Wednesday, December 29, 2010

tarot, continued- how to recgonise italian court cards from a long way away

the courts of the sword (top) & baton (bottom) suits
the suit cards of the coin (top) & cup (bottom) suits

some of my eagle eyed readers may notice that there is italian text in the corner  well, that is the name of the card & its rank. well, the name is in 2 parts
take "re di coppa " for example re means "king" and coppa means cup so it is "king of cups"
now. here are the rest of the suitsspade= swords
bastoni=batons
denari=coins
here are the court card names
re=king
donna-queen
cavallo=cavalier
fante=jack (not labelled in this deck)

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