I shall thus attempt a thorough description of the trump cards. I have used three decks in my research:
1: A deck published by Grimauld of France, purchased c. 2011 ( previously featured Here)
2: A deck published by "Corfalu Kim'play", Purchased c. 2012 ( Previosuy featured Here)
3: A deck published by Modanio,
Some attempts have been made to describe the trump-cards [ https://sites.google.com/site/tacticclub/Home/introduction/l-histoire-du-tarot ( in French) and http://l-pollett.tripod.com/cards28.htm], but none of them have been extremely detailed in their descriptions. I therefore attempt to provide such a description.
No
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Description of scene
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Polett’s titles
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Wikipedia’s titles
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1
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Jester and lady/ Man in frock coat talks to Perrot
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Individual Foolishness
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Folly, individual.
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2
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Girls play at skipping, dolls, etc, / Boys play at soldiers
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Childhood
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Childhood
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3
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Three women promenading in street/ Men and women loiter in park
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Adolescence
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Youth
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4
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Seated women with child on lap, girl sitting in door playing flute/Interior
scene, Two men seated in table talking
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Mature age
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Maturity
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5
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Interior scene. Two seated women, one sewing other knitting while
girl looks on. / Bearded man talks to girl, two boys playing at soldiers
standing by
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Elderly age
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Old age
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6
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Reapers in field/ Interior scene, Two women seated at table drinking
tea.
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Morning
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Morning
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7
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Workingmen and women resting in a field/ Interior scene, seated woman
holds letter to seated man
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Midday
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Afternoon
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8
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Family scene; seated man and women with girl on knee, another girl
looks on / Man accompanied by lady pianist sings to an audience
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Evening
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Evening
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9
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Man standing with one leg on rock, dog looks on/ Man enters doorway,
looks furtively at another smoking, but looking other way
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Nighttime
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Night
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10
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Men breaking stones/ Shepherd sitting in field with goats
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Earth and Air
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Earth/air
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11
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Man rows woman on lake / men and women at a picnic
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Water and fire
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Water/ fire
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12
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Country dance/ Ballroom dance
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Dancing
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Dance
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13
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Rural women buying cloth at a draper’s / Urban men and women in a
room (department store?)
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Shopping
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Shopping
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14
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Hunting party with dogs/ Men fishing with nets on boat, and angling
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Open air
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Open air
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15
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Man painting while girl looks on/Man take photograph of seated woman
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Art
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Visual arts
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16
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Sheep-shearing scene/ gardener
waters plant while well-dressed family look on
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Spring
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Spring
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17
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Horse-racing scene / Women winnowing?
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Summer
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Summer
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18
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Market scene / Men threshing grain
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Autumn
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Autumn
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19
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Interior scene, Women spinning, man reading / Skaters
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Winter
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Winter
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20
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Men play at lawn bowling/ Men play at cards
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Games
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The game
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21
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Ballroom dance / Military parade, with jester looking on.
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Collective foolishness
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Folly, collective
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Hello, I’ve been fascinated by non Anglo cards and French trumps for a while. Your blog is such a wealth of information! It’s is all in French, but I found an interesting analysis of Tarot Nouveau trumps. He argues that the images are commentary on industrializing France, with sympathy toward the rural side. He also says there are nods to the Marseilles tarot, as well.
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