Occult Literature
Ace of Swords
A hand emerges from a cloud holding an upright sword through a crown with hanging foliage above mountains. The single blade forms the central vertical axis, running from the large hand toward the crown near the top of the frame. The crown, hanging branches and falling shapes extend the blade’s upward movement into a cluster of emblems. Pamela Colman Smith’s design appears in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Ace of Swords" [editorial title]. In The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination, Dr. L. W. de Laurence. 1916 edition, 1916, De Laurence, Scott & Co.. Source scan leaf 139. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-minor-ace-of-swords
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Full source scan individually viewed and prose read. Complete card border and numeral or name retained; monogram retained where visible. Crop of the byte-verified reader derivative; no recolouring or reconstructed detail.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). Ace of Swords. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 139. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-minor-ace-of-swords