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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.

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The Pierpont-Morgan deck

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	Updated versions of the deck have been published by [[U.S. Games Systems]].		Updated versions of the deck have been published by [[U.S. Games Systems]].

	==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 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.

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The Cary-Yale deck

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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, 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.		Named after the Cary Collection of Playing Cards, the "Visconti di Modrone" was absorbed into the Yale University Library in 1967, and has been dated 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 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==

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	The surviving cards are of particular historical interest because of the beauty and detail of the design, which was often executed in precious materials and often reproduce members of the Visconti and Sforza families in period garments and settings. Consequently, the cards also offer a glimpse of nobiliary life in Renaissance Milan, which the Visconti called home since the 13th century.		The surviving cards are of particular historical interest because of the beauty and detail of the design, which was often executed in precious materials and often reproduce members of the Visconti and Sforza families in period garments and settings. Consequently, the cards also offer a glimpse of nobiliary life in Renaissance Milan, which the Visconti called home since the 13th century.

			Updated versions of the deck have been published by [[U.S. Games Systems]].

	==The Pierpont-Morgan deck==		==The Pierpont-Morgan deck==

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	This set is named after Giovanni Brambilla, who acquired the cards in Venice in 1900.		This set is named after Giovanni Brambilla, who acquired the cards in Venice in 1900.

	Since 1971 the deck has been in the catalogue of the Brera Gallery in Milan. Apparently commissioned to Bonifacio Bembo by Francesco Sforza in 1463, it now consists of 48 cards with only two trumps: [[The Emperor]] and [[~~The~~ Wheel of Fortune]]. All face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards have a silver one.		Since 1971 the deck has been in the catalogue of the Brera Gallery in Milan. Apparently commissioned to Bonifacio Bembo by Francesco Sforza in 1463, it now consists of 48 cards with only two trumps: [[The Emperor]] and the [[Wheel of Fortune]]. All face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards have a silver one.

	The seven remaining face cards are: [[Knight of Cups]] and [[Page of Cups\|Jack of Cups]]; [[Knight of Pentacles\|Knight of denari]] and [[Page of Pentacles\|Jack of denari]]; [[Knight of Wands\|Knight]], [[Page of Wands\|Jack]] and [[Queen of Wands\|Queen of bastoni]]. Almost all pip cards of the [[Minor Arcana]] have survived, as this set is only missing the four of [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|denari]].		The seven remaining face cards are: [[Knight of Cups]] and [[Page of Cups\|Jack of Cups]]; [[Knight of Pentacles\|Knight of denari]] and [[Page of Pentacles\|Jack of denari]]; [[Knight of Wands\|Knight]], [[Page of Wands\|Jack]] and [[Queen of Wands\|Queen of bastoni]]. Almost all pip cards of the [[Minor Arcana]] have survived, as this set is only missing the four of [[Pentacles (Tarot)\|denari]].

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[[File:Visconti-Example.jpg|400px|thumb|Three cards from a Visconti-Sforza Tarot deck]]
The '''Visconti-Sforza Tarot''' is used collectively to refer to incomplete sets of approximately 15 [[Tarot]] decks from the middle of the 15th century, now located in various museums, libraries, and private collections around the world.

No complete deck has survived; rather, some collections boast a few face cards, while some consist of a single card. They are the oldest surviving tarot cards and date back to a period when tarot was still called ''Trionfi'' cards, and used for playing everyday card games. They were commissioned by Filippo Maria Visconti, the Duke of Milan, and by his successor and son-in-law Francesco Sforza. They had a significant impact on the visual composition, card numbering and interpretation of modern Tarot decks.

The surviving cards are of particular historical interest because of the beauty and detail of the design, which was often executed in precious materials and often reproduce members of the Visconti and Sforza families in period garments and settings. Consequently, the cards also offer a glimpse of nobiliary life in Renaissance Milan, which the Visconti called home since the 13th century.

==The Pierpont-Morgan 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.

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 Cary-Yale 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.

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.

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.

==The Brera-Brambilla deck==
This set is named after Giovanni Brambilla, who acquired the cards in Venice in 1900.

Since 1971 the deck has been in the catalogue of the Brera Gallery in Milan. Apparently commissioned to Bonifacio Bembo by Francesco Sforza in 1463, it now consists of 48 cards with only two trumps: [[The Emperor]] and [[The Wheel of Fortune]]. All face cards have a gilt background, while the pip cards have a silver one.

The seven remaining face cards are: [[Knight of Cups]] and [[Page of Cups|Jack of Cups]]; [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight of denari]] and [[Page of Pentacles|Jack of denari]]; [[Knight of Wands|Knight]], [[Page of Wands|Jack]] and [[Queen of Wands|Queen of bastoni]]. Almost all pip cards of the [[Minor Arcana]] have survived, as this set is only missing the four of [[Pentacles (Tarot)|denari]].

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!style="background:#d7d6ff;text-align:center;"; colspan="3"|[[Tarot]] Topics''
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|style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Major Arcana]]'''
|colspan="2"|[[The Fool]] • [[The Magician]] • [[The High Priestess]] • [[The Empress]] • [[The Emperor]] • [[The Hierophant]] • [[The Lovers]] • [[The Chariot]] • [[Strength]] • [[The Hermit]] • [[Wheel of Fortune]] • [[Justice]] • [[The Hanged Man]] • [[Death]] • [[Temperance]] • [[The Devil (Tarot) |The Devil]] • [[The Tower]] • [[The Star]] • [[The Moon]] • [[The Sun]] • [[Judgement]] • [[The World]]
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|rowspan="4" style="background:#d7d6ff";text-align:center|'''[[Minor Arcana]]'''
|[[Pentacles (Tarot)|Pentacles]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Pentacles|Ace]] • [[Two of Pentacles|Two]] • [[Three of Pentacles|Three]] • [[Four of Pentacles|Four]] • [[Five of Pentacles|Five]] • [[Six of Pentacles|Six]] • [[Seven of Pentacles|Seven]] • [[Eight of Pentacles|Eight]] • [[Nine of Pentacles|Nine]] • [[Ten of Pentacles|Ten]] • [[Page of Pentacles|Page]] • [[Knight of Pentacles|Knight]] • [[Queen of Pentacles|Queen]] • [[King of Pentacles|King]]
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|[[Wands (Tarot)|Wands]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Wands|Ace]] • [[Two of Wands|Two]] • [[Three of Wands|Three]] • [[Four of Wands|Four]] • [[Five of Wands|Five]] • [[Six of Wands|Six]] • [[Seven of Wands|Seven]] • [[Eight of Wands|Eight]] • [[Nine of Wands|Nine]] • [[Ten of Wands|Ten]] • [[Page of Wands|Page]] • [[Knight of Wands|Knight]] • [[Queen of Wands|Queen]] • [[King of Wands|King]]
|-
|[[Cups (Tarot)|Cups]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Cups|Ace]] • [[Two of Cups|Two]] • [[Three of Cups|Three]] • [[Four of Cups|Four]] • [[Five of Cups|Five]] • [[Six of Cups|Six]] • [[Seven of Cups|Seven]] • [[Eight of Cups|Eight]] • [[Nine of Cups|Nine]] • [[Ten of Cups|Ten]] • [[Page of Cups|Page]] • [[Knight of Cups|Knight]] • [[Queen of Cups|Queen]] • [[King of Cups|King]]
|-
|[[Swords (Tarot)|Swords]]
|style=text-align:left|[[Ace of Swords|Ace]] • [[Two of Swords|Two]] • [[Three of Swords|Three]] • [[Four of Swords|Four]] • [[Five of Swords|Five]] • [[Six of Swords|Six]] • [[Seven of Swords|Seven]] • [[Eight of Swords|Eight]] • [[Nine of Swords|Nine]] • [[Ten of Swords|Ten]] • [[Page of Swords|Page]] • [[Knight of Swords|Knight]] • [[Queen of Swords|Queen]] • [[King of Swords|King]]
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