Resources
There were so many books and websites studied before I began making this site that I cannot begin to list them all, but here are some of the more readily available works I consulted:
Readily Available Books
- The Encyclopedia of Tarot, 4 Volume Set by Stuart Kaplan
- The Tarot Revealed: A Beginner’s Guide by Paul Fenton-Smith
- The tarot: history, symbolism, and divination by R. Place
Historic Books, Original Sources, Obscure References
Book
- Bayley 1909. A new light on the renaissance displayed in contemporary emblems
- Chatto 1848. Facts and speculations on the origin and history of playing cards
- Lévi 1886. The mysteries of magic: a digest of the writings of Eliphas Lévi [pseud.]
- Merlin 1869. Origine des cartes à jouer
- Singer 1816. Researches into the history of playing cards
- Stewart Culin 1898. Chess and playing cards.
- Waite 1911. The pictorial key to the Tarot: being fragments of a secret tradition under the veil of divination