Visconti question- please advise

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 12 Jun 2002, and now archived in the Forum Library.

MystiqueMoonlight	12 Jun 2002
Ok I have decided to buy a really "traditional" deck and I have settled upon the Visconti Tarot. My only question is which one???? I have three which I am leaning towards and I really value your opinions regarding them. 1. Visconti Sforza Tarot (not the gold one) 2. Visconti Tarot - Atanassov Atanes 3. Cary-Yale Visconti Tarocchi Deck I don't really want another gold deck as I have that with the Nefertari's Tarot. The Carey-Yale deck appeals to me because of the extra cards depicting male and female kinghts and pages. But I really want to stick to one of the three which I have mentioned above. I like the minors to have illustrated pips as I have the Cagliostro Deck which shows the minors like normal playing cards with just the number of swords, wands, cups, pentacles on them rather than pips. Oh I don't like unusually large cards, I prefer them to be normal sized. I have sat here all night reviewing these decks and can't decide on which one...please give me your opinions... Thanks everyone

Lee	12 Jun 2002
Hi MM, I was in the same dilemma, and I chose to get the gold Atanassov one, not because of the gold but because a) it's smaller and easier to use as a reading deck, b) it's got card titles on it which also makes it easier, and c) I dislike the Tower and Devil cards on the large size Visconti deck which were recreated by Luigi Scapini, and I believe he did some for the Cary-Yale deck too, although I'm not sure about that. -- Lee

MystiqueMoonlight	12 Jun 2002
Quote: Originally posted by Lee Hi MM, I was in the same dilemma, and I chose to get the gold Atanassov one, not because of the gold but because a) it's smaller and easier to use as a reading deck, b) it's got card titles on it which also makes it easier, and c) I dislike the Tower and Devil cards on the large size Visconti deck which were recreated by Luigi Scapini, and I believe he did some for the Cary-Yale deck too, although I'm not sure about that. -- Lee Is the Cary-Yale deck a large deck or normal deck size? I think I am narrowing it down to this one and the Atanassov deck. I thought these 2 decks had no gold in them. Well I suppose if it comes down to it, it doesn't really matter.

Kaz	12 Jun 2002
maybe this is a review that would interest you: http://www.spiritone.com/~filipas/Masquerade/Reviews/visconti.html and, check out the marseille deck studygroup, we are at the hermit now, all cards from several decks up until hermit are there, have a look in the attachements to the posts there. kaz

Lee	12 Jun 2002
Hi, MM -- Okay, here's the skinny -- Large Visconti, USGames, not gold, icky Scapini Death/Devil Large Cary-Yale, USGames, may have icky Scapini cards Small Visconti deck published by Lo Scarabeo, distributed by Llewellyn, has shiny gold, nice Death/Devil cards (this is the one by Attanassov)]. -- Lee

MystiqueMoonlight	12 Jun 2002
I have ordered the Visconti Tarot by Atanassov Atanas. It looks very beautiful and seems to fit my criteria :) Now that's 2 decks on their way to me... Thank you all for your valued input. Blessed be.

jmd	12 Jun 2002
It's obviously too late for my recommendation, but I thought I'd let you know that the Pierpont Morgan Visconti Sforza Tarocchi Deck printed by AG Müller and distributed by US Games (isbn 0-913866-0607) is definitely worth getting. The cards are large (9.5 X 18 cm), but so were the originals.

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