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Chavalier

from The Mantegna Tarocchi, c. 1465

A knight in a short doublet and cap stands with his hand on his sword hilt, a small page boy at his side looking up at him. No horse, no armor: the fifteenth century knight of this card is a courtier of rank, distinguished from the gentleman below him by the sword and the attendant. The spelling Chavalier is one of several French and Venetian forms scattered through the lettering.

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