In the 15th century, Tarot cards were owned only by the upper class and wealthy and were hand painted. In 1442, in Italy, the first Tarot deck of 78 cards appeared (confirmed by the Court records in Ferrara) offering the first true proof of the existence of Tarot. So, it appears that Tarot was originally designed as a card game. Also, the letter differentiated regular playing cards from triumph cards.
Indeed, the incumbent Duke of Milan wrote a letter that had a request for many decks of ‘triumph ‘cards to be used at a certain event. It is believed that Tarot cards were first mentioned in 1440. However, these cards were not Tarot cards (indeed, there is no proof that the cards had yet been created) – and that goes against a number of claims. According to Tom Tadfor Little, a tarot historian, traditional playing cards had been brought from Islamic societies to Europe in 1375. There is also the belief that tarot cards were derived from playing cards. The first to use Tarot cards as a tool for divination. Study of religious symbolism, had a strong belief that travelling Gypsies were In turn, AntoineĬourt de Gébelin a Swiss clergyman who published Le Monde Primitif, which is a Some believe that they evolved and originated in Egypt.
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