Tarot History 101:
An Interactive Quiz
By James W. Revak

Correct!  The answer is C.  The Rider Tarot was not the first deck to include scenes on its numeric cards, e.g., the late 15th-century Sola-Busca Tarot includes scenes too.  In fact, the design of the Three of Swords of The Rider Tarot (bottom, left) was almost certainly based on that of the Sola-Busca Tarot (right).

Three of Swords from The Rider Tarot  Three of Swords from the Sola-Busca Tarot

Illustrations (left to right): The Three of Swords from The Rider Tarot (copyright © 1971 U. S. Games Systems); and the Three of Swords from the Sola-Busca Tarot, adapted from Illuminating Ancient Tarots: Sola-Busca (copyright © 1995 Lo Scarabeo).  Click the images for larger ones.

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