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English deck of single figure cartomancy cards
Title
[English deck of single figure cartomancy cards] / Arthur Edward Waite; designed by Pamela Colman Smith.
Publication
England : Arthur Edward Waite, [1920?]
Physical Description
78 cards : color ; 120 x 75 mm
Medium
lithography
Local Notes
BEIN ENG37 : From the Cary Collection of Playing Cards.
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Latin/Italian suit system, modified (swords, wands, pentacles, cups)
Type: Cartomancy.
Composition of deck: 78 [A, K, Q, C, J, 10-2, trumps I-XXI, Fool].
CourtCards: Cavaliers are called knights; jacks are labelled pages.
Pipcards and Jokers: Pip cards numbered X-II.
Trumps: Single figure trumps; II: THE HIGH PRIESTESS; V: THE HIEROPHANT.
The cards appeared originally with Waite's Pictorial Key to the Tarot, 1910. All cards bear the designer's monogram. Suits of batons and money are labelled wands and pentacles.
Format
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 21, 2020
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Fortune telling cards.
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