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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Page of Coins
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A young in dark red robes holds a large coin. An angel appears in the air before him, holding a message. An open book lies on the ground and a goat leaps behind him.

My Interpretation: A studious youth. Scholarship, study and academia. Hard work will bring high achievement. A messenger is expected, who will bring good news. (Reversed: An untrustworthy man who is unwilling to work hard, but has a love of wealth)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've swapped pictures around and added more symbolism to assist readers. This card is now more similar to the Rider-Waite card, hopefully easily recognisable as both Page and Coin are fairly obvious. I've also added a book, message-bearing angel and goat (for Capricorn). Still to do - pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); Saint Martin Renounces his Weapons 1312-17 Fresco, 265 x 230 cm Cappella di San Martino, Lower Church, San Francesco, Assisi.

Face: Giotto di Bondone Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze); Saint Stephen 1320-25 Tempera on wood, 84 x 54 cm Museo Horne, Florence.

Jewels: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Procession of the Youngest King 1459-60 Fresco Chapel, Palazzo Medici-Riccardi, Florence.

Book: Antonello da Messina, Italian painter, Southern Italian school (b. cca. 1430, Messina, d 1479, Messina); Virgin of the Annunciation c.1460-80? Oil on panel Alte Pinakothek, Munich .

Red Hat: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze); Angel Appearing to Zacharias 1486-90 Fresco Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Goat: 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.

Messenger Angel: Master of Heiligenkreuz, Austrian painter (active in the early 1400s); Annunciation c. 1410 Wood, 72 x 43.5 cm Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna.

Rocky Landscape: Jan Van Eyck, Flemish painter (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. 1441, Bruges); The Ghent Altarpiece: The Just Judges 1427-30 Oil on wood, 145 x 51 cm Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent.

Ground: Andrea Mantegna, Italian painter (b. 1431, Isola di Cartura, d. 1506, Mantova); The Adoration of the Shepherds c. 1451-53 Tempera on canvas tranferred from wood, 40 x 55.6 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Coin: 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.