period

Eighteenth-century Europe

Traditions

The Europe of encyclopedias, antiquarian Egypt, and the first fortune-telling uses of tarot packs. Not “the ancient world.”

Eighteenth-century Europe

  • Eighteenth-century Europe is associated with Egyptomania.

    Antiquarian Egypt and tarot-Egypt belong to that Europe. Court de Gébelin is a dated claim.

    from Antoine Court de Gébelin · Monde primitif, 1781 (tarot essay)

    associated with · sourced · modern interpretation

  • Tarot is historically related to Eighteenth-century Europe.

    Fortune-telling with tarot packs is an eighteenth-century European use. The game is older than that use; Egypt is a costume in the essay.

    from Antoine Court de Gébelin · Monde primitif, 1781 (tarot essay)

    historically related to · sourced · modern interpretation

sources

  • Monde primitif · Antoine Court de Gébelin

    Antoine Court de Gébelin, Monde primitif (volume on tarot).