Ancient Italian differences

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 30 Oct 2004, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Little Baron	30 Oct 2004
Hi Everyone Was on my way back from London today and looked through a couple of bookshops; since I have lost a card from my Soprafino, still frustrated by it, I bought the Ancient Italian deck to chear myself up. Seeing a couple of samples, I thought that it was a copy of the Soprafino illustrations, but just with differences in colour. Now I have it home, after noticing that the Emperor, which is almost identical, has a completely different head, that the flowers on the pips and the also the swords, wands etc, are completely different. Anyone have any information on this? Does anyone know about the different plants used, also, as I thought they may mean things in accordance with their cards. At first, I was a little disappointed, but looking at them some more, the pips look quite expressionate. I read a couple of threads here about the deck, in comparison to the Classic deck (which seems to be more like, if not identical, to the Soprafino), but know little else about it. Anyone who does use the deck and wants to share their experiences would be most appreciated. Yabs

Little Baron	30 Oct 2004
Dear Moderators I don't know how I managed to do that, but I put this post in the chat section, when I was supposed to post in 'Tarot Decks'. Would you mind swapping it to there for me please. Thanks Yabs

blue_fusion	30 Oct 2004
lol and i thought this was a thread about some old british - italian feud. :D

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