Filippo Maria Visconti (1392 - 1447), Duke of Milan
composed by Lothar Teikemeier, last update 06.12.2012

1377 John of Rheinfelden knows a 60 cards deck. There is reason to assume, that this was a Bohemian court deck.
* 1395 A Milanese delegation at the Bohemian court in Prague
Youth Filippo Maria (* 1392) had playing cards in his youth
1398 Evrart de Conty uses 16 gods in a Chess book
c. 1403 Michelino made the Visconti genealogy
1409/10 Martiano da Tortona becomes teacher of Filippo Maria Visconti
1412 Filippo Maria becomes ruler of Milan
1418 The new Pope Martin V. visits Milan (inside the delegation Poggio, who had detected the Manilius manuscript - with an astrology of 12 Olympian gods)
1418-1425 He commissioned the Michelino deck with 16 gods as trumps (totally 60 cards)
1421-1429 Various laws about card playing in Milan
1427 Filippo Maria installed a Chess club
1435 Filippo Maria played cards with Alfonso of Aragon
1440 Bianca Maria is send to Ferrara
1441 (?) He commissioned the Cary-Yale Tarocchi deck
1440s (?) He commissioned the Brera Brambilla Tarocchi

Sources

Sources is taken from Franco Pratesi's new article series written from November 2011 till now, published here at Trionfi.com.

SOURCE 1: Ser Giovanni Bandini 1451

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Ferrara: Artists and Card Producers (Trionfi cards)

Ferrara: Traders

Florence: Artists and Card Producers (Trionfi cards and mostly also playing cards)

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Florence: Trade with Trionfi and Playing Cards

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