Historic Italian Tarots: a rich legacy of card design

Tarot history begins in northern Italy in the early 1400's. Join me for a journey from the first tarot decks through four centuries of art, evolution, interpretation, and adaptation as various Italian artists put their stamp on the cards.
Bibliography
Books with detailed history:
Tarot History, Symbolism, and Divination, by Robert M. Place
The Marseilles Tarot Revealed, by Yoav Ben-Dov
Tarot Wisdom, by Rachel Pollack
Historic decks:
Visconti di Modrone, c1447-1478.
Facsimiles available from Lo Scarabeo and Il Meneghello
Visconti Sforza, after 1450.
Golden Tarot: The Visconti-Svorza Deck, by Mary Packard
Visconti Tarots, by Lo Scarabeo
Estensi Tarot, late 1400's.
Golden Tarot of the Renaissance, by Lo Scarabeo
Tarocco Piemontese, c1505 - 1565.
Modern decks feature double-headed trionfi and court cards. Many versions available.
G.M. Mitelli , 1664.
I Tarocchini di G.M. Mitelli, by Dal Negro
Tarocchi Fine Della Torre. 17th Century.
Reproduction published by Museo Internazionale del Tarocchi
Minchiate Etruria, 1725.
Available from Il Meneghello and Lo Scarabeo
Neoclassical Tarot (Tarocco Neoclassico), 1810.
Il Meneghello
Soprafino, 1835.
Ancient Italian Tarot, by Lo Scarabeo.
Soprafino Tarots, by Il Meneghello.
I Naibi di Giovanni Vacchetta, 1893.
I Naibi di Giovanni Vacchetta, by Il Meneghello
Tarot of the Master, by Lo Scarabeo
Tarot Renacentista de Giovanni Vacchetta, by Editorial Sirio
Walk-throughs of Italian tarots:
Tarot Centuries from the Sacred Seed
• Tarot Centuries- Most ...
Tom Benjamin
Di Marsiglia, I Mistiri della Sibilla, Wychwood, Fine Dalla Torre
• Some New Decks (Di Mar...
Italian Tarots, including the Visconti Modrone
• Italian Tarots, includ...
Cards N Colors, Minchiate comparison
• MINCHIATE Tarot | Comp...
Georgina Toland, Mitelli Tarocchino comparison
• Video

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Other books that deal with the history
"The Mystical Origins of the Tarot" by Paul Huson
"A Wicked Pack of Cards" by Michael Dummett, Ronald Decker, Thierry Depaulis
"A History of the Occult Tarot" by Michael Dummett, Ronald Decker
"The Game of Tarot" by Michael Dummett
"The Encyclopedia of Tarot Vols 1-4" by Stuart R. Kaplan
"Tarot Symbolism" by Robert V. O'Neill
"Fortuna's Wheel the Mysteries of Medieval Tarot" by Nigel Jackson
"A Cultural History of Tarot from Entertainment to Esotericism" by Helen Farley
"The Tarot Cards Painted by Bonifacio Bembo for the Visconti Sforza Family" by Gertrude Moakley

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thank you so much for this lovely video with such detail...definitely not something I find a lot of. Keep going, your'e doing well :)

[@witchwayvirginia5932]

Great content 🤓 Thank you for sharing 😊

[@trondsi]

The Della Torre deck is the forerunner to the deck used today in playing Tarocco Bolognese (62 cards). It's one of the most complicated card games I have ever tried 😄

[@WaterChildTarot]

I'd love to see a game played!