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- 1977 — Here, for example, is a man who looks exactly like an officer on active service, and he has begun by recognizing himself in the Knight of Clubs; in fact, he has passed the card around for all to see what a handsomely outfitted mount he was riding when he left the barracks that morning and what a well-fitting uniform he was wearing, garnished with shining plates of armor, with a gardenia in the buckle of a greave. — Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Part 2, Chapter 4, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.
- 1977 — Our staff officer sees coming toward him a Knight of Swords distinguished from the others by the elegance of his personal and equine equipment: his armor, unlike the others seen around, pieced together with oddments, is complete down to the most trifling detail and is all one color from helmet to greaves: a periwinkle blue, against which the gilded breastplate and shin guards stand out. — Italo Calvino, The Castle of Crossed Destinies, Part 2, Chapter 4, 1969. Translated from Italian by William Weaver.