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The oldest Tarot deck.Tractatus de deificatione sexdecim heroum is theonly known work by Marziano da Sant'Alosio, betterknown as Marziano da Tortona, secretary to theduke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti. It describesthe structure and symbolism of a new kind of cardgame with a new kind of cards. In addition to foursuits of number cards headed by a king, the deck hasa fifth suit, the deified heroes of the title, which serveas trump cards in the game. This set of permanent,ranked trumps, is nowadays associated with Tarot,which had not been invented when Marziano wrote.Therefore, as the first deck to have this feature, it hasbeen justifiably described as the oldest known Tarot.

Two italian authors of the 16th century interpret the symbolism of the tarot deck. These texts are translated here for the first time.Deux auteurs italiens du 16e siècle interprètent le symbolisme du jeu de tarot. Ces textes sont ici traduits en anglais pour la première fois.