The Etteilla Le petit oracle des dames draws directly from Gebelin/Mellet - this is apparent in that descriptions are copied straight from Gebelin/Mellet, the reverse reading of the allegory of the trumps* and the division into three ages of gold, silver and iron.
In Gebelin/Mellet, the fool coming at the end of the trumps in reverse order, after the bateleur, is aligned with the letter tau - but this deck combines the bateleur and fool as double images of the one card - number XXI, both of which would then be shin(?), and the 22nd card, the consultant, tau?
Kwaw
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As with Gebelin/Mellet the allegory reads backwards, but here reverses the numbering of the cards:
1re SERIE
DITE SIÈCLE D'OR.
No. 1.
Voyage, terre, quatrième élément.
Sous le signe du Lion.
La dëesse Isis, au milieu d'un cercle forme par un serpent qui se mord la queue, représente l'univers, Le cercle est l'embleme des revolutions annuelles, et l'image de l'eternite, qui n'a ni commencement ni fin. Isis, que les Egyptiens consider comme l'origine de tout, semble prete a courir. Aux quatre coins du tableau sont les emblemes des saisons . . . L'Aigle,...Le Lion,... Le Boeuf,... le Jeune Homme...
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No. 21
Le bateleur et le fou.
Bateleur vient de baste, baton; place à la tête des états, il indique que la vie n'est qu'une illusion . . .
L'autre tableau presente un fou : on le reconnaît à sa marotte, à son . . .de coquillages, de sonnettes. . .
1st SERIES
CALLED THE GOLDEN AGE.
No. 1.
Travel, earth, the fourth element.
Under the sign of Leo.
The goddess Isis, in the middle of a circle formed by a snake biting its tail, represents the universe, the circle is the emblem of annual revolutions, and the image of eternity, which has no beginning or end. The Egyptians consider Isis as the origin of everything, she seems ready to run. Around the tableau are the emblems of the seasons. . . The Eagle ... The Lion, ... Ox ... the Young Man ...
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No. 21
The Juggler and the Madman.
Bateleur comes from baste, baton; placed at the head of state, he says that life is an illusion. . .
The other tableau presents a madman: one recognized by his hobby stick, his. . . shells and his bells. . .