I struggled in my younger days with a keen but constant and pure attachment, and would have struggled with it longer had not the sinking flame been extinguished by death - premature and bitter, but salutary. I should be glad to be able to say that I had always been entirely free from irregular desires, but I should lie if I did so.

Was I Trionfi the origin of today's common deck of playing cards? Possibly, and here is some evidence.

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The images shown here are from Bernard Quarich's edition of Works of The Italian Engravers of the Fifteenth Century, with introduction by G.W.Reid. Reid denies the credit for the Petrarch prints to Nicoletto da Modena and supports the authorship of Fra Filippo Lippi.

TRIONFI
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	TRIUMPHUS CUPIDINIS The Triumph of Love I | II | III | IV Trionfo d'Amore I | II | III | IV (view a larger image)
	TRIUMPHUS PUDICITIE The Triumph of Chastity I Trionfo della Pudicizia I (view a larger image)
	TRIUMPHUS MORTIS The Triumph of Death I | II Trionfo della Morte I | II (view a larger image)
	TRIUMPHUS FAME The Triumph of Fame I | II | III Trionfo della Fama I | II | III (view a larger image)
	TRIUMPHUS TEMPORIS The Triumph of Time I Trionfo del Tempo I (view a larger image)
	TRIUMPHUS ETERNITATIS The Triumph of Eternity I Trionfo dell'Eternità I (view a larger image)