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Document-Groups Overview Early Prohibitions (- ca. 1420) Other early Notes (- ca. 1420) Actions in Paris and France Notes about Printing (Ferrara) Prohibition around Florence     (1377 - ca. 1500) Notes about Imperatori decks     in Ferrara (1423 - 1452) Further Notes about     Imperatori decks Name of Trionfi (1441 - 1463) Notes about Minchiate Vita di Filippo Visconti Further Articles     and Conclusions Prohibition theory Trionfi-Kids Trionfi and Church Conclusions about Florence The Gringonneur Case	Documents of early Playing Cards History
	Document-Groups Overview - this page Early Prohibitions - all known prohibitions till ca. 1420 (without region of Florence) Other early Notes - other notes till ca. 1420 Actions in Paris and France - Focus on early French notes Notes about Printing - a card printing press appeared 1436 in Ferrara Prohibition around Florence - from 1377 - 1477, based upon articles of Franco Pratesi Notes about Imperatori decks in Ferrara - from 1422- 1452 Further Notes about Imperatori-Decks - from other places Name of Trionfi - 30 documents from 1441 - 1463, mostly from Ferrara, of great importance for the research of early Trionficards Notes about Minchiate - the 3 earliest notes from 1466 - 1477 Vita di Filippo Maria Visconti - the Latin text of Decembrio, written after Filippos death in 1447 Further Articles and Conclusions Prohibition theory - Thoughts about the condition, that in some city communities "Trionfi" were allowed, but card-playing prohibited Trionfi-Kids - a lot of the persons connected to the early playing cards documents were rather young Trionfi and Church - a gathering about people of the church and their reactions on card-playing Conclusions about Florence - summaries and interpretations about the special situation of Florence in Playing Card History The Gringonneur Case Ross Caldwell has researched the entry about Gringonneur, which was long taken as the first sign of Tarotcards.
Some Links on some pages lead to foreign pages. The authors are not responsible for the contents of the related sites. Chapter Documents (inclusive the greater part to the Name Trionfi): - Translations: Ross Gregory Caldwell. Interpretative texts: mostly autorbis, occasionally Ross Gregory Caldwell. Contents mostly based upon various discussions between Ross Caldwell and autorbis, occasionally Pratesi / autorbis (especially the themes Florence / Minchiate / Marcello). Lay-Out composed by Dieter Maas / autorbis. Translations (mostly) Ross Caldwell. Thanks for great practical help in a decisive detail to Gherardo Ortalli and his article "The Prince and the Playing Cards." Thanks for a document detail to Thierry Depaulis. Great thanks to Franco Pratesi for all his patience and help. Occasionally adding details: Mari Hoshizaki and Raimondo Luberti and the group LTarot generally. Thanks to Michael J. Hurst for contributing parts of his Tarot time-table. Of great help were the texts of Andrea Francesschini, of course also the other references. Copyright: Trionfi.com/autorbis