So far I've gotten at least 2 messages from astute followers here who note the similarity between the antique Bolognese Al Soldato on the left & famed contemporary tarot artist Nigel Jackson's recent Rose Tarot.

I'm so happy you noticed!

Sometimes people think Nigel's card images are idiosyncratic or "wrong;" here's a fine example displaying that they are instead deeply informed by his profound knowledge of tarot history.

Do you have any of Nigel's decks?

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot #nigeljackson #antiquetarot #alsoldato

What can April's Fool do? Behold the world as clothed in love.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot

What can any Fool do? Behold the world as clothed in love.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #tarotreading #italiantarot

@loscarabeotarot releases another limited edition gem: a Bolognese Minchiate from 1775, the al Cigno. Set to ship March 25!

Wow! I've pre-ordered.
How about you?

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #italiantarot #bologna #minchiate

Viarengo Piemontese, 1862

Don't you love the naïve style? The Fool's butterfly? The world as the goddess Diana? All that great blue hair!

#tarot #italiantarot #tarotdemarseille #antiquetarot

Viarengo Piemontese, 1862

Don't you love the naïve style? The Fool's butterfly? The world as the goddess Diana? All that great blue hair!

#tarot #italiantarot #tarotdemarseille #antiquetarot

Christmas Day. Have a lovely one! I hope you find something to savor in every moment.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #marseilletarot #christmas #visconti #ilmeneghelloedizioni #italiantarot

Per request: a few of the small cards from Lo Scarabeo's charming & rustic regional deck, the Tarocchi Piacentini.

Beautiful colorful pips in the charming style of Piacenza as influenced by the Milanese Della Rocca Soprafino.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #italiantarot #marseilletarot #tarothistory

OMG! Posting immediately...

Just received Italian tarot & Renaissance expert Andrea Vitali's BIG BOOK of Italian tarot history, esp. focused on Bologna.

IN ENGLISH!

Tons of historical documents, tarocchi appropriati, a novel numerical analysis of the Bolognese trump sequence and 110+ pages of color card images!

With a niiiice index. WHOA!

A vital 512-page reference work for those serious about tarot.

#tarot #tarotdemarseille #italiantarot #marseilletarot #tarothistory

One of those days, one of those days.

Pick your self up, take a breath & start again.

#tarot #dailytarot #antiquetarot #tarotdemarseille #italiantarot

It's a good month for serious books on the history of tarot & esp. Italian tarot!

Not only do we have Berti's forthcoming book I mentioned yesterday, but we also have shipping this month from the Museo dei Tarocchi a wonderful English-language scholarly history of tarot in Bologna by Italian tarot & Renaissance culture expert Andrea Vitali.

Of course tarot was created first in Northern Italy in the early-to-mid 15th cent. as an aristocratic past-time. While there's lots of reliable historical information about tarot in Milan, Florence & Ferrara in English, there's been less info on the importance of Bologna.

And this despite the fact that the Bolognese retained the game of tarocchi long after it had largely died out in other regions. Finally a good history of Bolognese tarot, its traditions, documents, cardmakers & deck examples is coming to us in English!

Many beautiful antique Bolognese decks exist, esp. TdMs, since the city once had a thriving export-oriented card economy.

https://www.museodeitarocchi.com/store/product/f-098-bologna-the-tarot

#tarot #tarothistory #tarotart #italiantarot #tarotdemarseille #bologna #bolognesetarot #tarocchi