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Visconti B Tarot Deck Fragment
About the Deck
(aka Pierpont Morgan Bergamo Tarot Deck) One of the earliest Tarot Decks, the Pierpont Morgan Deck is entirely gilded, with fine paintings upon it.
It is estimated to have been produced around 1451 or 1452, possibly for a triumphal event in 1453.
Provenance
Italy, c. 1452.
According to Many Schools of Thought
Papus's Divinatory Meanings
Fair child. A messenger. A birth.
A. E. Waite's Secondary Meanings
Upright
Good augury; also a young man who is unfortunate in love.
Reversed
Obstacles of all kinds.
Mme. Le Normand's Divinatory Meanings
Love. Happiness. Pleasure. Concord.
S. L. MacGregor Mathers's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A fair Youth, Confidence, Probity, Discretion, Integrity
Reversed
A Flatterer, Deception, Artifice.
P.R.S. Foli's Divinatory Meanings
Upright
A young bachelor devoted to enjoyment
Reversed
a military lover with a grievance.
Mme. Le Marchand's Divinatory Meanings
bridegroom; a fortunate wooer; the lover will at last soften the heart of his coy charmer; proposals of marriage and consent; you will receive tomorrow a letter containing money.