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Philosofia

from The Mantegna Tarocchi, c. 1465

A woman in a long gown holding a tall arrow-like spear in one hand and a shield bearing a crested human head in the other. Philosophy. The head on the shield is usually read as Medusa, making the shield Minerva's aegis, which fits philosophy as the daughter of wisdom. The lettering is PHILOSOFIA, with the F the engraver preferred over PH.

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