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[DETAIL OF PREVIOUS] From the album of Johannes Amstel van Mijnden -- this page dated 1601. Den Haag, KB 74 J 37, f.173r Thanks to vondy w I can now translate the Dutch: "all [arrows go] into the eye; but only one into the heart" -- contrast between the many [of Cupid's?] arrows that hit the lover's eye, as opposed to the just one that hits home, wounding his heart
The Ace of Swords
The Ace of Swords | Bonifacio Bembo for Visconti-Sforza Family | Medieval Tarot Cards | ca. 1450 | card no. 34 | The Morgan Library & Museum