Cary Sheet / Tarot de Marseille decks / Visconti decks

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firemaiden said:
Wow, that extraordinary to be able to download and see the Cary sheet close up. I'm really struck by several things all at once. First of all, I've never seen a devil like that on any other card - - he seems to be forking people up to put into his sack - rather reminiscent of portrayals of the Devil as eating the damned. (Lucifer devouring Judas Iscariot 1512), and the Devil on the Rosenwald sheet has a pitchfork, but no basket...)

I wrote a little about this here:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=40900

but it never got very far...

best,
robert
 

firemaiden

Fantastic, Robert!! Thank you.