Xarokys
Hello everyone,
I hope this is the right forum to post this question.
Basically, do the two crossed swords on the Ten of Swords point up or down?
The reason I ask this question because I recently bought an older Grimaud Marseilles, and on this deck the backs are not reversible if you look closely enough. On every other card in the deck the copyright appears on the left side, but on the ten swords it's on the right side unless I reverse it but then the back doesn't match.
Another strange thing is that on most of the cards with a single sword in the middle, the 3, 5, and 7, the sword is pointing down, but on the 9 it's pointing up. My little pocket sized Grimaud has all the swords pointing up.
I'm probably just being nit-picky, but I am curious about this. Is there a traditional direction for sword pointing, or is it up to the individual publisher?
Thanks for reading this. I appreciate your help.
Becky
I hope this is the right forum to post this question.
Basically, do the two crossed swords on the Ten of Swords point up or down?
The reason I ask this question because I recently bought an older Grimaud Marseilles, and on this deck the backs are not reversible if you look closely enough. On every other card in the deck the copyright appears on the left side, but on the ten swords it's on the right side unless I reverse it but then the back doesn't match.
Another strange thing is that on most of the cards with a single sword in the middle, the 3, 5, and 7, the sword is pointing down, but on the 9 it's pointing up. My little pocket sized Grimaud has all the swords pointing up.
I'm probably just being nit-picky, but I am curious about this. Is there a traditional direction for sword pointing, or is it up to the individual publisher?
Thanks for reading this. I appreciate your help.
Becky