Magician with 4 (5) tools = 4 suits = 4 figures |
Time - Hermit = winter = age = the wheel is down |
Iustitia = autumn = maturity = the wheel is turning down |
Chariot - Triumph = summer = height of life = the wheel is up |
Love - Marriage = spring = youth = the wheel is turning up |
Pope = Knights (?) |
Emperor = Kings (?) |
Empress = Queens (?) |
Papessa = Pages (?) |
Wheel with 4 (5) persons = 4 seasons |
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Angel - Judgment |
Fool - Stupidity |
3 Adversaries + 1 Final Salvation note, that 11 (Fool) was changed to 0, and 14 (Angel) was changed to 20, probably by Bembo or a contemporary cause he didn't like 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 9 + 10 + 11 + 12 + 13 + 14 = 105 but prefered, probably cause of practical reasons (easier counting in card playing) 0 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6 + 7 + 8 + 9 + 10 + 12 + 13 + 20 = 100 |
Death |
Hanging Man - Treachery |
Interpretation of the 14 trumps of Bembo as a complete Trionfi-deck with 5x14-structure |
5 Persons interpreted as a (right ?) hand with 5 fingers thumb + 4 others |
5 states of destiny interpreted as a (left ?) hand with 5 fingers thumb + 4 others |
1 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
9 |
8 |
14 |
12 |
11 |
(0) |
13 |
(20) |
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Then six cards were added by a second artist, probably he thought of the Platonic triade body-soul-spirit |
(spirit) (soul) (body) |
Fool - Stupidity Hanging Man - Treachery Death |
Prudentia Fortitudo Temperantia |
Sun - day Star - morning star Moon - night |
Basis already existent 3 Virtues 3 Signs at Heaven |
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