Ross G Caldwell
Here are two instances I have found where an "Empress" is not a specific Empress, but an allegory for the Holy Roman Empire. They both post-date the earliest Tarot Empresses by hundreds of years, but I hope they will be of interest to somebody. The second one even has her holding hands with a "Popess", personification of the Roman Church!
From Antonio Albizzi, "Principum Christianorum Stemmata", Strasbourg, 1610
Title page of the same
From the dedication of the Bollandist's "Acta Sanctorum", July volume 5 (1727), to Princess Maria Magdalena, sister of Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740).
Ross
From Antonio Albizzi, "Principum Christianorum Stemmata", Strasbourg, 1610
Title page of the same
From the dedication of the Bollandist's "Acta Sanctorum", July volume 5 (1727), to Princess Maria Magdalena, sister of Emperor Charles VI (1685-1740).
Ross