mythos said:
PS: sneaky way of adding more.
I love the Vieville and Besancon, the Tarot de Nostradamus (Centuries), Roy du Nissanka, and especially the Carot Tarot and the Chat du Marseille and Tarocco di Marsiglia (Svizzera 1804), Tarot de la Felicite and Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot and Marteau, and Conver, and .... must stop somewhere ... here will do
mythos - rule-breaker
Now mythos, you
KNOW that we can't mention these decks, as they are not really "Traditional" TdM decks.
We must
SHUN these "not true TdM decks", or else people might accidently explore them and fall in love with them for their unusual details!
Details like that the
Jacques Vieville Tarot is a wonderful deck that is old as the Noblet, from Paris in 1650, but he has iconography on some of the cards that are completely different, and possibly tied to Bologna or Florence!
Or that the
Tarot of Besançon is very similar to the TdM, but they switched the Pope and Popess for Juno and Jupiter... this was way back several centuries ago, so even back then people were "updating" the decks to reflect current tastes. Even the much beloved "1JJ Swiss" deck is an updated Besançon!
Or that the
Tarot de Nostradamus is actually a redrawing of the Jean Dodal (or Jean Payen) deck, with a few modifications.
Or that the
Tarocco di Marsiglia (Svizzera 1804) is a delightful deck that has a very unusual depiction of the Hanged Man; even odder, it seems to be a copy of the Hanged Man card from a deck made in the 1500s; and even more mysterious, there seems to be a visual connection to some rather morbid history (wanna talk about "dark decks"!).
Or that the
Vandenborre Bacchus Tarot is another example of tarot switching things around and disposing of the Triple Tiara team and adding Bacchus sitting on a barrel, and a character from the popular theater! It's very closely related to the Jacques Vieville, but if you look closely you can find lots of little differences between them.
Now the
Tarot de la Felicite is not old, but I voted it into my personal top 10 of all time. For fans of the Flornoy 22 decks, they've got to check this one out.
No one can deny the charm of the
Chat du Marseille, a playful reminder that these decks can be interpreted in a variety of ways.
And let's not forget all of the Italian variations.. the Bologna, and Piedmonte, and many others. Are we going to bring them into this too??
Now, you named several that I don't know. And you know what's going to happen don't you? I'm going to have to go take a look at those! SEE what you've done?
Rule-breaker INDEED!