Nicholas Conver Tarot
Clouds above the Lovers
Wednesday, April 9th, 2008I think there’s something wrong with the Lovers card in the Marseille Tarots.
I’ve mentioned it before elsewhere, but I think it’s worth bringing up again. Let’s take a look at the Lovers card from the Jean Noblet Tarot, (Paris, 1650):
Notice the area that contains the cupid? The shape of this area has always bothered me. […]
An Interesting Tarot Mold from the Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Sunday, March 16th, 2008I was looking through images on the Bibliothèque nationale de France site, and came across a very interesting TdM mold. This type of woodblock mold was used to print the black lines of tarot cards onto sheets of paper, then the sheets were stenciled one color at a time. Unfortunately, the image was not […]
Vote for your favorite Marseille Tarot
Thursday, March 13th, 2008A new thread has been opened on Aeclectic Tarot where members are encouraged to vote for the “Top 3 Tarot de Marsielle”.
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=95246
These were my favorites:
#1 Jean Noblet
#2 Jean Dodal
#3 Nicholas Conver
I’m delighted that the Jean Noblet Tarot is not only my favorite, but seems to be the most popular so far. Make sure you vote!
The Jacques Vieville Tarot
Saturday, March 1st, 2008The Tarot of Jacques Vieville is a unique and intriguing deck. It was created in the same time and place as the Jean Noblet Tarot, (Paris, around 1650); but is clearly from a different tradition. As far as I know, there is no other deck like it, yet it has similarities to a wide range […]