Occult Literature
Four of Swords
A praying knight's effigy lies on a tomb beneath three hanging swords, with a fourth along the base. The joined hands and horizontal figure contrast with the three descending blades on the wall. Joined hands, tomb and stained glass identify a carved funerary effigy within a chapel setting. Pamela Colman Smith’s design is reproduced in the 1916 Illustrated Key to the Tarot.
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Pamela Colman Smith (design). "Four 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 136. Lumitheca. /gallery/image/tarot-minor-four-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). Four of Swords. The Illustrated Key to the Tarot: The Veil of Divination. Scan leaf 136. Lumitheca. https://lumitheca.com/gallery/image/tarot-minor-four-of-swords