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VERSION 2.0 IN PROGRESS

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Page of Swords
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A young man holds a sword aloft with the other hand defiantly on his hip. A bull embedded with stars leaps over his head and a butterfly floats by. The landscape is green and gentle, and a road leads into the distance where clouds gather on the horizon.

My Interpretation: A challenging youth. A passionate young person with deep insight, although difficult at times. Resolution of an outstanding concern. Vigilance may be necessary against a current threat. Use whatever intelligence is available. (Reversed: Deceit and unfair dealings, a cunning foe)

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 Sword are fairly obvious. The Page holds his sword uplifted. I have added a leaping bull, as this card is said to represent the starsign Taurus. Still to do - quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Domenico Ghirlandaio, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1449, Firenze, d. 1494, Firenze); Madonna and Child with St Sebastian and St Julian c. 1473 Fresco Sant'Andrea a Brozzi, San Donnino.

Leaping Bull: Francesco del Cossa, Italian painter, Ferrarese school (b. cca. 1435, Ferrara, d. 1477, Bologna); Allegory of April: Triumph of Venus 1476-84 Fresco, 500 x 320 cm Palazzo Schifanoia, Ferrara.

Landscape: Cima Da Conegliano, Italian painter, Venetian school (b. cca. 1459, Conegliano, d. 1517/18, Conegliano); St. Helena 1495 Panel National Gallery of Art, Washington.

Cloud Bank on Horizon: Paulo Uccello, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. 1397, Firenze, d. 1475, Firenze); St. George and the Dragon c. 1456 Oil on canvas, 57 x 73 cm National Gallery, London.

Sky: Antonello da Messina, Italian painter, Southern Italian school (b. cca. 1430, Messina, d 1479, Messina); St Sebastian 1476-77 Oil on canvas transferred from panel, 171 x 85.5 cm Gemäldegalerie, Dresden.

Butterfly: Pisanello, Italian painter (b. 1395, Pisa, d. 1455, Roma); Portrait of a Princess of the House of Este 1436-38 Tempera on wood, 43 x 30 cm Musée du Louvre, Paris.

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.