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L'Imperatore d'Oriente

from The Minchiate Fiorentine, 1860-1890

Another bearded ruler in a tall crown, holding a star-topped orb and scepter beside a red stool. Papa quattro, usually called the Emperor of the East. Some old lists put an Empress in this seat, but the card is plainly a man, and Florentine players just said the number.

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