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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Seven of Swords
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A man steals away from an encampment. He carries five swords and two more lie embedded in the sand behind him. He looks back at the camp with a shifty expression.

My Interpretation: Distrust and dishonesty. Suspicion may be justified. Unreliability, theft and dishonourable actions may be afoot. Be careful who you trust - although there are also those who would be more supportive and loyal than you expect. (Reversed: Loss, defeat and confusion)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've made it far more similar to the Rider-Waite card. Still to do: pretty happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze); No. 2 Scenes from the Life of Joachim: Joachim among the Shepherds 1304-06 Fresco, 200 x 185 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua.

Tents and Desert Background: Simone Martini, Italian painter, Sienese school (b. 1280/85, Siena, d. 1344, Avignon); Equestrian portrait of Guidoriccio da Fogliano 1328-30 Fresco, 340 x 968 cm Palazzo Pubblico, Siena.

Red Legs: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); St Lawrence Receives the Treasures of the Church 1447-50 Fresco, 271 x 205 cm Cappella Niccolina, Palazzi Pontifici, Vatican.

Red Hat: 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.

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.