Ross G Caldwell
Diogenes was apparently an ascetic who did crazy things to exhibit his principles. Plato called him "Socrates gone mad".
One story has him carrying a lantern in daylight, looking for an honest person. I thought of the Hermit.
But the earliest Hermits probably represented "Time" - they are carrying an hourglass, not a lantern. The Hermit of Ercole d'Este is lost - but if Diogenes references were in it, then maybe the Time of this deck was Diogenes with his lantern, which might be the first time the image was used. This then carried on in the printed series like the "Dick" sheet in the Met. Museum, dated by Dummett to the end of the 15th century in Ferrara, and as far as I know the earliest Hermit to show a lantern, instead of an hourglass.
Ross
One story has him carrying a lantern in daylight, looking for an honest person. I thought of the Hermit.
But the earliest Hermits probably represented "Time" - they are carrying an hourglass, not a lantern. The Hermit of Ercole d'Este is lost - but if Diogenes references were in it, then maybe the Time of this deck was Diogenes with his lantern, which might be the first time the image was used. This then carried on in the printed series like the "Dick" sheet in the Met. Museum, dated by Dummett to the end of the 15th century in Ferrara, and as far as I know the earliest Hermit to show a lantern, instead of an hourglass.
Ross