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Naples, 1474. "[O]n 4th February 1474 one 'Paolo de Paris riceve
3 tari per altretanti spesi in un gioco di carte detto trionfi
donato alla ill. a D. Beatrice d'Aragona, figlia del Re [i.e.
Ferdinand or Ferrante I of Aragon]" (Paolo de Paris receives 3 tari
for as many expenses in a pack of cards called triumphs, given to
the illustrious Lady Beatrice of Aragon, daughter of the King)
(Nicola Antonio de Giorgio, "Playing Cards and Tarots in Naples, 15th-18th Centuries", (_The Playing Card_ vol. 34 no. 2 (Oct-Dec 2005) pp. 101-110) p. 101 and note 3.) (Note Ross Caldwell) |