1597 mention of "Tarotiis"

Huck

kwaw said:
In an article appearing in THE JOURNAL OF THE PLAYING-CARD SOCIETY [Vol. I, No. 1 ISSN 0305-2133 August, 1972] under the title "A CHOICE COLLECTION OF PLAYING-CARDS" Sylvia Mann reported :

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310. 44 cards of a 15th-century Italian pack with fanciful suit-marks (though based on Italian ones) of Cups, Arrows, Eyes and Whips, Merlin calls this pack the "Jeu des Passions" as each suit represents a passion. Although the exact composition of the pack was not absolutely clear, each suit had four court cards (King, Queen, Cavalier and Jack) and ten numerals, all cards bearing three lines of verse. Merlin mentions the pack being [end of page 12] acquired in 1861 for 400 francs. In 1971 it made 350 gns.

Kwaw

Thanks Kwaw, very interesting.
Item 310 should be the Boiardo Tarocchi deck.

http://trionfi.com/0/h/
http://trionfi.com/0/j/d/boiardo/

The complete article seems to be at:
http://i-p-c-s.org/journal/1-1.html