Editing Matteo Maria Boiardo (section)

===Tarot===
It is uncertain when Boiardo wrote a poem about a self-composed, unusual [[Tarot]] game ([[Tarocchi]]), which is of relevance to Tarot research of the 15th century and the question of when Tarot developed. 

A Tarocchi deck was produced according to the poem (probably created shortly after Boiardo's death). The only known deck has partially survived (only 44 cards out of a deck of at least 56 - or possibly 78 if it originally included the 22 Trumps).<ref>The previously unknown deck was once the property of Captain H. E. Rimington Wilson [b.1899-d.1971; 72 years old], a collector of rare card decks. It was auctioned as Lot 310 at Christie's on the 24th of November, 1971 for 350 guineas (or £367.50 in New Pence).</ref> It was composed of four unique suits, each representing a passion: Whips (''Timor'' > fear), Eyes (''Gelosia'' > jealousy), Vases (''Speranza'' > hope) and Arrows (''Amor'' > love). The suits were each composed of the 10 "pip" cards (Ace through 10) and the 4 Face Cards: ''Fante'' ("Soldier" / Knave), ''Cavallo'' ("Cavalryman" / Knight), ''Donna'' ("Lady" / Queen) and ''Re'' ("King"). Each card had three lines of verse from the poem in a rectangle at the top.