Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards
Italy, Milan, ca. 1450-1480
M.630.9

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Tarot Card: Wheel of Fortune -- Woman (personification of fortune), winged, blindfolded, is at center of wheel, at top of which is man, with ass's ears, seated, with scepter in right hand. Below, flanking the wheel are two male figures, one upright, also with ass's ears, and the other upside down, with tail. Below the wheel is bearded man on hands and knees.
Scrolls accompany each figure. Man at top of wheel has scroll with inscription REGNO; man at left has scroll inscribed REGNABO; man at right has scroll with inscription REGNAVI; and man at bottom has scroll inscribed SUM SINE REGNO.