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Early references to playing cards and related articles |
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First appearances of the word Trionfi in relation to playing-cards (1442 - 1463)
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| The Milanese Duke Filippo Maria Visconti
commissioned before 1425 a manuscript and a playing card deck from Marziano da Tortona and Michelino da Besozzo.
Jacopo Antonio Marcello got book and deck in 1449 and called it a new kind of Ludus Triumphorum. |
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It is probable, that the first Trionfi-decks started with a 5x14-structure, the 14 trumps
were considered as a 5th suit. |
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In 1423 Parisina, the young signora of Ferrara, imported from Florence "VIII Imperatori"-cards.
It's unclear, which sort of cards it really had been, but it might be a predevelopment to the later Tarot cards. |
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From 14 to 22in development |
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At the 1.1.1441 the painter Sagramoro got some money for "14 figure" for the guest
in Ferrara, Bianca Maria Visconti. One year later appears the first use of the word Trionfi in relation to playing cards. |
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Ferrara 1441 |
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At an unclear time between 1460 - 1494 the poet Matteo Maria Boiardo made a poem about Trionfi cards. They are quite unusual, but they finally have 22 trumps and 56 court and number cards |
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