This Tarot Deck is a beautiful reproduction of the 1775 Minchiate al Cigno: Bologna deck. Minchiate was an early 16th century game closely related to the tarot, and the tarocchi but with an extended set of trump cards. This Minchiate deck features a lot of cards that other traditional playing decks don’t have, including several Pope cards, Faith, Fortitude, Old Age, Hope, The House of the Devil, Prudence, the 4 elements, astrological cards and many more!
Traditionally, this deck was used as a playing card deck, but also as an invocatory deck.
The pips are plain pips, but rendered in full colour.
This is a philological reproduction, so shuffle gently.
57 x 102mm
97 full colour tarot cards and an introduction book. There are no specific instructions, so this is a deck for advanced readers. Some of the cards display iconography more similar to the Sicilian traditions, so comparing your deck it to the wikipedia page may be useful if you get stuck on which card is which!
Limited edition – 3,999 copies
Why we love it
We love this tarot deck- the sheer amount of cards and interpretations gives us a fulfilling reading each time. The various astrological cards give the opportunity to use the cards as a calendar. The Virtues add in an extra layer to the spread. The artwork is beautiful- and the reproduction quality is gorgeous! One of our favourite decks to bring out with when feeling like we need deeper and longer readings.
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