Nella tenda di Filiberto principe di Orange giuocavano chi a dadi, chi a scacchi, giuochi, se la tradizione ci racconta il vero, inventati da Palamede all'assedio di Troia; i più a carte, come furono inventate dal Grignoart per trastullo alla imbecillità di Carlo VI re di Francia, o modificate a tarocchi, ritrovato non invidiabile degl'ingegni fiorentini, i quali vollero significare nei re, nel diavolo, nel papa, e nelle rimanenti figure, scherno o ira contro le fazioni prevalse nel governo della repubblica.
(In the tent of Filiberto prince of Orange they played games, some at dice, some at chess, games, if tradition tells us the truth, invented by Palamede at the siege of Troy; more at cards, as they were invented by Grignoart as a game for the imbecility of Charles VI, king of France, or modified to tarots, found unenviable by Florentine geniuses, who wanted to signify in the kings, the devil, the pope, and the remaining figures, mockery or anger against the factions that prevailed in the government of the republic.
Re: Problems with positing the Papi in the ur-Tarot
101From Andrea Vitali I learn of another reference to the tarot as depicting the struggle of between factions, which in Florence weren't just Guelfs and Ghibellines, but then White and Black Guelfs, etc. It is from a19th century Tuscan historian [added later: actually, novelist and politician], Francesco Domenico Guerrazzi,in the work L’Assedio di Firenze (Chapters XXX, Tome III, Second Edition, Paris, Baudry Library - H. Bossange et C., 1836):
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