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==The Pierpont Morgan deck== | ==The Pierpont Morgan deck== | ||
[[File:Queen of Swords-Visconti.jpg|150px|thumb|Queen of Swords from the Pierpont-Morgan Tarot deck]] | [[File:Queen of Swords-Visconti.jpg|150px|thumb|Queen of Swords from the Pierpont-Morgan Tarot deck]] | ||
This deck, also known as ''Colleoni-Baglioni'' and ''Francesco Sforza'', was produced around 1451. Originally composed of 78 cards, it now contains 74, i.e. 20 trumps, 15 face cards, and 39 pip cards. The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City has 35, the Accademia Carrara has 26 in its catalogue, while the remaining 13 are in the private collection of the Colleoni family in Bergamo. Trumps and face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards are cream-coloured with a flower and vine motif. The two missing trumps are [[The Devil (Tarot)|The Devil]] and [[The Tower]]. Modern published reproductions of this deck usually contain attempted reconstructions of missing cards. | This deck, also known as ''Colleoni-Baglioni'' and ''Francesco Sforza'', was produced around 1451. Originally composed of 78 cards, it now contains 74, i.e. 20 trumps, 15 face cards, and 39 pip cards. The Morgan Library & Museum in New York City has 35, the Accademia Carrara has 26 in its catalogue, while the remaining [[13 (number)|13]] are in the private collection of the Colleoni family in Bergamo. Trumps and face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards are cream-coloured with a flower and vine motif. The two missing trumps are [[The Devil (Tarot)|The Devil]] and [[The Tower]]. Modern published reproductions of this deck usually contain attempted reconstructions of missing cards. | ||
The figures on the suit of ''[[Wands (Tarot)|bastoni]]'' wear silver pleated garments and carry a long staff; a large vessel tops either end except for the [[King of Wands|King]], whose staff has a finial only at the top. Those on the suit of [[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]] wear gold garments, embellished by the heraldic device of sun and rays; each figure holds a large chalice, as it is often the case with the suit. The suit of [[Swords (Tarot)|spades]] shows figures dressed in full armour, carrying a large sword. Curiously, the characters represented on the [[Pentacles (Tarot)|denari suit]] wear garments decorated with blue ribbons wound around circular suns. The [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] of this suit is the only one not wearing a ducal crown. | The figures on the suit of ''[[Wands (Tarot)|bastoni]]'' wear silver pleated garments and carry a long staff; a large vessel tops either end except for the [[King of Wands|King]], whose staff has a finial only at the top. Those on the suit of [[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]] wear gold garments, embellished by the heraldic device of sun and rays; each figure holds a large chalice, as it is often the case with the suit. The suit of [[Swords (Tarot)|spades]] shows figures dressed in full armour, carrying a large sword. Curiously, the characters represented on the [[Pentacles (Tarot)|denari suit]] wear garments decorated with blue ribbons wound around circular suns. The [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] of this suit is the only one not wearing a ducal crown. | ||