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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Page of Cups
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A pretty blond youth in fine gilt clothing holds a large cup from which a fish emerges, as though speaking to him. He carries a message and stands beside the sea. There are sea-birds and a boat in the background.

My Interpretation: An emotional youth. Creativity and inspiration. Development of a strong emotional tie. An important time in a relationship - deep and significant change. A quiet, gentle and studious youth, or an older person with youthful qualities. A message, or news. (Reversed: A shallow person who likes to get what they want, regardless of the consequences to others. Spoilt and self-indulgent, this person would benefit from being forced to face their responsibilities)

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 Cup are fairly obvious. There is water, a boat and seabirds to represent the suit, a fish in the cup for the sign of Pisces, and the youth holds a scroll to indicate news. Still to do - quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Gentile Da Fabriano, Italian painter (b. cca. 1370, Fabriano Marche, d. 1427, Roma); Adoration of the Magi 1423 Tempera on wood, 300 x 282 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence.

Fish: Master Bertram, German painter (b. cca. 1345, Minden, d. 1415, Hamburg); Creation of the Animals, Panel from Grabow Altarpiece 1383 Paint on wood Kunsthalle, Hamburg.

Fish's Eye: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); The Annunciation late 1430s Fresco, 230 x 321 cm Convento di San Marco, Florence.

Seabirds, Shore and Boat: Giovanni da Modena, Italian painter, Bolognese school (active 1409-1456 in Bologna); The Return of the Magi c. 1410 Fresco Basilica di S. Petronio, Bologna.

Scroll: Jan van Eyck, Flemish painter (b. before 1395, Maaseik, d. 1441, Bruges); The Ghent Altarpiece: Cumaean Sibyl 1432 Oil on wood Cathedral of St Bavo, Ghent.

Sea: Dieric Bouts the Younger, Flemish painter (b. cca. 1448, Leuven, d. 1491, Leuven); The Pearl of Brabant - Saint Christopher c. 1470 Oil on wood, 61 x 113 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

Verdigris Background: 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.

Cup: Master of the Housebook, German engraver/painter (active 1475-90); The Last Supper late 1400s Wood, Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Cup Gilt Texture: 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.

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.