Tarot History & Development

Research, theories and discussions of the origins, myths, influences and development of Tarot and playing cards.
Etteilla and LS Book of Thoth. Help!
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Meanings of crown with branches on Cary-Yale Visconti cards?
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Imagery of the Marseille Knight of Batons
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A 15th-century Alchemical image which includes 4 TdM atouts - all in one
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origin of the name tarot
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Who are the World and Justice?
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Who is the Fool?
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Mythras Iconography in the World Card
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..about the Tower and its construction.
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Evolution of the Death card
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Who is the Charioteer?
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Who historically put magic in The Magician?
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Who is Strength?
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ΤΗΙ ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΗΙ
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What is the Wheel of Fortune?
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What is the Tower?
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Who is the Sun?
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Who is the Devil?
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Who is the Hermit?
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Who are the Emperor and the Lovers?
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Who is the Empress?
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50+ Former Constellations Discovered
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Newbie seeking comments on books
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Tarot Under Gypsies and The Romany People
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Astrological Considerations in Historic Tarot - split from 'what we do NOT know'
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Towers of The Moon
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What's your fave tarot history theory?
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Article on tarot history
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The Behenian Fixed Stars
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Concise History of the Pips?
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Mythological character help
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Looking for historic tarot deck collectors to interview
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(Neo-)Latin names for the trumps
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Trumps in the lesser Visconti-Sforza tarot decks
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Etteilla's Card Meanings
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Another Waite Tarot?
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The Stuart Kaplan collection
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Elemental correspondences?
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Momus The God of Mockery
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The History of Things
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Double Faith
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Card Divination Poll
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When Hebrew or Yiddish "טארוט" or "טארוקי" or "טארוק" begin appearing?
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Early French lists of trumps
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'Tarot' meaning 'hole-maker'?
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A lot book of 1450 - with 22 elements
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Hebrew Alphabet & Tarot
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Visconti Through A Shoebox Peephole
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The Miike TdM Cards
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Correspondences between Tarot and Music
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My Ur -Tarot
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PMB Fool and Constantine The Great
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Revisiting the Cary-Yale Visconti
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Historic Tarot : What We Do NOT Know.
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Paper from Baghdad
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Did Mantegna make the Mantegna trionfi after all?
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The Take-Over of Historical Research into Tarot
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The "Soprafino Tarot" pattern
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Joker
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The Cary-Yale Visconti
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Palazzo Schifanoia - Hall of the Months
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Got Dummett?
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History of Ideas - the Hanged Man
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A Pool Of Cards
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Enquiry into a Biblical Phrase
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Astrology sources before 1000 AD & a good study plan for tarot?
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Discovering Gébelin!!
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What is the Portal Ritual of the Golden Dawn?
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Social and economic situation of cardmakers?
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A wreathe of Sempervivum
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Risque image in cards?
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Neoplatonic Icons or texts in relation to Tarot
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Sortes Virgilianae
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(now and then there's) A fool such as I
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Van Rensselaer, John King, Mrs.
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Restoration project: Nicolas Rolichon Tarot
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The Book of Thoth: Towards a Kemetic Astrology
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Tarothermit.com is gone
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This is interesting...full set.
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Is the Tarot Pre-Christian?
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Sola Busca on exhibit in Milan Nov2012 - Feb2013
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The beginning of Tarot cards meaning - Etteillas Troisième Cahier
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1809 Petit Oracle Des Dames English translation
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a FooL's errand
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1912 The Protocols of the Elders of Zion editions has the Chariot
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Early Tarot designs and contemporary works of art?
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Perspectives on the Ur-Tarot
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Historic French tarot online exhibit, many samples (27 pages)
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POLL: New Forum Section?
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There was a wish: A new Forum
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Minchiate Francesi - made by Francois I + II de Poilly
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The lifespan of a fact:
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Frege's Puzzle
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A 2nd Mitelli deck (Bologna) of 1690
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Framed Story: Decameron
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Most Popular Decks in France & Italy pre-1950?
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The Game of Tarots - Antoine Court de Geblin
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Marolles' Tarot Card Ballet of 1657
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Pierre Le Moyne: Femmes fortes ... 21 women
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Petit Etteilla from 1770 thru 20th century
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