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Swords (card Suit)
The 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. Symbol on Italian pattern cards: Symbol on Spanish pattern cards: Symbol on French Aluette Spanish pattern cards: Characteristics 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. A distinguis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seme Spade Carte Napoletane
Seme may refer to: *Seme Border, a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin *Seme (dagger), a Maasai term for a type of lion hunting knife *Seme (martial arts), Japanese martial arts term meaning to attack ** Seme, a manga/anime term for a dominant partner in a homosexual relationship, derived from the martial arts term *Seme (semantics), a small unit of meaning identified as one characteristic of a sememe *Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881?-June 1951) a founding member of the African National Congress * Semé, a term used in heraldry to describe a field filled with charges *SEME, an acronym for the search engine manipulation effect * 8 Training Battalion of the British Army's Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, formerly known as the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) See also *Seam (other) Seam may refer to: Science and technology * Seam (geology), a stratum of coal or mineral that is economically viable; a bed or a distinct layer of vein of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suit Of Swords
The Suit of Swords is one of the four suits of the Minor Arcana in a 78-card cartomantic tarot deck. It is derived from the suit used in Latin suited playing cards, such Spanish, Italian and Latin-suited tarot decks. Like the other tarot suits, it contains fourteen cards: ace (one), two through ten, page, knight, queen and king. Occultists claim that the suit represents the Second Estate (The Nobles). While Tarot cards are used throughout much of Europe to play Tarot card games, in English-speaking countries, where the games are largely unknown, Tarot cards came much later to be utilized primarily for divinatory purposes. Divinatory and occult meanings In divination, the suit of Swords is associated with masculinity and intellect, but also sorrow and misfortune. The element of air has been associated with the suit. Etteilla and Samuel Liddell MacGregor Mathers equated Swords to the suit of Spades in the French pack.Huson 2004, p. 200 *The Ace of Swords Indicates decisive a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scopa
''Scopa'' (; literally "broom") is an Italian card game, and one of the three major national card games in Italy, the others being ''Briscola'' and ''Tresette''. It is also popular in Argentina and Brazil, brought in by Italian immigrants, mostly in the '' Scopa a Quindici'' variation. Scopa is also played in former Italian colonies such as Libya and Somalia or some other countries like Tunisia and even Morocco with changed appearance in the cards. It is played with a standard Italian 40-card deck, mostly between two players or four in two partnerships, but it can also be played by 3 or 6 players. The name ''scopa'' is an Italian noun meaning "broom", since taking a ''scopa'' means "to sweep" all the cards from the table. Watching a game of scopa can be a highly entertaining activity, since games traditionally involve lively, colorful, and somewhat strong-worded banter in between hands. However, skill and chance are more important for the outcome of the game. History Scopa wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italy
Italy ( it, Italia ), officially the Italian Republic, ) or the Republic of Italy, is a country in Southern Europe. It is located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, and its territory largely coincides with the homonymous geographical region. Italy is also considered part of Western Europe, and shares land borders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Slovenia and the enclaved microstates of Vatican City and San Marino. It has a territorial exclave in Switzerland, Campione. Italy covers an area of , with a population of over 60 million. It is the third-most populous member state of the European Union, the sixth-most populous country in Europe, and the tenth-largest country in the continent by land area. Italy's capital and largest city is Rome. Italy was the native place of many civilizations such as the Italic peoples and the Etruscans, while due to its central geographic location in Southern Europe and the Mediterranean, the country has also historically been home ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Court Cards
In a deck of playing cards, the term face card (US) or court card (British and US), and sometimes Royalty, is generally used to describe a card that depicts a person as opposed to the pip cards. They are also known as picture cards, or until the early 20th century, coat cards. History While playing cards were invented in China, Chinese playing cards do not have a concept of face cards. When playing cards arrived in Iran, the Persians created the first face cards.The best preserved deck is located in the Topkapı Palace. To avoid idolatry, the cards did not depict human faces and instead featured abstract designs or calligraphy for the ''malik'' (king), ''nā'ib malik'' (viceroy or deputy king) and ''thānī nā'ib'' (second or under-deputy). It is possible that the Topkapı deck, a custom made luxury item used for display, does not represent the cards played by commoners. There are fragments of what may be Mamluk court cards from cheaper decks showing human figures which may expla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spain
, image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , image_map = , map_caption = , image_map2 = , capital = Madrid , coordinates = , largest_city = Madrid , languages_type = Official language , languages = Spanish language, Spanish , ethnic_groups = , ethnic_groups_year = , ethnic_groups_ref = , religion = , religion_ref = , religion_year = 2020 , demonym = , government_type = Unitary state, Unitary Parliamentary system, parliamentary constitutional monarchy , leader_title1 = Monarchy of Spain, Monarch , leader_name1 = Felipe VI , leader_title2 = Prime Minister of Spain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seme Spade Carte Aluette
Seme may refer to: *Seme Border, a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin *Seme (dagger), a Maasai term for a type of lion hunting knife *Seme (martial arts), Japanese martial arts term meaning to attack ** Seme, a manga/anime term for a dominant partner in a homosexual relationship, derived from the martial arts term *Seme (semantics), a small unit of meaning identified as one characteristic of a sememe *Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881?-June 1951) a founding member of the African National Congress * Semé, a term used in heraldry to describe a field filled with charges *SEME, an acronym for the search engine manipulation effect * 8 Training Battalion of the British Army's Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, formerly known as the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) See also *Seam (other) Seam may refer to: Science and technology * Seam (geology), a stratum of coal or mineral that is economically viable; a bed or a distinct layer of vein of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aluette
Aluette or Vache ("Cow") is an old, plain trick-taking card game that is played on the west coast of France. It is played by two teams, usually of four people, but sometimes also of six. It is unusual in using a unique pack of 48 Spanish playing cards and a system of signalling between playing partners. The French colloquial names for the game, ''jeu de la Vache'' or ''Vache'', refer to the cow depicted on one of the cards. History This game is apparently very old with references to the game of "luettes" by François Rabelais in the early 16th century. As the cards use Spanish suits, Aluette may even predate the invention of French playing cards around 1480. "''La luette''" means uvula in French and may refer to the fact that it is played with codified signs that allow team members to provide information on their cards during the game. The game is also called "''la vache''" (the cow) because of the illustration on the 2 of cups card. Due to similarities it has with the game of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seme Spade Carte Bergamasche
Seme may refer to: *Seme Border, a settlement in Nigeria on the border with Benin *Seme (dagger), a Maasai term for a type of lion hunting knife *Seme (martial arts), Japanese martial arts term meaning to attack ** Seme, a manga/anime term for a dominant partner in a homosexual relationship, derived from the martial arts term *Seme (semantics), a small unit of meaning identified as one characteristic of a sememe *Pixley ka Isaka Seme (1881?-June 1951) a founding member of the African National Congress * Semé, a term used in heraldry to describe a field filled with charges *SEME, an acronym for the search engine manipulation effect * 8 Training Battalion of the British Army's Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, formerly known as the School of Electrical and Mechanical Engineering (SEME) See also *Seam (other) Seam may refer to: Science and technology * Seam (geology), a stratum of coal or mineral that is economically viable; a bed or a distinct layer of vein of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Card Suit
In playing cards, a suit is one of the categories into which the cards of a deck are divided. Most often, each card bears one of several pips (symbols) showing to which suit it belongs; the suit may alternatively or additionally be indicated by the color printed on the card. The rank for each card is determined by the number of pips on it, except on face cards. Ranking indicates which cards within a suit are better, higher or more valuable than others, whereas there is no order between the suits unless defined in the rules of a specific card game. In a single deck, there is exactly one card of any given rank in any given suit. A deck may include special cards that belong to no suit, often called jokers. History Modern Western playing cards are generally divided into two or three general suit-systems. The older Latin suits are subdivided into the Italian and Spanish suit-systems. The younger Germanic suits are subdivided into the German and Swiss suit-systems. The French suits a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarot
The tarot (, first known as '' trionfi'' and later as ''tarocchi'' or ''tarocks'') is a pack of playing cards, used from at least the mid-15th century in various parts of Europe to play card games such as Tarocchini. From their Italian roots, tarot playing cards spread to most of Europe evolving into a family of games that includes German Grosstarok and more recent games such as French Tarot and Austrian Königrufen which are still played today. In the late 18th century, French occultists began to make elaborate, but unsubstantiated, claims about their history and meaning, leading to the emergence of custom decks for use in divination via tarot card reading and cartomancy. Thus there are two distinct types of tarot pack: those used for playing games and those used for divination. However, some older patterns, such as the Tarot de Marseille, originally intended for playing card games, have also been used for cartomancy. Like the common playing cards, tarot has four suits whic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
