Tarot de Marseille (Fournier)

The record

‘Le Tarot of Marseille’ was first published by in 1983 by Heraclio Fournier of Spain. This is a recoloured version by artist A. Aymerich of the famous Conver deck from the 1500’s. The line drawing appear identical to those of the Grimaud ‘Ancient Tarot of Marseille’ which is a cleaned up version by Tarot author and former Grimaud head person Paul Marteau. The line drawings of this deck have became for many Marseille Tarot fans the ‘classic’ Marseille images. It is clear that the author of this deck wanted to retain the clean images of the Grimaud Marseille, but make them more colourful and attractive to modern Tarot enthusiasts. The title card reads ‘Traditional designs reinforced by a suggestive and beautiful colouring’ and this seems like a most appropriate description for this beautifully emotive Tarot pack. The deck retains the original colours of the Grimaud Marseille deck in various shades/tints while adding purple and pink to the mix. A key characteristic of this deck are the colour coded suit (Ace through King) cards. There does not seem to be any concrete evidence that provides a reason for the suit colourings of this deck. It may be surmised that Batons (Green) represent

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