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2004.181.1.80

Tarot card. XIX 'The Sun'.

2004.181.1.80

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Collection type
Object
Description
Tarot card. XIX 'The Sun'.
Long description
.1, and .2: Box and lid. The cardboard box is covered with red paper that has a texture and sheen imitating leather. It is damaged at the corners. Inside the box are 79 tarot cards of equal size and a small book. .3: Book. The book has a hardback grey cover with a transparent paper sleeve protecting it. The second printed page reads: "THE KEY TO THE TAROT. Being Fragments of a Secret Tradition under the Veil of Divination by ARTHUR EDWARD WAITE. NEW EDITION. LONDON. RIDER & CO. Paternoster House, E.C. 4" and overleaf: "Made and printed in Great Britain by Fisher, Knight and Co., Ltd. Gainsborough Press, St. Albans.", NB. There is no date of publication or print. There are 212 pages detailing the history of the tarot, the meaning of each of the tarot cards, and instructions for use. .4 - .82: The tarot cards. The back of each card is identical and is printed in pale brown with a pattern of many intelocking jagged lines. The face of each card is different: one is blank, and the rest are printed in colour with animal or human figures in various poses and settings. In brief the set consists of the following:
Person
Maker Unknown Maker
Field collector Unknown Collector
PRM source Julia Cousins
Date / Period
Date made: Before 2004
Date collected
By 2004
Acquisition information
Donated: 2004
Materials and processes
Material Paper Plant, Material Cardboard Paper Plant, Material Pigment, Process Printed
Object numbers
Accession number: 2004.181.1.80
Research and responses

Illustrated on page 166 of Divination Oracles and Omens with a caption on page 165 which reads 'Cards from the Pam B edition of the Rider-Waite Tarot created by the Golden Dawn member Arthur E. Waite and the artist Pamela Colman Smith in 1909. In his guidebook, Waite assigned the meanings of 'attraction, love, beauty, trails overcome' to the Lovers, and 'material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment' to the Sun.'

Associated publications
Object: Divination Oracles and Omens. , Editor: Michelle Aroney; Editor: David Zeitlyn, Page: 166, Page illustrated: 166, Notes: Illustrated on page 166 with a caption on page 165 which reads 'Cards from the Pam B edition of the Rider-Waite Tarot created by the Golden Dawn member Arthur E. Waite and the artist Pamela Colman Smith in 1909. In his guidebook, Waite assigned the meanings of 'attraction, love, beauty, trails overcome' to the Lovers, and 'material happiness, fortunate marriage, contentment' to the Sun.'

Search terms: Writing, Toy and Game, Box, Divination Religion, Book, Card Game, Lid, Divination Accessory

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