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Cavallo of Batons (Apolino)

from The Sola Busca Tarot, c. 1491

Apolino, the Cavallo of batons, a rider in red on a gray horse holding a baton upright. The name reads as Apollo; how a god joined the cavalry is one of the deck's jokes or mysteries.

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