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Die pergamenische Zauberscheibe und das Tarockspiel. By S. Agrell. Pp. 130; 68 illustrations in text. Lund, Gleerup, 1936.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 December 2013

H. J. R.
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The Journal of Hellenic Studies , Volume 57 , Issue 1 , 1937 , pp. 103 - 104
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Copyright © The Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies 1937

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page 103 note 1 One might also suggest βδέλυγμα.

page 104 note 1 K. is of course omitted.

page 104 note 2 One of the most forced explanations is connected with some bad etymology. The card which Agrell would put first bears the figure of a fool or jester. By means of the equation fool = ox and the further equation ox = Apis-bull he gets the letter A. He further supposes that the name of the pack is itself derived from one of the Romance derivatives of taurus. But tarocco implies something very different. Its a cannot originate from au, for that gives rise to an open o, not to a; and if a vulgar Latin word tauruccu—is postulated, as Agrell does, p .65, its second syllable would result in a close o, but the first o in tarocco is open. However, such difficulties do no invalidate the whole theory, but only some of its details.