{"product_id":"tractatus-de-deificatione-sexdecim-heroum","title":"Tractatus de deificatione sexdecim heroum","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe oldest Tarot deck.\u003cbr\u003e\nTractatus de deificatione sexdecim heroum is the\u003cbr\u003e\nonly known work by Marziano da SantÕAlosio, better\u003cbr\u003e\nknown as Marziano da Tortona, secretary to the\u003cbr\u003e\nduke of Milan, Filippo Maria Visconti. It describes\u003cbr\u003e\nthe structure and symbolism of a new kind of card\u003cbr\u003e\ngame with a new kind of cards. In addition to four\u003cbr\u003e\nsuits of number cards headed by a king, the deck has\u003cbr\u003e\na fifth suit, the deified heroes of the title, which serve\u003cbr\u003e\nas trump cards in the game. This set of permanent,\u003cbr\u003e\nranked trumps, is nowadays associated with Tarot,\u003cbr\u003e\nwhich had not been invented when Marziano wrote.\u003cbr\u003e\nTherefore, as the first deck to have this feature, it has\u003cbr\u003e\nbeen justifiably described as the oldest known Tarot.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksWholesale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44234681057441,"sku":"9780244181017","price":34.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/1120\/3233\/files\/1z756nrp-front-shortedge-384_d63f3172-0fba-4ecb-8c98-b0f05aa7f2a9.jpg?v=1718421496","url":"https:\/\/bookswholesale.myshopify.com\/products\/tractatus-de-deificatione-sexdecim-heroum","provider":"BooksWholesale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}