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Six of Wands
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A party of men return from a campaign bearing wands and gilt banners. Three are mounted and one is on foot. He blows a horn to herald their arrival.

My Interpretation: To the victor, the spoils. Public acclaim and good news. Success after hardship, reward for labours. Achievement and recognition. (Reversed: Treachery, intrigue, battles which may be lost)

Edit notes to self: Different to v1.0 card as I've added more symbolism to assist readers, and made much more similar to the Rider Waite version. Still to do - quite happy with it.

Sources:

Base Pic: Master of the Polling Panels, German painter (active 1435-1450 in Upper Bavaria); Prince Tassilo Rides to Hunting 1444 Panel, 219 x 87.5 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich.

Two Rear Faces: Benozzo Gozzoli, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1420, Firenze, d. 1497, Pistoia); Scenes from the Life of St Francis (Scene 3, south wall) 1452 Fresco, 270 x 220 cm Apsidal chapel, San Francesco, Montefalco.

Banners: Master of the Privileges of Ghent and Flanders, Netherlandish illuminator; Surrender of the Burghers of Ghent in 1453 c. 1454 Illumination on parchment, 20.8 x 14.7 cm Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Vienna.

Wands: Jacques Daret, Netherlandish painter (b. cca. 1404, Tournai, d. 1470); Altarpiece of the Virgin 1433-35 Oil on wood, 57 x 52 cm Staatliche Museen, Berlin.

Leaves: Fra Angelico, Italian painter, Florentine school (b. cca. 1400, Vicchio nell Mugello, d. 1455, Roma); The Annunciation 1430-32 Tempera on wood, 154 x 194 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid.

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.