Provenance

Image sources and credits

Where the library’s historical tarot images come from, with their public-domain attribution and original sources.

Frontispiece. Image sources and credits

Rider–Waite–Smith tarot

All 78 card images are by Pamela Colman Smith and are in the public domain. They are resized from historical scans on Wikimedia Commons, and keep their original borders and coloring. Each entry links to its source file.

The Fool Source
The Magician Source
The High Priestess Source
The Empress Source
The Emperor Source
The Hierophant Source
The Lovers Source
The Chariot Source
Strength Source
The Hermit Source
Wheel of Fortune Source
Justice Source
The Hanged Man Source
Death Source
Temperance Source
The Devil Source
The Tower Source
The Star Source
The Moon Source
The Sun Source
Judgement Source
The World Source
Ace of Wands Source
Two of Wands Source
Three of Wands Source
Four of Wands Source
Five of Wands Source
Six of Wands Source
Seven of Wands Source
Eight of Wands Source
Nine of Wands Source
Ten of Wands Source
Page of Wands Source
Knight of Wands Source
Queen of Wands Source
King of Wands Source
Ace of Cups Source
Two of Cups Source
Three of Cups Source
Four of Cups Source
Five of Cups Source
Six of Cups Source
Seven of Cups Source
Eight of Cups Source
Nine of Cups Source
Ten of Cups Source
Page of Cups Source
Knight of Cups Source
Queen of Cups Source
King of Cups Source
Ace of Swords Source
Two of Swords Source
Three of Swords Source
Four of Swords Source
Five of Swords Source
Six of Swords Source
Seven of Swords Source
Eight of Swords Source
Nine of Swords Source
Ten of Swords Source
Page of Swords Source
Knight of Swords Source
Queen of Swords Source
King of Swords Source
Ace of Pentacles Source
Two of Pentacles Source
Three of Pentacles Source
Four of Pentacles Source
Five of Pentacles Source
Six of Pentacles Source
Seven of Pentacles Source
Eight of Pentacles Source
Nine of Pentacles Source
Ten of Pentacles Source
Page of Pentacles Source
Knight of Pentacles Source
Queen of Pentacles Source
King of Pentacles Source

Other historical images

Italian Tarocchi Cards, circa 1500, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 26.101.5. Public domain. Image source
Queen of Cups from Jean Dodal’s Marseille deck, 1701–1715. Public domain. Image source

Library plates

All other plates, ornaments and diagrams are original illustrations made for the Synergy library. They are decorative and are not historical artifacts.