Tarot des Centuries

Creator(s): Jean-Pierre Payen, Dominique Webb
Date: 1760*, 1986 
Country: France
Publisher: Héron
Number of Cards: 78
ISBN: 
Type: Marseilles
Reference: Encyclopedia of Tarot, vol. III, pp. 572, 576

Notes:
The Tarot des Centuries is also known as the Nostradamus Tarot. It is partly copied from the Tarot made by Jean-Pierre Payen around 1760 and partly redrawn from a seventheenth-century manuscript found in France. Dominique Webb claimed that the manuscript, on which tarot-cards were drawn, was inspired  by Nostradamus.

The cards are partly "renamed" according to Nostradamus work. E.g. the Magician became "Branchus" a prophet in Asia Minor, because Nostradamus described the  rite of Branchus, performed with a tripod, such as pictured usually  in the Magician. On the two of coins and the  two of cups "N.D." for Nostradamus is replacing the name of the original maker, Payen.

Nostradamus (1503-1566) has written a book of prophecy known as the Centuries. Although tarot cards were known in France during Nostradamus's lifetime, there is no reference to them in his works.

CBD Tarot de Marseilles

Creator(s): Yoav Ben-Dov
Date: 1760; 2011
Country: Israel
Publisher: self-published
Number of cards: 78
ISBN:
Type: Marseilles, rep.
Reference: yoav ben-dov










Notes:
The CBD Tarot de Marseille is a reproduction of the Conver Marseilles from 1760. Rather than create an exact replica of the original, Ben-Dov has adapted Conver's images to modern printing and artistic sensibilities. The line textures, the face expressions and the colors are adapted to the new printing techniques and visual sensibilities without changing the basic details of the cards.

The CBD deck was printed in Belgium by Carta Mundi. The cards have a white background, with a thin black border around the image. In the majors, the card number appears in Roman numerals at the top of the card while the card title in French runs across the bottom. Justice is 8, Strength is 11. The titles of the minor suits and the court cards are also the traditional French. The back of the cards is a blue symmetrical repetitive pattern, designed after a Andalusian tile.

The deck comes with a leaflet in English with suggested interpretations for the cards.