Details of the Ancient Tarots of Lombardy
Solandia's Summary: Another historical deck from Lo Scarabeo, the Ancient Tarots of Lombardy cards were originally published in 1810. The majors and court cards are in a neoclassical artistic style, the minor arcana are pip cards.
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 78
Publisher: Published by Lo Scarabeo
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Historical Reproductions
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Ancient Tarots of Lombardy review by Steve Gustafson: For those of us who find the Rider-Waite-Smith illustrated pip cards too forcing and confining, but who find the Marseilles deck aesthetically unpleasing, the Italian engraved "soprafino" decks make a good compromise. This is an interesting exemplar of the type.
Lombardy is a region in northern Italy; Milan and Bologna are the chief cities. This is, as far as we can tell, the home turf of the ... read more.
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