Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Jean Noblet Tarot Deck
Artisan Tarot

Jean Noblet Tarot Deck

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The Jean Noblet Tarot was produced in Paris around 1650 and is one of the oldest Tarot de Marseille decks. It is considered to be a Tarot de Marseille type I deck. The only existing copy is preserved in the National Library of France.

This is the complete 78-card tarot deck, which includes an information card and a promotional card. The deck is in French, and the extra cards are in English.
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Artist

Krisztina Kondor

Cards

80

Size

2.25 x 3.5 inches

Material

310 gsm card stock with a linen finish

Guidebook

Not included

Krisztina Kondor

Krisztina is the co-founder of Artisan Tarot. She has a Master’s Degree in Design from The University of Sopron. She specializes in linocut printmaking, which is similar to how tarot cards were produced. This background gives her unique insight into digitally restoring historic artwork. To date, she has created 16 tarot decks for Artisan Tarot.

Additional Information

Restoration Process

The restoration consisted of meticulously redrawing and recoloring the images. We also clarified many of the details to create consistency. Our goal was not to create an exact reproduction, but an elegant and refined deck that inspires the imagination of the modern reader.

Historic Information

When we restore Tarot de Marseille decks, we always try to find as many copies of the original deck as possible. However, there is only one copy of the Jean Noblet Tarot, which is preserved at the National Library of France.

One of the challenges in restoring the Jean Noblet deck is that it is missing the 6 - 10 of Swords. There is no way for us to know what these cards looked like. So, how can we restore cards that don't exist?

Luckily, there are other contemporary decks such as the Jean Dodal Tarot and the Nicolas Conver Tarot, which share an almost identical sequence to the other pip cards. It's safe to assume that the sequence for the missing Swords should also be the same. We copied this sequence and used it as the foundation for our recreation.

Next, we recreated the elements in the cards by referencing the 2 - 5 of Swords in the Jean Noblet deck. In the above image, you will see that the flower on the 6 of Swords is based on the 4 of Swords, the flower on the 8 of Swords is based on the 2 of Swords, and the Swords on 7, 9, and 10 are based on the 3 and 5 of Swords.

While recreating these cards, we made a few interesting observations. First, as the number on the pip cards increases, the center flowers and swords get smaller. Second, the four small flowers around the swords start with red at the top left and then turn to blue. Finally, on the 10 of swords, the two sword handles replace the lower flowers.

We also found that the 2 and 3 of swords have other slight differences from the rest of the sequence.

What differences can you see?

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