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Jean Noblet Tarot

Deck Notes

deck:
Jean Noblet Tarot
artist:
Jean Noblet
author:
Jean-Claude Flornoy
publisher:
Éditions «letarot.com»
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I found this deck after a bit of searching. It's the only currently-produced reproduction of one of the very oldest French tarot decks ever discovered. That deck is incomplete, but thanks to the efforts of a French tarot historian named Jean-Claude Flornoy, the earliest decks have now been reproduced in full, assembled from known copies kept by the French National Library.

The Jean Noblet tarot is the deck used in Robert Place's book, and I wanted to have copies of the decks referenced, so I picked up a copy. The LWB included with this deck is actually pretty interesting. It includes a bit of original writing by Flornoy on the major arcana, along with some thoughts on Tarot reading in general.

This is not an intuitive deck to read with at all. The imagery is archaic, and the numbered suit cards are effectively meaningless. While some Tarot readers rely on their own rote memory of each card and can read with even a regular deck of playing cards, I don't find this to be a productive method of reading.

Production Quality

This is a very well-made deck. The card stock is solid, and the print quality is excellent. It helps that the original French decks only used a few colors, but I'm very impressed with the overall quality of this deck.

If you're interested in Tarot history, this deck is worth picking up as an addition to your collection.