Tarot by HHStuart Kaplan in Volume 1 of his Encyclopedia of Tarot (US Games Systems, Inc 1978 first printing 2001 8th printing) dedicates 11 pages to defining tarot and the components of tarot: trumps + Fool AKA Major Aracana usually:- twenty-two cards; suit cards usually:- fifty-six, AKA Minor Arcana, "Each suit contains fourteen cards the four [b]court cards[/b] also called coate, costume, or figure cards .the ten pip or numeral cards run in sequence "
It's in the defintions! HH
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