La Corte dei Tarocchi

Thread originally posted on the Aeclectic Tarot Forum on 25 Jan 2005, and now archived in the Forum Library.

Kissa	25 Jan 2005
An italian deck designed by Anna Maria D’Onofrio, limited and numbered edition by Meneghello Gorgeous! check Mark Filipas's review: http://www.spiritone.com/~filipas/Masquerade/Reviews/corte.html and there are of course, some scans available on Tarot Garden website. Kissa

Riversea	28 Jan 2005
This one has been on my wish list for a very long time! Well, one of these days. Charming, isn't it? :)

Kissa	28 Jan 2005
I'm expecting it anytime now. Maybe today? Will try to review it well at least shortly asap. Just to provide a redneck's opinion counterpart to Filipas's sophisticated and cultivated review ;) Kissa

Kissa	21 Feb 2005
This deck is gorgeous. It is so thick, I'd say 5cm thick!!! I wonder if this would be considered a Marseilles deck though I have some doubts as the minors carry some scenic illustrations... Any opinion? Kissa

Moonbow*	21 Feb 2005
I think this deck is very beautiful Kissa, and I've been waiting for you to get yours. I'm interested to know what you think of the pips, the ones on Mark's site don't show any scenery, so just how much scenery is there? Have you read with the cards yet? Tell me more :)

Kissa	21 Feb 2005
Moonbow* wrote: Have you read with the cards yet? Tell me more :) your wish is my command ;) there I go, off to read FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME with this gorgeous deck. Will keep you posted, of course :) Kissa

Paul	21 Feb 2005
I've got this deck, as well. Very "old world" with slight hints of a Greek Orthodox church aesthetic (well, that's what I see). The deck has a delicious feel to it, like a good Cabernet with a peppery tone. The cards are narrower than usual, but pleasantly the figures do not look like they're smooshed into the space. The pips have mostly non-scenic illustrations -- just a slight graphic added here or there. The thickness of the cards prohibit poker-style shuffling (if you swing that way). You'll have to place them on the table and smooth them around the tableau, but such sensuous, tactile tarot shuffling really floats my boat, rocks my world, etc. (I'll stop there.) I have a scanner. Let me know what you'd like to see (not the whole deck please ;)).

Moonbow*	21 Feb 2005
Oooh lovely! How about some pips and a court or two? Do you read with it much, or would you say it was more a collectors deck?

Paul	21 Feb 2005
Here's the scans: - The Courts (1 rank chosen from the 4 suits) - The Aces (4, from each suit) - The Pips (a sample of 1 from each suit) - 2 Majors (Justice & The Wheel, which is my absolute favorite of this deck!) OOPS - I maxed-out the number of files for this post, will post another reply. Keep in mind that the scanner lighting tends to make the cards more yellow than they actually are, in truth. The card tone has much more of a sandy beige, than yellow. I have read with them, yes. I reserve this deck for private readings or dear friends. Never read with it a Renaissance Faires and such, although it would have fit the ambience nicely. It seems mostly a collector's deck. Enjoy the scans!

Paul	21 Feb 2005
Here's the final wave of scans...

Paul	21 Feb 2005
That table for the Cups-Pips is a recurrent theme. In fact, most of the pips have just decorative artwork that recurs throughout the sequence of numbers. Perhaps the swords tend to change the decorative icon more than others. All icons for each suit-pip remain consistent.

Moonbow*	21 Feb 2005
Just beautiful! :D Thank you Paul It's interesting that the coins in the card you posted have a different flower than the one in Mark Filipas' site. Another for the Wishlist... sigh.......

blue_fusion	21 Feb 2005
wow. for the "olden" style of the images, the colours sure are appealing. :)

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