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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Six of Swords
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A man punts a boat in a green river. A woman sits in the boat protectively nursing a baby inside her cloak. Six swords stand erect at the bow of the boat. In the background two men fish with a net from another boat.

My Interpretation: An important journey. Travel across water, literally or metaphorically. A time of transition, leaving behind past hardships and finding new understanding and acceptance. (Reversed: Still a card of travel, perhaps running away from an intolerable situation)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've made it far more similar to the Rider-Waite card. I have featured the theme of the Flight into Egypt by the holy family, as it's in keeping with the theme of the card (although that was by donkey rather than boat). Still to do: quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Lluis Borrassa, Spanish painter (b. cca. 1360, Gerona, d. 1425, Barcelona); St Peter is Walking on the Water 1411-13 Tempera on wood, 102 x 65 cm San Pedro, Tarrasa.

Joseph: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); Flight to Egypt (from the paintings for the Armadio degli Argenti) 1450 Tempera on wood, 38.5 x 37 cm Museo di San Marco, Florence.

Mary & Baby Jesus: Melchior Broederlam, Flemish painter (active 1381-1409); The Flight into Egypt 1393-99 Tempera on wood Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dijon.

Fishes: Duccio di Buoninsegna, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. cca. 1255, Siena, d. 1319, Siena); Calling of Peter and Andrew 1308-11 Tempera on wood, 43.5 x 46 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Sword: Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. cca.1440, Seligenstadt, d. 1494, Bruges); The Archangel Michael c. 1479 Oil on wood, 37 x 16 cm Wallace Collection, London.

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.