Editing Tarot (section)

===Propagation===
[[File:Tarot-cary-collection-ita-sheet-3s-c1500..jpg|thumb|upright|The ''Cary sheet'', a partial uncut sheet of Milanese ''tarocchi'', {{circa}} 1500]]

Because the earliest tarot cards were hand-painted, the number of the decks produced is thought to have been small. It was only after the invention of the [[printing press]] that mass production of cards became possible. The expansion of tarot outside of Italy, first to France and Switzerland, occurred during the [[Italian Wars]]. The most prominent tarot deck version used in these two countries was the [[Tarot of Marseilles]], of Milanese origin.<ref name="DummettGame" />

While the set of trumps was generally consistent, their order varied by region, perhaps as early as the 1440s. [[Michael Dummett]] placed them into three categories. In [[Bologna]] and [[Florence]], the highest trump is the [[Judgement (Tarot card)|Angel]], followed by the [[The World (Tarot card)|World]]. This group spread mainly southward through the [[Papal States]], the [[Kingdom of Naples]], and finally down to the [[Kingdom of Sicily]] but was also known in the [[Savoyard state]]s. In Ferrara, the World was the highest, followed by [[Justice (Tarot card)|Justice]] and the Angel. This group spread mainly to the northeast to Venice and [[Prince-Bishopric of Trent|Trento]] where it was only a passing fad. By the end of the 16th century, this order became extinct. In [[Milan]], the World was highest, followed by the Angel; this ordering is used in the [[Tarot of Marseilles]]. Dummett also wrote about a possible fourth lineage that may have existed along the Franco-Italian border. It spread north through France until its last descendant, the Belgian Tarot, went extinct around 1800.{{sfnp|Dummett|1980|p=387–417}}{{sfnp|Dummett|McLeod|2004|p=13–16}}

In Florence, an expanded deck called ''[[Minchiate]]'' was later used. This deck of 97 cards includes [[astrology|astrological]] symbols and the four elements, as well as traditional tarot motifs.<ref name="DummettGame" /> The earliest known mention of this game, under the name of ''germini'', dates to 1506.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Pratesi|first1=Franco|author-link1=Franco Pratesi|title=1499-1506: Firenze|journal=[[The Playing-Card]]|date=2015|volume=44|issue=1|pages=61–71}}</ref>