MERCURY’S CADUCEUS AS REPRESENTED BY THE MANTEGNA TAROCCHI
Author: | Chishty-Mujahid, Nadya Q. |
Year: | 2025 |
Pages: | 164 |
ISBN: | 1-4955-1321-1 978-1-4955-1321-3 |
Price: | $159.95 + shipping |
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… it was worth examining all three sets of the tarocchi at the same time. Unlike the Mantegna E and S series which number 100 (50 times 2) images in total, the Sola Busca set contains 22 major trumps and 56 minor arcana, resulting in a total of 78 images. Traditionally, modern-day tarot decks also have 22 major arcana and 56 minor ones, but the 22 trumps of the Sola Busca do not resemble modern-day trumps in the least. I found that when the Sola Busca trumps were placed in a circle, they formed a sundial-structure where the 24 hours of the day were clearly implied as was a secondary ring representing the zodiac.
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Dr Chishty-Mujahid’s assumption that these images were the blueprints for the hierarchy of a secret society dedicated to the god Mercury (the original brotherhood of Kappa Sigma) leads to some very tantalizing speculations. I think she is to be sincerely commended for her important and trailblazing text which furthers tarot scholarship in a ground-breaking manner.
Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Commendatory Foreword by Dr Zeenat I. Noor
Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. The Caduceus of the Conditions of Man
2. The Caduceus of Apollo and the Muses
3. The Caduceus of the Liberal Arts
4. The Caduceus of the Cosmic Principles
5. The Caduceus of the Firmaments
Conclusion
Bibliography
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