Looking for a deck I saw once

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 15 Apr 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

janomalee	15 Apr 2004
I saw a deck once and I haven't seen it since. I think it was on the small side and the cards were monochrome, brown and beige I think. The only card I remember was The Sun. Instead of the happy scene with the child on a horse, this one had one person hitting another one with a club. I think the rest of the cards were as un-cheerful as that one. I think it was an Italian deck. I know this isn't much to go on but I thought I would give it a try. I'm not sure I want to acquire this deck but I would like to know which one it is. Thanks!

dolphingirl	15 Apr 2004
I am thinking it might be one of the printings of the Visconti-Sforza Tarot? http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/visconti-sforza/

janomalee	15 Apr 2004
Thanks for the suggestion, but that's not it. I have the Lo Scarabeo Visconti and the Sun shows a young person floating over a landscape carrying the sun.

Myrrha	15 Apr 2004
Is this the deck, Janomalee? If not, I think this artist has created other decks and it might be one of them. http://www.themysticeye.com/pics/elisabetta.htm --Myrrha

janomalee	16 Apr 2004
The art sure looks like the deck I am thinking of. This Sun card isn't the one I saw, but the style of the artwork is similar. I will look for other decks by this artist.

Dark Inquisitor	16 Apr 2004
If what you remember is not really the sun card, it might be this one: http://www.tarot.org.il/Minchiate%20Etruria/

janomalee	16 Apr 2004
I am fairly sure it was the Sun card that had a guy with a club. I have the Minchiate Etruria deck. The spirit or attitude of the Sun card was similar to the Fool in the Minchiate. That Fool does look like he is trying to fight off those kids.

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