TAROT - THE DEATH CARD Three examples of the Death - the thirteenth card - from various Tarot decks. [Left] from the traditional French, Marseilles deck, which seems to go back to the eighteenth century. [Middle] from an Italian deck, of the late 19th century, La Morte - a deck often used in the game called Tarrochi, as well as for predicting the future. [Right] from the deck designed by the 19th century French symbolist, Oswald Wirth. Wirth ascribed numerous associations to the card - for instance, he insisted on linking it with the Hebrew letter Mem [top right]. As with the traditional M
![TAROT - THE DEATH CARD Three examples of the Death - the thirteenth card - from various Tarot decks. [Left] from the traditional French, Marseilles deck, which seems to go back to the eighteenth century. [Middle] from an Italian deck, of the late 19th century, La Morte - a deck often used in the game called Tarrochi, as well as for predicting the future. [Right] from the deck designed by the 19th century French symbolist, Oswald Wirth. Wirth ascribed numerous associations to the card - for instance, he insisted on linking it with the Hebrew letter Mem [top right]. As with the traditional M Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/MC6EJ3/tarot-the-death-card-three-examples-of-the-death-the-thirteenth-card-from-various-tarot-decks-left-from-the-traditional-french-marseilles-deck-which-seems-to-go-back-to-the-eighteenth-century-middle-from-an-italian-deck-of-the-late-19th-century-la-morte-a-deck-often-used-in-the-game-called-tarrochi-as-well-as-for-predicting-the-future-right-from-the-deck-designed-by-the-19th-century-french-symbolist-oswald-wirth-wirth-ascribed-numerous-associations-to-the-card-for-instance-he-insisted-on-linking-it-with-the-hebrew-letter-mem-top-right-as-with-the-traditional-m-MC6EJ3.jpg)
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4069 x 2460 px | 34.5 x 20.8 cm | 13.6 x 8.2 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
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TAROT - THE DEATH CARD Three examples of the Death - the thirteenth card - from various Tarot decks. [Left] from the traditional French, Marseilles deck, which seems to go back to the eighteenth century. [Middle] from an Italian deck, of the late 19th century, La Morte - a deck often used in the game called Tarrochi, as well as for predicting the future. [Right] from the deck designed by the 19th century French symbolist, Oswald Wirth. Wirth ascribed numerous associations to the card - for instance, he insisted on linking it with the Hebrew letter Mem [top right]. As with the traditional Marseilles deck, the later designs based on Wirth's deck, avoided using the name for the card. In the original design, however, Wirth called it La Mort.