Jean-Michel Mathonière: The Tarot and the Art of Memory, or the Art of Accommodating Symbols | Traditional Tarot
"Jean-Michel Mathonière"
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This hypothesis fins the beginning of proof in the fact that, precisely, there exist decks of cards which are explicitly games of the Art of Memory, and of which certain details clearly evoke the spirit of the major arcana of the Tarot. Thus, in 1509, Thomas Murner published in Strasbourg a treatise entitled Logica Memorativa, which is entirely based on a deck of cards. Already, towards 1545, the Italian deck falsely attributed to Mantegna, composed of 50 exclusively “major” cards, of which a large number are perfectly analogous to the arcana of the Tarot, may no doubt be classified in the category of educational games founded on the classical and learned tradition of the Art of Memory.