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German Original Tarot, Publisher: Uranus-Verlag Max Duphorn

Also known as: Deutsches Original-Tarot, Verlag: Uranus-Verlag Max Duphorn

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Record status

Individual type · partial

German Original Tarot is held by Museum of City History Leipzig (Germany), attributed to Publisher: Uranus-Verlag Max Duphorn. Description supplied by the holding institution: Tarot cards. 78 cards printed in color on both sides in a cardboard box. Complete set. Reverse with purple dotted lines on a light yellow ground. Images partially designed in "Egyptian style", with astrological symbols, Hebrew characters, and runes on the 22 major cards ("The Major Arcana"). Inscription on the box: "Deutsches ORIGINAL-TAROT. Kartenspiel zur Zukunftserforschung auf kabbalistisch-astrologischer Grundlage, 78 Kart. m. Angaben ihrer Bedeutung, welche nach den verschiedensten Methoden d. Chartomanie gelegt werden können." [German ORIGINAL-TAROT. Card game for exploring the future on a kabbalistic-astrological basis, 78 cards with indications of their meaning, which can be laid according to the most diverse methods of cartomancy]. The collection record gives material recorded as Paper; Paper; Paper; Paper; measurements height x width: 5.3 x 7.3 cm; format: printed; printed; printed; printed. Published through Europeana; how far this object represents a wider collectible type has not yet been independently verified.

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Physical characteristics

Material
Papier; Papier; Papier; Papier
Dimensions
Höhe x Breite: 5,3 x 7,3 cm

Technical characteristics

Format recorded
gedruckt; gedruckt; gedruckt; gedruckt

Identification

Europeana id
/08547/Museu_ProvidedCHO_Stadtgeschichtliches_Museum_Leipzig_ME004337
Museum attribution
Verlag: Uranus-Verlag Max Duphorn
Museum object name
Deutsches Original-Tarot
Holding institution
Museum of City History Leipzig

Catalogue references

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