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Matteo Maria Boiardo (c.
1434 –
December 20,
1494), was an
Italian Renaissance
poet.
Boiardo was born at, or near,
Scandiano (today's province of
Reggio Emilia); the son of Giovanni di Feltrino and Lucia Strozzi, he was of noble lineage, ranking as Count of Scandiano, with seignorial power over
Arceto,
Casalgrande,
Gesso, and
Torricella. Boiardo was an ideal example of a gifted and accomplished courtier, possessing at the same time a manly heart and deep humanistic learning.
Up to the year of his marriage to Taddea Gonzaga, the daughter of the Count of Novellara (1472), he'd received many marks of favour from
Borso d'Este, duke of Ferrara, having been sent to meet
Frederick III (1469), and afterwards visiting
Pope Paul II (1471) in the train of Borso. In 1473 he joined the retinue which escorted
Eleonora of Aragon, the daughter of
Ferdinand I, to meet her spouse, Ercole, at
Ferrara. Five years later Boiardo was invested with the governorship of Reggio, an office which he filled with noted success till his death, except for a brief interval (1481-86) when he was governor of
Modena.
In his youth Boiardo had been a successful imitator of
Petrarca's love poems. More serious attempts followed with the
Istoria Imperiale, some adaptations of
Nepos,
Apuleius,
Herodotus,
Xenophon, etc., and his
Eclogues. These were followed by a comedy,
Il Timone (1487?).
He is best remembered, however, for his grandiose poem of
chivalry and romance
L'Orlando innamorato.
Rime, another work from 1499, was largely forgotten until the English-Italian librarian
Antonio Panizzi published it in 1835.
It is uncertain when Boiardo wrote a poem about a selfcomposed, unusual
Tarot game, which is of relevance to Tarot research of 15th century and the question of Tarot developed. A deck, which was produced according the poem (probably shortly after Boiardo's death) has partially survived.
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