Tarot History

Years ago, when I first started exploring tarot history, I came to the conclusion that Petrarch’s Triumphs were probably a key element in the creation of tarot. This wasn’t a new or original idea, I think most historians certainly see a connection between tarot and triumphs, it’s been a standard foundation of research for decades, [...]

Housed in the Cary Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, is a rare find… an uncut sheet of Tarot cards; probably produced in Milan, dating probably as far back as the year 1500. This sheet has come to be known as the “Cary Sheet”, or [...]