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==The Cary-Yale deck== | ==The Cary-Yale deck== | ||
[[File:Knight of Swords - Female1.jpg|150px|thumb|The Female Knight of Swords from the Cary-Yale Tarot deck]] | [[File:Knight of Swords - Female1.jpg|150px|thumb|The Female Knight of Swords from the Cary-Yale Tarot deck]] | ||
Named after the Cary Collection of Playing Cards, absorbed into the Yale University Library in 1967, it is also known as the ''Visconti di Modrone'' set, and has been dated back to around 1466. Some scholars have, conversely, suggested this may be in fact the oldest of sets, perhaps commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti at the onset of the project. 67 cards (11 trumps, 17 face cards and 39 pip cards) have survived, which has led to the (disputed) suggestion that, given the distribution of the Pierpont Morgan deck, the total number of cards when this set was produced should have amounted to 86. | Named after the Cary Collection of Playing Cards, it was absorbed into the Yale University Library in 1967, it is also known as the ''Visconti di Modrone'' set, and has been dated back to around 1466. Some scholars have, conversely, suggested this may be in fact the oldest of sets, perhaps commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti at the onset of the project. 67 cards (11 trumps, 17 face cards and 39 pip cards) have survived, which has led to the (disputed) suggestion that, given the distribution of the Pierpont Morgan deck, the total number of cards when this set was produced should have amounted to 86. | ||
In the 2007 book "The history of the tarot", scholar Giordano Berti proposes that the deck was produced between 1442 and 1447, because the denari (coin) cards bear the recto and verso of the golden florin coined by F. M. Visconti in 1442 and withdrawn from circulation at his death, in 1447. | In the 2007 book "The history of the tarot", scholar Giordano Berti proposes that the deck was produced between 1442 and 1447, because the denari (coin) cards bear the recto and verso of the golden florin coined by F. M. Visconti in 1442 and withdrawn from circulation at his death, in 1447. | ||
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The Cary-Yale is the only historical Western deck with six ranks of face cards, as the "Damsel" and the "Lady on horse" (a female version of the Knight card) have been added to the traditional King, Queen, Knight and Page. Their ranks can be determined by their positions: standing, mounted on a horse, or enthroned. The trumps also contain the three theological virtues which appear only here and in Minchiate decks. | The Cary-Yale is the only historical Western deck with six ranks of face cards, as the "Damsel" and the "Lady on horse" (a female version of the Knight card) have been added to the traditional King, Queen, Knight and Page. Their ranks can be determined by their positions: standing, mounted on a horse, or enthroned. The trumps also contain the three theological virtues which appear only here and in Minchiate decks. | ||
All [[Major Arcana]] cared in this deck have a gilt background, while the [[Minor Arcana|pip cards]] have a silver one. | All [[Major Arcana]] cared in this deck have a gilt background, while the [[Minor Arcana|pip cards]] have a silver one. It is believed to be related to the much less elaborate deck, [[The Cary Sheet]], known only by a single sheet of cards. | ||
==The Brera-Brambilla deck== | ==The Brera-Brambilla deck== | ||