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The Tarot
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Tarot has always fascinated the casual inquirer
and amateur
as much as the seasoned
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Here we deal
with both the history and legend of tarot cards,
as well as the tarot as game, magic and "journey
of the soul".
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These reflections
are centered around the following traditional
"Tarot
of Marseille" preserved in the French
National Library :
Tarot of
Jean Noblet and of Jacques Vieville
c.1650,
Tarot of Jean Dodal c.1701, Tarot of Nicolas
Conver 1760.
There are
only three (plus another of a slightly
different tradition) Tarots of Marseille
which have come down to us complete and
unaltered. It is these which are the
foundation and source of all modern tarots.
They were produced at a time when traditions
were still alive, and it is to them that this
site is dedicated.
Our principal activity consists in re-editing
these few historic, popular Tarots preserved
in the French National
Library:
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Tarot of Jean Noblet, Paris c.1650
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Tarot of Jacques Viéville, Paris
c.1650
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Tarot of Jean Dodal, Lyon c.1701/1715
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Tarot of Nicolas Conver, Marseille
c.1760
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This tradition, seven centuries old,
originates in the knowledge, science and art
of the men who built the cathedrals.
All tarots which are not rooted in this
tradition (effectively dead by 1730) can be
called "fantasy", and just reflect their
authors. Personal creations remain creations
which are only personal, however erudite or
beautiful.
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