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The Oldest Tarot Cards
- Michelino Deck

The Oldest Tarot Cards - (partly in development)

Surrounding Conditions

in preparation

Well, that's not a manifested article, but simple a research question. We need more and better material of the 20ies of 15th century in Italy to understand the Michelino deck in its context.

Some aspects: What influence did the council of Constance take on the mood of the time in Italy? Were more wealth in North Italy in the 20ies than in the 30ies? How did the stabilisation of the Milanese dukedom influence the situation? What about Greek gods generally? Are they really already a manifested theme in art or is the Michelino deck a revolutionary change in direction "renaissance"? Is it correct to see the action's of San Bernardino as part of a conservative movement? And other questions.

Trionfi.com has its focus on Tarot History and especially the origin of Tarot in 15th century, also the representation of about 100 000 Tarot and other playing cards in the Tarot Museum.
The Chapter Oldest Tarot Cards describes the Michelino deck, commissioned near the year 1425 by Filippo Maria Visconti and painted by Michelino da Besozzo. It was accompanied by a manuscript from Martiano da Tortona. In 1449 this deck was called a Trionfi deck, although it definitely had a lot of differences to that what is nowadays recognized as Tarot cards. The chapter is the first of a series which considers the development of Tarot cards during 15th century.
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