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The Oldest Tarot Cards
- Michelino Deck

The Oldest Tarot Cards - (partly in development)

Filippo Maria was very modern

This is only a working hypothesis. The question demands further research for representations of Greek gods in medieval art before 1424/1425, specifically the 12 Olympic gods as they were developed in old Greek and Romans. Greek gods as planetary rulers of course were present prior to 1424/1425, but figures like Demeter-Ceres and Hestia-Vesta are not planetary gods, so their presentations should have been seldom. Filippo Maria Visconti used them - we should know, how "modern" he acted with this. So we've here a place to collect such data - prior to 1424/1425.

It's still empty - perhaps only, cause we didn't find the right book till now.

Also we're in research for any activities, which look like a triumphal procession - also prior 1424/1425. Filippo Maria Visconti had a triumphal procession in 1425 - that's known. What was similar and before that time?



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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