Brief History of Paris Card Makers: Tarot of Jacques Vieville, Tarot of Paris, Jean Dodal (part 1)

Special thank you to Shell David for sending me his Vieville for this video. Please visit his channel: Thank you also to Ross Caldwell and the Tarot History Group on Facebook.. Ross provided the information about “Hierarchy of Lights..” and photos at end of video Ross’ books are available on Lulu: Notes: Cary Sheet: The Sheet that I showed while talking about the Star card is known as the Cary Sheet. It is located at the Yale University Library. The information I provided about it being from Milan and the date possibly as being as early as 1500, was taken directly from the Yale Library Website. However, I have since been informed that there is evidence that it is not from Milan and the date is relatively unknown because it was never officially analyzed and dated. The information on the website that I used comes from Michael Dummett. In the years since his passing much has been discovered that wasn’t known previously. As always there are a lot of unknowns with Tarot and playing card history. Some sources: Here is a post that Ross Caldwell sent me addressing the topic of woodblocks being wiped out by the French Government. It may counter the suggestion made by Kris Hadar and Flornoy that after the raid, Tarot decks in France had to be re-carved: Jean Claude Flornoy, Seeing the World, Tarot Signposts and Path to Perception