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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Three of Coins
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A workman on a ladder hammers one of three coins that decorate the ornate ceiling of a church nave. Three women are seated, working on needlepoint. A monk watches over them as they work.

My Interpretation: Talent rewarded. Creative ability bringing material gain. Recognition by an employer. Status through accomplishment. Abundance. A new home or place of residence. Redecoration. Pregnancy. (Reversed: Jealousy, envy. Coveting the success of others, while wasting one's own talents)

Edit notes to self: I've changed images from my v1.0 version to suit Rider Waite readers more. I've added three women working, as well as the craftsman with a hammer. Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); Miraculous Mass 1312-17 Fresco, 390 x 200 cm Cappella di San Martino, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

Three Women, Ladder and Craftsman's Body: Francesco del Cossa, Italian painter, Ferrarese school (b. cca. 1435, Ferrara, d. 1477, Bologna); Allegory of March: Triumph of Minerva 1476-84 Fresco, 500 x 320 cm Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara.

Craftsman's Head and Hands: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Scenes from the Life of St Francis (Scene 7, south wall) 1452 Fresco, 270 x 220 cm Apsidal chapel, San Francesco, Montefalco.

Monk: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); Blessed Agostino Novello Altarpiece 1324 Tempera on wood, 198 x 257 cm Pinacoteca Nazionale, Siena.

Hammer: Andrés Marzal de Sax, Spanish painter (active 1393-1410 in Valencia); Retable of St George c. 1400 Tempera on wood, 670 x 486 cm (full retable) Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Tiled Floor: Paulo Uccello, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1397, Firenze, d. 1475, Firenze); Miracle of the Desecrated Host (Scene 1) 1465-69 Panel, 43 x 58 cm Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino.

Ornate Circlets in Ceiling: Pietro Lorenzetti, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. cca. 1280, Siena, d. 1348, Siena); The Birth of Mary 1342 Tempera on wood, 188 x 183 cm Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena.

Coins: Master Theoderic, Bohemian painter (active 1350-70 in Prague); Painting of a Saint 1360-65 Tempera on Wood National Gallery, Prague.

Parchment Text Panel: Unknown Illuminators, England; The Aberdeen Bestiary (Aberdeen University Library MS 24), written and illuminated around 1200. Aberdeen University, Scotland.

Gilt Border: Conrad Witz, Swiss painter (b. cca 1400, Rottweil, d. cca. 1445, Basel); King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba 1435 Panel, 84 x 79 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.