Tarocchino Bolognese

The Bolognese tarot tradition is among the oldest in continuous practice. The earliest surviving uncut sheets from this tradition, dating to the late fifteenth or early sixteenth century, are held in the Rothschild Collection at the Louvre and at the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts. The word tarocchino, or little tarot, refers to the 62-card structure that sets these Bolognese decks apart from the standard 78. This Il Meneghello edition reproduces the famous Tarocchino Bolognese created by Giuseppe Maria Mitelli around 1660, with its richly detailed trump cards and suited cards of coins, cups, wands, and swords. The cards carry no printed titles or numbers, relying instead on iconography alone. This 2017 limited edition of 1,000 comes sealed in a two-part box with the wax seal.