| 词条 | Swords (suit) |
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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. CharacteristicsIn 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.{{sfn|Parlett|2008|p=xv}} The suit of Swords corresponds to the suit of Spades in French packs and the suit of Acorns in German and Swiss playing cards.[1]. In French packs of this type, the suit is called Epees ("Swords"). The picture cards are Valet (Page), Chevalier (Horseman or Knight), Reine (Queen), and Roi (King). It was later replaced by the suit of Spades. In German-suited packs the suit is represented by Blätter ("Leaves"). It may be based on the fact that the words for "sword blade" and "leaf" are the same in German. {{sfn|Parlett|2008|p=xv}} The suit of swords in some tarot packs is one of several suits used in cartomancy. See also
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