Product Descrpition：
This item is required advance payment to order and estimate arrived in 3-4 weeks.
Limited Edition - Only 2000 decks worldwide.
The “Minchiate Etruria” deck was originally published in Florence around 1725, printed from copper plate etchings and hand coloured with water colours. Minchiate was a late-medieval card game employing a specially extended pack of 97 cards, related to Tarot but including 12 zodiac signs, 4 virtues (faith, hope, charity, prudence) and 4 elements (fire, water, air, earth). Some scholars believe that these cards may have served as teaching aids, because several trump allegories (Virtues, Elements, Zodiac signs) belong to categories upon which classical learning was based at that time.
These beautiful cards are handmade and have an elegant old world look and feel. The cars have a semi gloss finish with square corners. The decks come packaged in a sturdy 2 part box with the sun card affixed on the top with the makers wax seal. The decks are sealed and the user will receive a title card with the limited edition number inside the box.
The Minchiate Etruria is a beautiful and fascinating deck - An early derivative of the Tarot but with a unique character all its own.
Comes with a numbered certificate of authenticity card and the creator's wax seal on the box
- Size：97 cards, 5.5 x 9.5cm
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