Origin of Tarot. Research of the history of Tarot.

<div id="root" style="position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:917px;height:1697px"> <div style="position:absolute;left:74;top:130;width:831;height:1351;"> <table width=831 height=1351 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td><img height=1351 width=831 src="//www.oocities.org/autorbis/Leonello.jpg" border=0 ></td> </tr></table></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:10;top:8;width:137;height:223;"> <table width=137 height=223 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td><img height=223 width=137 src="//www.oocities.org/autorbis/Leonello.jpg" border=0 ></td> </tr></table></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:185;top:74;width:595;height:285;"> <table width=595 height=285 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F0F0F0"><b><font size="+2"><span style="font-size:24"><br><br><br><br><br><br>Ferrara 1441: Origin of the 5x14 Trionfi deck?<br></span></font></b><span style="font-size:14">A strange entry in the Ferrarese account books, discovered by Ross Gregory Caldwell in the texts of Francesschini during our explorations around the 5x14-deck, did lead our research to the time of the 1st of January 1441, when Binca Maria Visconti was at a visit at the d'Este court in Ferrara.</span></td> </tr></table></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:98;top:469;width:321;height:743;"> <table width=321 height=743 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F0F0F0"><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferrarahistory.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Ferrarese early History</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferrara1422.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">The first note about Playing Cards</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>The Imperatori deck (1423)<br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraraparisina.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Parasina (cards)</span></font></b></i></a><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraraparasina.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">   </span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraraparisina2.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Parasina and Ugo (Frizzi)</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>   </span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraraparisina3.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Parasina and Ugo (Gardener)</span></font></b></i></a><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraraparasina.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">The Card Printing Press in Ferrara (1437)<br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraracouncil.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">The Council of Ferrara (1438)</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>The Italian Wars in the 30ies<br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/biancavisit.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Bianca Maria's visit 1440 - 1441</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>The Present (1st of January 1441)<br>Story of a Picture (1441)<br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/marriage1441.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Marriage in Cremona - October 1441</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>Political Change - December 1441<br>   Niccolo<br>   </span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraralionello.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Lionello</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferrara1442.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">First Note of Trionfi - February 1442   </span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/sagramoro.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Sagramoro</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraracardpainters.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Other Playing Card Artists in Ferrara</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ortalli.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Review of Ortalli-article  </span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>   <br></span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/muses.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">The Studiolo and the Muses<br></span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">   </span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/ferraramusik.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">Music in Ferrara</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br>   The Plan of the Studiolo<br>   </span></font></b></i><a href="http://www.oocities.org/autorbis/muses.html"><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18">The Muses</span></font></b></i></a><b><i><font size="+1"><span style="font-size:18"><br><br>Dating the Cary-Yale<br><br>2 different Readings <br>     of the Bembo Cards -<br>    2 different numerologies<br>    <br></span></font></b></i><span style="font-size:14"><br><br><br></span></td> </tr></table></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:160;top:10;width:619;height:22;"> <table width=619 height=22 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#F0EBFF" align="right"><span style="font-size:14"> </span><a href="http://trionfi.com"><i><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:14">Trionfi.com </span></font></i></a><i><font face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:14">          </span></font></i></td> </tr></table></div> <div style="position:absolute;left:178;top:1608;width:558;height:45;"> <table width=558 height=45 border=0 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0><tr valign="top"> <td bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="center"><i><font color="#0000FF" size="-1"><span style="font-size:12">Links on this page do lead to foreign resources. 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