Tarot of Gerard Bodet, 1693, Tarot Sheet Revival

[@justinmichaeltarot]

Forgot to mention: The Vandenborre is presumably the latest of these decks made in 1762 in Brussels**

[@mironalexandra4602]

such a beautiful collection! I simply love comparisons, you can notice the details better when comparing two or more decks

[@nmelodic6391]

Loved this comparison! And I think this may be the only video walkthrough of the Gerard Bodet right now! So fascinating.

[@profspec1665]

Thank you for this lovely review. I really enjoyed its in entirety!

[@AstralLadyTarot]

All such beautiful images

[@nancyhart576]

Wonderful comparison, as always. Thank you Justin!

[@justinmichaeltarot]

Thank you Nancy!!☘️

[@erickruger6604]

Thanks for sharing this. Great idea to show four decks in comparison! I was fascinated by the differing renditions of the 'Tower'. The flaming tower here is replaced by a tree with lightning or one with a sun. The common thread is simply 'Fire'. I recall that one of the earliest written card name lists has the card labeled fiero. The sun and lightning are essentially manifestation of fire from heaven. Lastly the colored balls dispersed in the background may have originally represented stars in the night sky and the block carver/printer simplified them into colored circles. Otherwise the colored orbs seem out of place.

[@discoselector]

Amazing decks!

[@PandoraPortal333]

Really enjoyed this, so interesting and beautiful cards. 😊

[@justinmichaeltarot]

Thank you my friend. It was a fun video to make. I was tired and almost decided to film it the next day but once I got started I couldn’t stop 😂

[@thebeautifulseason]

Fascinating, thank you! I love that they use the paper envelope as was used in the 18th c!

[@justinmichaeltarot]

The paper envelopes are one of my favorite parts of his decks 😁 Thanks for watching Erin!!

[@musingsbymascha]

I have loved this, Justin! I of course was drooling over your #1 Gerard Bodet! That's so cool it came with an extra Sun and Q of Coins cards! I always love and have so much fun seeing historic decks of the same/similar tradition/lineage side by side! I'm even more excited now about the Bodet and as you know I have fallen in love with Hatout (like yesterday! LOL)! July is a very happy tarot month for both of us, I think! Is the Bodet a little larger in card size than the Hatout? Baccus has my heart! I'm so happy to have him as #5 in the Rouen-Brussels decks! YES! Hatout Devil wins it for me too! He's adorable!

[@justinmichaeltarot]

Yes the Hautot is slightly smaller. The Bodet is very close in size to Vieville facsimile. I am loving that you love Hautot. It really is a fun deck!! Thanks my sister

[@thewanderingstar7656]

Hey Justin, I like the deck comparisons but I never feel like using marseille tradition and I never used Even pip decks but I have jus very few decks pips but your deck comparison looking them am feeling like having atleast one and try. Love the Death card and it’s my fav. Thanks for sharing

[@stephenmangan662]

I agree it is probably the earliest of the Flemish pattern we have, and the Fool being unnumbered might be construed as evidence for that. The dating is based upon the fact that we have an ordinary playing card deck of his dated to 1693, but the fact that he made one deck of playing cards in that year is not a good basis to date all his decks to that year! Just evidence he was active that year. His period of activity has not been established, it could be 1690s to 1720s and/or several years or decades before and / or after. Until recently for example, Jean Noblet's period of activity was 1659-1664 - but recent research has now extended that from the 1640s to 1680s !

[@chopsticktarot]

This is a superb video

[@justinmichaeltarot]

thank you my friend!! It was a lot of fun to do. I really learn a lot doing these kinds of comparisons 💙☘️

[@Richard_Boo]

As per Mascha! Drooling over the number #1 😍 Great to see the comparisons and thank you for doing that. The similarities between the Bodet and Vieville are remarkable aren’t they. Just so puzzled though by the swords (I’m sure it will become apparent one day to why and I’m sure you’ll be the scholar to tell us 😉) I’ll be rewatching again now to take notes for my learnings! You’re a great source of invaluable information. A great teacher to watch and listen too.

[@justinmichaeltarot]

Yes the most similar suit is the cups.. Bodet used something very close to Vieville and TDM style.. The swords are beautiful!! I love the birds! Thanks for the compliment Richard

[@stephenmangan662]

Bacus was the patron deity of the Society of Flemish Artists in Rome, which was banned by the Pope in 1720 for their scandalous rites & behaviour. In one picture of their meetings one of their initiates is portrayed naked astride a wine barrel, as in these cards. Fama Sol or Sol Fama is Italian for fame alone, or only fame: "Dopo la morte sol fama n'avanza / After death only fame remains". Fame transcending death is a classical theme that had some popular revival among poets following Petrarch, including some with connections to the early history of Tarot, Bioardo, Folengo & Sforza. "At[t]rempance" appears in several texts of the time & earlier and appears to have been an archaic, perhaps regional, variation. The fool as highest trump will win the trick, the fool as excuse not, so the game would be changed.

[@stephenmangan662]

Ma non già per cacciare, o stare a danza, But it is not by hunting, or staying to dance, Nè per festeggiar dame ne i giardini, Nor playing with the ladies, nor gardens, Starà nel mondo nostra nominanza, We'll have in our world a great name, Ma conosciuta fia da tamburini. But by the measure of the drums. Dopo la morte sol fama n'avanza, After death only fame remains, E veramente son color tapini, and truly they are sorry fellows, Che d aggrandirla sempre non han cura, who don't continually seek greatness, Perchè sua vita poco tempo dura. Because life does not last long. Orlando in Love, Mattio Boiardo, Book 2, I verse 35

[@stephenmangan662]

Speranza incerta e morte stabilita Uncertain hope and certain death La vita porta con pungenti strali, Life brings with sharp arrows, Né far si possono seco altri immortali Nor can it make one immortal Se non per fama sol di virtù ordita. If not by fame alone in virtue hatched. Alessandro Sforza, Il Canzoniere, Number 127

[@sigalius]

sol fama: fame of the sun