Heraldry & Emblems
Wheel of Fortune
Wheel of Fortune interprets change and fortune through a compact form informed by medieval pilgrimage objects.
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Historical Context
Medieval artists adapted Fortuna's wheel to show the rise and fall of human status and the instability of worldly success. The image occurs in manuscripts and fifteenth-century prints alongside mortality and religious themes. It represents change and impermanence more securely than personal good-luck promise.
Provenance: Contemporary rendering based on documented medieval and early-modern Wheel of Fortune imagery.
Context note: This is a contemporary interpretation of medieval Christian and pilgrimage material culture. Meanings and devotional uses varied by region and period; review historically or religiously specific applications with care.
Research status: reviewed · reviewed 24/07/2026
Sources
- The Wheel of Fortune and the Death below the Tree of Life — Master of the Banderoles, engraving, ca. 1450-1475, museum number 1845,0809.108. (The British Museum)
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