/production

    20  1459/2  Bologna
    First "real" document outside of the courts)

    21  1460/1  Ferrara/Vicenza
    22  1460/2  Ferrara/Vicenza
    23  1460/3  Ferrara/Vicenza
    24  1460/4  Ferrara/Vicenza
    25  1460/5  Ferrara/Vicenza
    25b  1460/6 / 1513(?) Ancona - allowance
    26  1461/1  Ferrara/Vicenza
    26b  1461/2 Padova / Valerio Marcello
    27  1463/1  Ferrara/Vicenza

    28 1463: The law, which allowed Trionfi in Florence, is repeated
    Probably the appearance must be interpreted in the way, that experiments are done with the number of trumps. Possibly the begin of the end of the 5x14-structure, possibly related to the new allowance in Florence 1463.

    Later Notes (not complete)

    29 Mantova 1465, inventory

    Minchiate (since 1466)

    29b Pavia Castle Frescoes 1469
    29c Ferrara/Modena Bonacossi production
    30 Polismagna
    relates to the Decembrio Manuscript

    31 Vita di San Bernardino 1472

    32 Naples 1473 (Aragon court)

    33 Naples 1474 (Aragon court, Beatrice)

    33b Rome 1474 - 1478 / Import from Florence

    34 Milan 1475, Letter of Galeazzo Maria Sforza

    34b Fabriano 1476, request for allowance

    35 Bologna 1477, printed decks

    36b Recanati ca. 1480

    37 Naples 1482, "Cartaio" Francesco

    38 French dictionary, 1482

    38b Cicognara-note (? forgery)

    39 Brescia, 1488 - allowance

    40 Salo, 1489 - allowance

    41 Bergamo 1491 - allowance

    42 Letter Ippolito d'Este, 1492

    43 Rene d'Anjou II, France, 1496

    44 Reggio, 1500 - allowance

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    Artist + Persons
    References

    Bianca Maria Visconti could be called Lady Tarot, like her father she was involved in various Tarot activities
    5x14-Theory
    It is probable, that the first Trionfi-decks started with a 5x14-structure, the 14 trumps were considered as a 5th suit.




    Spotlights
    on the
    5 x 14
    Theory



    Start

    A dukedom

    1.1.1441

    1442

    A Pause

    1449 - 1452

    Arguments

    Bembo cards

    Galeazzo Maria

    Ronald Decker:
    First appearance 5x14-theory


    New Evidence
    Master PW deck (1477?)
    with 5x14-structure


    5x14-theory - it was the start article from the Trionfi.com development
    (state from begin 2003, slightly changed by updatings)

    The great riddle, how 14 Trionfi cards became 22 Tarot cards
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    Mantegna Tarocchi - Research Collection

    Mantegna Tarocchi Pictures
    Material about earlier researches
    Lazzarelli Hypothesis



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    Locations / Libraries

    Cities

    - and their Playing Card Notes

    - Libraries - generell informations
    Libraries Italy France and Burgund Spain and Portugal

    Autorbis.net: Biography
    of Tarot and Playing Card History Researchers

    Early time of Playing Card History

  • Pére Menestrier
  • Carl Heinrich vom Heinecken
  • Abbé Rive
  • Samuel Weller Singer
  • Gabriel Peignot
  • Count Leopoldo Cicognara
  • Paul Lacroix (Bibliophile Jacob)
  • Constant Leber
  • William Chatto
  • Romain Merlin
  • Alexandre Pinchart
  • William Hughes Willshire
  • William Henry Wilkinson
  • Count Parravicino
  • Henry-Rene d'Allemagne
  • Wilhelm Ludwig Schreiber
  • Sir Kenneth McKenzie Clark
  • Heinrich Brockhaus
  • Arthur M. Hind

    Esoterical Tarot

  • Antoine Court de Gebelin
  • Etteilla
  • Anne Marie Lenormand
  • Eliphas Levi
  • J.-A. Vaillant
  • Kenneth Mackenzie
  • S. L. MacGregor Mathers
  • Papus
  • Oswald Wirth
  • Aleister Crowley
  • Andrew Edward Waite
  • Paul Foster Case
  • M.W. Schillito / A.F. Dina
  • Ernst Kurtzahn

    Modern book publication

  • Michael Dummett
  • Stuart Kaplan
  • Gertrude Moakley
  • Sylvia Mann
  • David Parlett
  • Detlev Hoffmann
  • Franz Braun
  • Rudolf von Leyden
  • Franco Pratesi
  • Thierry Depaulis
  • Ron Decker
  • Gherardo Ortalli
  • Bob O'Neill
  • Andrea Vitali
  • Giordano Berti
  • Paul Huson
  • Robert M. Place
  • Robert Swiryn

    Web activities (playing cards, also Tarot)

  • John McLeod
  • Simon Wintle
  • Andy Pollett
  • Jim Wickson
  • SCA
  • Hans-Joachim Alscher

    Web activities (Tarot)

  • Hajo Banzhaf
  • Mary Greer
  • Adam McLean
  • Tom Tadfor Little
  • Christine Payne-Towler
  • Michael J. Hurst
  • Mark Filipas
  • Jess Karlin
  • Uri Raz
  • Jean-Michel David
  • Laurent Edouard
  • Jean-Claude Flornoy
  • Cláudio Carvalho
  • Enrique Enriquez
  • Girolamo Zorli

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    Ferrara: Artists and Card Producers (Trionfi cards)

    Ferrara: Traders

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