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2. Visconti-Sforza Tarot - Wikipedia

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   They are the oldest surviving tarot cards and date back to a period when tarot was still called Trionfi ("triumphs" [1] i.e. trump) cards, and used for everyday playing. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] They were commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti , Duke of Milan , and by his successor and son-in-law Francesco Sforza .

3. Tarot of Marseilles - Wikipedia

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   The name Tarot de Marseille is not of particularly ancient vintage; it was coined as late as 1856 by the French card historian Romain Merlin, and was popularized by French cartomancers Eliphas Levi, Gérard Encausse, and Paul Marteau who used this collective name to refer to a variety of closely related designs that were being made in the city of Marseilles in the south of France, a city that ...

4. Sola Busca tarot - Wikipedia

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   The Sola Busca tarot is the earliest completely extant example of a 78-card tarot deck. It is also the earliest tarot deck in which all the plain suit cards are illustrated [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and it is also the earliest tarot deck in which the trump card illustrations deviate from the classic tarot iconography.

5. Trionfi (cards) - Wikipedia

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   Each deck consisted of 70 cards — the modern Tarot deck typically has 78. Met sheet, Ferrara c. 1500. The first attestation of a deck with 78 cards was in a poem by Matteo Maria Boiardo of Ferrara written between 1461–1494. The deck was structured like modern tarots, but the motifs and suits signs of the Boiardo deck are totally different.

6. Tarocco Siciliano - Wikipedia

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   Tarocco Siciliano cards by Modiano.. The Tarocco Siciliano is a tarot deck found in Sicily and is used to play Sicilian tarocchi.It is one of the three traditional Latin-suited tarot decks still used for games in Italy, the others being the more prevalent Tarocco Piemontese and the Tarocco Bolognese.

7. The secret history of the world’s most popular tarot cards

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   Published in 1910, the 78 cards of the “Waite-Smith” deck have become synonymous with tarot. A new book delves into their history, importance and popularity.