Minchiate Fiorentine

[starlightexp]

has anyone used this one to so readings with, if so how well did it work with the extra cards? I'm thinking of getting it

[Le Fanu]

I have! I love this deck (obs; avatar!), but Im not your best guide on this one. What I love about the deck is the artwork, but Im a bit - let´s say - selective about my use of the cards. I tend to use the zodiac cards as significators, depending on the querent (so basically, the other 11 don´t appear in the reading)

The elements cards I either take out (I know, shocking isn´t it; how dare I call it a Minchiate) or hope they don´t turn up. If they do, I suppose it would mean an excess of that element in my life. Or something. I know it is very wrong of me to transform the deck into something not-quite-minchiate, but each to his own and if I waited until I was fully versed in these cards, Id hardly use it. And the thing is I love this deck. I love the artwork. I have two copies and it is one I get out very often.

Ive read Williams´ divinatory meanings and - to be honest - I don´t fnd them that enlightening, so I tend to go with common sense r.e the elements.

But it´s a stunning deck.

[Storm82]

I wish I had this deck
where did you find it ?

[Le Fanu]

Originally Posted by Storm82

I wish I had this deck
where did you find it ?

weirdly, I found THREE copies in the space of a year (the Lo Scarabeo one). One on a flea market, and two others in (different) 2nd hand bookshops. Then I traded one of them with thin buddha, but plan to keep the spare...

[Konata]

woow, the tarot is wonderful!!!! i really like this deck, but i can't seem to find it both in Amazon.com and eBay.....

[Le Fanu]

Originally Posted by Konata

woow, the tarot is wonderful!!!! i really like this deck, but i can't seem to find it both in Amazon.com and eBay.....

It has been out of print for a while and isn´t very easy to find.
If anything, it is marginally more common in Europe than in the USA. I see it ocassionally in Spain...

[Aerin]

The Il Meneghello version of the deck is easily available at Alida.


Aerin

[Le Fanu]

Originally Posted by Aerin

The Il Meneghello version of the deck is easily available at Alida

That´s true. I was thinking of the Scarabeo version and the Meneghello slipped my mind. But then so many people buy Meneghello decks and worry about using them. The Scarabeo one is just laminated enough to be protected. Has a lovely texture.

[Moonbow]

Have a look at the index in the Marseilles & Other Early Decks forum, (post 5):

http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=31857

A few of us read with this deck, and I know there are posts in those threads which discuss the extra cards and the Emperors/Grand Dukes. This was a really happy time for me, discovering these decks. I unfortunately traded a few away but still have the Fiorentine.

[BrightEye]

I'd like to revive this thread with a question: what is the difference between the Etruria and the Fiorentine? Is there a difference?