Dondorf Tarot Court Cards
Dondorf Tarot Court Cards.
Dondorf Tarot Court Cards 1 • 2 • 3
B. Dondorf (1833-1933), Frankfurt am Main.
The four suits are associated with four countries: Clubs = Germany, Diamonds = UK, Spades = Russia and Hearts = France. Whilst the four pictorial Aces show nationally symbolic buildings from each country, the court cards depict eminent persons. See also: The Trumps • The Four Aces.
Above: sixteen court cards from Dondorf's Tarot Microscopique, chromolithography, c.1926. Images courtesy Barney Townshend. See also: The Trumps • The Four Aces.
By Barney Townshend
United Kingdom • Member since October 06, 2015
Retired Airline Pilot, interested in: Transformation Playing Cards, Karl Gerich and Elaine Lewis. Secretary of the EPCS. Treasurer of the IPCS.
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