Lee
Does anyone know why this deck is misidentified by its publisher? On the box for the Tarot Classic deck, and also in the Tarot Classic book, Kaplan identifies it as based on a deck by Claude Burdel. But Kaplan shows some of the actual Burdel cards in the book, and anyone can see they are quite different from the Tarot Classic cards, and in fact are different from the Tarot Classic images shown in the divinatory meanings section of the very same book. The Tarot Classic deck is, as jmd has pointed out, based on a Schaffhouse deck, as can clearly proclaimed on the 2 of Coins. The Burdel 2 of Coins has Burdel's name instead.
In the book Kaplan says that the Burdel cards have been supposedly modified by the artists at Mueller & Cie. Perhaps those artists used the Schaffhouse instead of the Burdel, and Kaplan thought they were using the Burdel when he had the book and the deck box printed? One would think he would have corrected the error, what with all the subsequent printings.
The Claude Burdel deck was the basis for Lo Scarabeo's Tarot de Marseille deck. In comparing the Burdel to the Conver, the Burdel can be classified as a true Marseille deck as the Majors are very similar to the Conver, although there are some differences in the designs on the pip cards. The Tarot Classic/Schaffhouse is more of a variant.
You can see the difference between the two decks here:
Tarot Classic/Schaffhouse:
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/tarot-classic/
Burdel:
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/burdel-marseilles/
(On the Burdel deck, on the 2 of Coins, Lo Scarabeo has replaced Burdel's name on the banner with their own.)
-- Lee
In the book Kaplan says that the Burdel cards have been supposedly modified by the artists at Mueller & Cie. Perhaps those artists used the Schaffhouse instead of the Burdel, and Kaplan thought they were using the Burdel when he had the book and the deck box printed? One would think he would have corrected the error, what with all the subsequent printings.
The Claude Burdel deck was the basis for Lo Scarabeo's Tarot de Marseille deck. In comparing the Burdel to the Conver, the Burdel can be classified as a true Marseille deck as the Majors are very similar to the Conver, although there are some differences in the designs on the pip cards. The Tarot Classic/Schaffhouse is more of a variant.
You can see the difference between the two decks here:
Tarot Classic/Schaffhouse:
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/tarot-classic/
Burdel:
http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/cards/burdel-marseilles/
(On the Burdel deck, on the 2 of Coins, Lo Scarabeo has replaced Burdel's name on the banner with their own.)
-- Lee