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In Spain, the suit of Swords is known as espadas and the court cards are known as the Rey (King), Caballo (Knight or Cavalier) and Sota (Knave or Valet). The Spanish play with packs of 40 or 48 cards. There are no Tens and, in the shorter pack, the Nines and Eights are also dropped. Thus the suit of Swords ranks: R C S (9 8) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. In Italy the suit is known as spade and the corresponding court cards are the Re, Cavallo and Fante. Either 40 or 52-card packs are used. In the shorter packs, the Tens, Nines and Eights are removed. Card ranking is thus: R C F (10 9 8) 7 6 5 4 3 2 1.[1] A distinguishing feature is that, in Spanish patterns, the swords are depicted as short and straight, whereas in Italian patterns they are long and curved.
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Seven of Swords. In Scopa the Seven of Swords, along with the other suit Sevens, is the highest-scoring card in the bonus of primiera.
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The suit of swords in some tarot packs is one of several suits used in cartomancy.
swords, suit, other, uses, sword, disambiguation, editor, nominated, this, article, deletion, welcome, participate, deletion, discussion, which, will, decide, whether, retain, feel, free, improve, article, remove, this, notice, before, discussion, closed, more. For other uses see Sword disambiguation An editor has nominated this article for deletion You are welcome to participate in the deletion discussion which will decide whether or not to retain it Feel free to improve the article but do not remove this notice before the discussion is closed For more information see the guide to deletion Find sources Swords suit news newspapers books scholar JSTOR 5B 5BWikipedia 3AArticles for deletion 2FSwords 28suit 29 5D 5D AFDThe suit of Swords is one of the four card suits used in Latin suited playing cards alongside Coins Cups and Batons These suits are used in Spanish Italian and some tarot card packs The suit of Swords from an 18th century Venetian pack Symbol on Italian pattern cards Symbol on Spanish pattern cards Symbol on French Aluette Spanish pattern cards Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Individual cards 3 Tarot 4 See also 5 Notes and references 6 Literature 7 External linksCharacteristics editIn Spain the suit of Swords is known as espadas and the court cards are known as the Rey King Caballo Knight or Cavalier and Sota Knave or Valet The Spanish play with packs of 40 or 48 cards There are no Tens and in the shorter pack the Nines and Eights are also dropped Thus the suit of Swords ranks R C S 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 In Italy the suit is known as spade and the corresponding court cards are the Re Cavallo and Fante Either 40 or 52 card packs are used In the shorter packs the Tens Nines and Eights are removed Card ranking is thus R C F 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1 A distinguishing feature is that in Spanish patterns the swords are depicted as short and straight whereas in Italian patterns they are long and curved Individual cards editSeven of Swords In Scopa the Seven of Swords along with the other suit Sevens is the highest scoring card in the bonus of primiera Tarot editThe suit of swords in some tarot packs is one of several suits used in cartomancy See also editSpanish playing cards Italian playing cards Swords suit used in divinatory tarot cardsNotes and references edit Parlett 2008 p xv Literature editParlett David 2008 The Penguin Book of Card Games London Penguin ISBN 978 0 141 03787 5 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Swords playing cards nbsp This card game related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Swords suit amp oldid 1189660407, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
