Visconti-Sforza Pierpont Morgan Tarocchi Deck

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Visconti-Sforza Pierpont Morgan Tarocchi Deck

Name: Visconti-Sforza Pierpont Morgan Tarocchi Deck
Brand: U.S. Games
Price: 45.00 USD
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This new edition features an 80-card deck accompanied by an expanded guidebook, all housed in a deluxe, hinged box. The 60-page guidebook, by Stuart R. Kaplan, features color illustrations of the tarocchi cards. The pack includes two bonus cards with portraits of Bianca Maria Visconti and Francesco Sforza.

The 78-card deck is comprised of full-color facsimile reproductions of 74 extant, original Visconti-Sforza tarocchi cards that have survived from the 15th century (Milan, Italy). Four cards have been meticulously recreated to replace those missing from the original deck: The Devil, The Tower, the Three of Swords, and the Knight of Coins. The cards, which lack titles and numbering, depict daily life in medieval Milan through allegorical imagery.

The original cards are located in three different locations. Thirty-five of the original cards are located in the archives of the Pierpont Morgan Library in New York. Twenty-six extant cards are at the Accademia Carrara in Italy, and thirteen cards are housed at Casa Colleoni in Bergamo, Italy.

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Artist

Stuart R. Kaplan

Cards

80

Size

3.62 x 6.87 inches

Guidebook

Included

Pages

60

Stuart R. Kaplan

In 1968, Stuart Kaplan discovered the Swiss 1JJ Tarot at the Nuremberg Toy Fair and began selling it in New York. With no guide available, he wrote Tarot Cards for Fun and Fortune Telling. With these products, he founded U.S. Games Systems, Inc., the first company to publish tarot decks in the U.S. Stuart brought recognition to Pamela Colman Smith through years of research and his book Pamela Colman Smith: The Untold Story.

He also authored the four-volume Encyclopedia of Tarot and viewed tarot as a creative and meditative tool. A passionate collector, his final project was The Game of Authors Compendium. Stuart Kaplan passed away on February 9, 2021, at 88. He is remembered for his kindness, humor, and generosity.

Visconti-Sforza Pierpont Morgan Tarocchi Deck

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