Tarot (Giuseppe Maria Mitelli, Bologna, c. 1690, II) (Q15534)

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Q15534

Also known as

GIOCO DI CARTE DI TAROCCHINI

maker

Mitelli, Giuseppe Maria

Possibly identical to

Mitelli Tarocco (BNM R 8675)

card type

Tarot

Suit system

Italian-suited

number of cards

62

place of origin

Bologna

publication date

1690 (circa)

maker's mark

AS: CUSTOS | CUSTODIAE · AB: VIRTUS | ARDUA · AD: GIOSEPPE MARIA | MITELLI INV | DIS: E: INT: · Rückseite: ALL AQUILA

Described in

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981) (cat. no. ITA 16, Bd. 2, 33)

Collection

Cary Collection of Playing Cards (Beinecke Library) (inv. ITA 16)

Source

A Catalogue of the Cary Collection of Playing Cards in the Yale University Library vol. 1–4 (1981)

Rights status

work in the public domain

Cards

• 
  Cups-King (Italian)
• 
  Cups-Cavalier (Italian)
• 
  Swords-1 (Italian)

Tax stamps

At the time of this pack (1690), Bologna belonged to the territory of Kirchenstaat. No playing-card tax system is recorded for this territory at this time — so there are no tax stamps to look for here.