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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Eight of Swords
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A woman stands in a harsh, icy landscape. She is blindfolded and bound, although so loosely that she could break free if she struggled. Eight swords are impaled in the ice and a stream flows swiftly past her.

My Interpretation: Bondage. Disillusion and loss of hope. A time of difficulty. Indecision could make matters worse. Troubles ahead - illness or misfortune. (Reversed: Hopelessness and deceit. Try to rally your strength to overcome the adversities that face you).

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've made it far more similar to the Rider-Waite card. A woman stands bound in a harsh landscape. She is only loosely tied however, and could break free if she tried. Still to do: quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Master of the St Lucy Legend, Flemish painter (active c. 1480 - 1510 in Bruges); Scene from the St Lucy Legend 1480 Oil on wood Church of St Jacob, Bruges.

Icy Stream Background: Domenico Veneziano, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1410, Venezia ?, d. 1461, Firenze ?); St John in the Wilderness (predella 2) c. 1445 Tempera on Wood, 28.5 x 32.5 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Rope: 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.

Underskirt: Giotto di Bondone, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1267, Vespignano, d. 1337, Firenze); No. 16 Scenes from the Life of the Virgin: Visitation 1306 Fresco, 150 x 140 cm Cappella Scrovegni (Arena Chapel), Padua.

Blindfold: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze); Baptism of Christ 1486-90 Fresco Cappella Tornabuoni, Santa Maria Novella, Florence.

Black Wimple: Hans Memling, Flemish painter (b. cca.1440, Seligenstadt, d. 1494, Bruges); St John Altarpiece (closed) 1474-79 Oil on oak panel, 176 x 78.9 cm (each wing) Memlingmuseum, Sint-Janshospitaal, Bruges.

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.