Spencer Salyer Thank you, I am looking forward to trying the Emblem book in the game. I agree on the similarities with tarot! Both series of images are moral allegories with a clear Christian background. An obvious difference is that the emblem book has much more text, whereas tarot originally (i.e. in the early XV Century) had no text at all and later only labels on the trumps (the so-called major arcana). Also, this emblem book was designed as a divination tool, while originally tarot was a card game and unrelated with divination. While I enjoy the visual aspect of games, for my oracles I found that I tend to be more inspired by words than by images, so I guess these emblems will work better for me than tarot cards....but we will see :)
It would be neat if the emblems were made into cards, if the stories would fit, or just exclude them (or look them up by page # references on the card) so you could easily shuffle them and pick at random.
Dan Davis Thank you! I find drawing characters helps me make them actual individuals, with their own personality. Sir Kinry derives from this true work of art :) stilearte.it - Fra' Galgario - Stile, formazione, periodi e crude verita' - Stile Arte
ReplyDeleteSpencer Salyer Thank you, I am looking forward to trying the Emblem book in the game. I agree on the similarities with tarot! Both series of images are moral allegories with a clear Christian background. An obvious difference is that the emblem book has much more text, whereas tarot originally (i.e. in the early XV Century) had no text at all and later only labels on the trumps (the so-called major arcana). Also, this emblem book was designed as a divination tool, while originally tarot was a card game and unrelated with divination. While I enjoy the visual aspect of games, for my oracles I found that I tend to be more inspired by words than by images, so I guess these emblems will work better for me than tarot cards....but we will see :)
ReplyDeleteIt would be neat if the emblems were made into cards, if the stories would fit, or just exclude them (or look them up by page # references on the card) so you could easily shuffle them and pick at random.
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