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Visconti A Tarot Deck Fragment
About the Deck
(aka Cary-Yale Tarot Deck or Visconti di Madrone Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Cary Yale Visconti Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it. Like the other Visconti decks, it features numerous heraldic devices. Unlike the other Visconti decks, it features a maid and a lady among the court cards.
Traditionally said to have been commissioned by Fillipo Maria Visconti for the 1441 marriage of Bianca Maria Visconti to Francesco Sforza I.
Provenance
Italy, c. 1441.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Fair child. A messenger. A birth.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love.
Reversed
Obstacles of all kinds.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Love. Happiness. Pleasure. Concord.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A fair Youth, Confidence, Probity, Discretion, Integrity
Reversed
A Flatterer, Deception, Artifice.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A young bachelor devoted to enjoyment
Reversed
a military lover with a grievance.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
bridegroom; a fortunate wooer; the lover will at last soften the heart of his coy charmer; proposals of marriage and consent; you will receive tomorrow a letter containing money.