Details of the Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot
Solandia's Summary: An early (eighteenth century) tarot deck with some unusual features. The Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot has 41 major arcana cards, which include astrological signs, the four virtues, and four elements, but not a high priestess/popess.
Creator(s):
Pietro Alligo
Type: Tarot Deck Number of Cards: 97 Major Arcana: 22 Minor Arcana: 56
Card Size: 2.19 x 4.25 inches = 5.56cm x 10.79cm
Publisher: Published by Lo Scarabeo
1996
Deck Tradition: Unique
Minor Arcana Style: Unique pips
Suits: Chalices, Pentacles, Swords, Clubs
Court Cards: Valet, Knight, Queen, King
Strength is 7 Justice is 8
Deck Characteristics:
Extra Major Arcana
Deck Themes:
Historical Reproductions
Other Decks by Creator(s):
Tarot of Mermaids,
Tarot of the New Vision
by Pietro Alligo.
Card Back: Unknown
Excerpt of the
Ancient Minchiate Etruria Tarot review by Sophie-David: Minchiate is a Tarot expansion probably dating back to the sixteenth century, and thus arising about a hundred years later than the commonly accepted origin of Tarot in fifteenth century northern Italy. Minchiate differs from a typical Tarot in having 41 Major Arcana or trumps rather than 22. Like the Tarot, there are 56 Minor Arcana, making a total of 97 cards in the deck.
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