Tarot Cards - Marseilles
Marseilles Tarot decks have cards reproduced or reconstructed from the traditional eighteenth century French images of the Tarot de Marseilles.
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1JJ Swiss Tarot
The 1JJ Swiss Tarot is an older style of tarot deck, a Marseilles variant. The cards are black and white illustrations of nineteenth century figures coloured with blocks of red, blue, green and yellow.
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Ancient Tarot of Marseilles
The Ancient Tarot of Marseilles is a precise reproduction of the historic Tarot de Marseilles created in 1760 by Nicholas Conver. This version is coloured with blocks of yellow, red, green and blue.
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Ancient Tarots of Liguria-Piedmont
The Ancient Tarots of Liguria-Piedmont is a reproduction of a historical Marseilles-style deck from the the northern Italian region of Piedmont. The original deck was published in 1860.
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Jean Noblet Tarot
The Jean Noblet Tarot is a Marseilles variant from 1650, restored and with a few missing cards added by French Tarot historian and artist Jean-Claude Flornoy. The deck has 78 cards and a useful 64-page booklet in a cardboard box.
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Le Tarots Marseille de Jean Dodal
The Jean Dodal Tarot is a Marseilles-style Tarot, a modern restoration of the 22 Dodal trumps from 1712. Jean-Claude Flornoy, a French Tarot historian, restored the deck.
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Major Tom's Tarot of Marseilles (2nd ed.)
This is the second edition of Major Tom's Tarot of Marseilles, published by Schiffer Books and accompanied by a 96-page book. Major Tom's deck updates the Marseilles by giving the major arcana and court card figures modern dress and costumes.
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Tarot de Marseille (Dussere Dodal)
The Tarot de Marseille published by Dussere reproduces the images of the original 78-card deck by Jean Dodal, dating from 1701 in Lyon, France. Unfortunately the deck is now out of print and difficult to obtain.
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Tarot de Marseille (Fournier)
The Fournier-published Tarot de Marseille sticks fairly closely to the traditional symbolism but uses much more blended, rich, flowing colour than the early woodcuts. The background colours are also a modern addition.
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Tarot de Marseille (Hadar)
Le Veritable Tarot de Marseille ('The True Tarot of Marseilles') is a lovely Marseilles variation with subdued colouration, restored and reconstructed by French Tarotist, Kris Hadar. Close attention has been paid to the finer details of the cards. Published by Mortagne.
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Tarot de Marseille (Héron)
This Tarot de Marseille, from French publishers Héron, is a modern duplication of Conver's 1760 Marseilles images which now reside in the Bibliothèque Nationale in Paris.
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Tarot de Marseille (Piatnik)
This Tarot de Marseille, published by Piatnik, is very traditional in its wood-cut reproductions coloured with slightly muted blues and reds on a cream background.
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Tarot de Marseille Convos
The Tarot de Marseille Convos is a modern rendition of the French Marseilles Tarot. This Swiss edition has brighter coloured, rounder illustrations.
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Tarot de Marsella
The Tarot de Marsella is a reconstruction by Spanish historians of the Tarot of Marseilles images. The backgrounds of the 78 cards are dark gold; the foregrounds bright primary colours.
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Tarot Jacques Vieville
The Tarot Jacques Vieville is a 17th century Marseilles variation from a Parisian cardmaker around 1650. It differs from the typical Marseilles deck in that Justice, the Chariot, Strength and the Hermit are reordered, the Tower appears as a tree, and the Hanged Man appears upright.
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Tarot of Marseilles (Burdel)
This version of the Tarot of Marseilles is a reproduction of cards by Claude Burdel created in 1751, republished in 1987. Titled in Italian, English, French, Spanish and German.
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Tarot of Marseilles (Grimaud)
This Tarot of Marseilles was published in 1970 by the French company Grimaud. It has cleaned-up images of the original woodcuts printed in primary red, yellow and blues.
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Tarot of Marseilles (US Games)
This Tarot of Marseilles is a reproduction of the Dodal images which date back to 1701, printed in strong red, blues, deep greens and golden yellows.
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Tarots Marseille de Jean Noblet
Les Tarots Marseille de Jean Noblet is another reproduction of Marseilles-style cards dating back to 1650. The 22 trump cards have been 'refreshed' by Jean-Claude Flornoy, who also restored the Jean Dodal Tarot.
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Universal Marseille Tarot
The Universal Marseille Tarot is based on a Swiss deck created in 1751 by by Claude Burdel, retaining the woodcat look but with more natural colour shading. It has now been published as a standalone deck, and is due to published later as a kit with a companion book written by Lee Bursten.
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