{"product_id":"sola-busca-tarot","title":"Sola Busca Tarot – 78-Card Museum Quality Renaissance Tarot Deck in Rigid Box | Lo Scarabeo","description":"\u003ch2\u003eSola Busca Tarot – The Tarot Masterpiece of the Italian Renaissance\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of the most significant tarot decks in history, the \u003cstrong\u003eSola Busca Tarot\u003c\/strong\u003e is the only known complete tarot deck from the Renaissance period — originally produced in northern Italy circa 1491 — and the first known fully illustrated tarot deck, predating the Rider-Waite-Smith system by more than four centuries. This \u003cstrong\u003eMuseum Quality\u003c\/strong\u003e edition is produced by \u003cstrong\u003eLo Scarabeo\u003c\/strong\u003e as an officially licensed product of the \u003cstrong\u003ePinacoteca di Brera\u003c\/strong\u003e, Milan, faithfully reproducing every card from the original engravings held in the museum’s permanent collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e78 cards\u003c\/strong\u003e — the complete tarot; all 22 Major Arcana and 56 fully illustrated Minor Arcana\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCard size: 12 × 7 cm\u003c\/strong\u003e — a large, beautifully readable format for all spread styles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrinted on \u003cstrong\u003e350gsm double-embossed cardstock\u003c\/strong\u003e — premium weight and fine tactile finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFaithful reproduction of the \u003cstrong\u003eoriginal 15th-century Renaissance engravings\u003c\/strong\u003e, hand-coloured in period style: Roman soldiers, mythological figures, classical urns and weapons populate every card\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNamed court cards throughout — including \u003cstrong\u003eMatanabo\u003c\/strong\u003e (Knight of Coins), \u003cstrong\u003ePolisena\u003c\/strong\u003e (Queen of Coins), and many more — each carrying the weight of a classical identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique suit of \u003cstrong\u003eCoins\u003c\/strong\u003e rendered as Roman portrait medallions: the 2 of Coins features two laurel-wreathed profiles in ouroboros-bordered roundels\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStriking \u003cstrong\u003erose-pink holographic glitter card backs\u003c\/strong\u003e — a bold modern contrast to the ancient imagery, reversible\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresented in a \u003cstrong\u003ematte black rigid box\u003c\/strong\u003e with crimson baroque scrollwork, the Lo Scarabeo beetle seal, and the Pinacoteca di Brera museum licence mark\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAn essential collector’s piece and a profound historical document of the tarot tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Sola Busca is not merely a deck — it is an artefact. Its figures — armoured soldiers bearing obscure classical names, grotesque bearded faces crushed beneath towers of coins, knights astride horses in the heat of ancient battle — speak in a language older than the tarot’s more familiar symbols. To read with the Sola Busca is to enter a dialogue with the Renaissance itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Lo Scarabeo","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58381423346008,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0997\/1014\/0760\/files\/4_cf150cd9-96aa-47fb-a030-720c3cbe6c68.jpg?v=1788443451","url":"https:\/\/tarotsuk.co.uk\/products\/sola-busca-tarot","provider":"TarotsUK","version":"1.0","type":"link"}