Tarot History 101:
An Interactive Quiz
By James W. Revak

The Old Man or Hermit from the Visconti-Sforza TarotCorrect!  The answer is B.  The preponderance of evidence indicates that the Visconti-Sforza cards (see illustration) are the earliest extant Tarot cards and were painted during the mid-15th century.

Illustration: The Old Man or Hermit (attributed to Bonifacio Bembo) from the Pierpont Morgan-Bergamo Visconti-Sforza Tarot (mid-15th century) (from The Visconti-Sforza Tarot Cards by Michael Dummett, copyright © 1986 George Braziller).  Click the image for a larger one.

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