I repost since it expired:
Question ID: 600973 
 
what is the patience of medici and how it works?
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 03 Dec 2005 12:05 PST 
It might help if we knew where you encountered the phrase "patience of
Medici." Are you certain of the spelling? I've found this phrase in
only one place on the Web, and it is not explained there.
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clarification of Question by yothay-ga on 03 Dec 2005 14:34 PST 
it may be related to tarot.
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 03 Dec 2005 14:48 PST 
As I mentioned, there is only one online mention of "patience of
Medici." If this phrase has meaning, I can't help thinking that either
"patience" or "Medici" is a misspelled word. Where did you hear or see
this term?
 

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Clarification of Question by yothay-ga on 25 Dec 2005 10:28 PST 
here the links:

http://www.aworld.ru/maska/forumsp4463a.htm

http://www.ld4all.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13455&postdays=0&postorder=asc&&start=60

and an old one which isn't accessible anymore:

http://p222.ezboard.com/fsorceryfrm17.showMessage?topicID=713.topic

I retrieved this content from various metasearch:

His magic studies caused lively interest the kingly persons, and Mary
Medici was one of the admirers. To the experts of card games is known
the patience of Medici - surprising magic patience,whose secret passed
to it from the Di. There is nothing surprising in the...

here's a google cache which contains a link pointing to the previous url:

http://216.239.51.104/search?q=cache:2KMEo8Y-CwQJ:pub247.ezboard.com/fsorceryfrm17+fsorceryfrm17&hl=en&start=1

---

Request for Question Clarification by politicalguru-ga on 02 Feb 2006 04:49 PST

Dear Yothay, 

I can tell you a little about the Patience of Medici (as in a general
explanation of what it is and from which milleu the term stems: not
Tarot, no "Solitaire" or other card games), but not "how it works". I
can refer you to sources that might have the information, though I am
not sure if they will be willing to divulge the information. If you'd
like this as an answer, please let me know. Since the question is
about to expire, you might need to repost it.

Could it be a reference to the "infinite patience" of Catherine di Medici?
http://www.angelfire.com/jazz/louxsie/medici.html

"Patience" is another term for solitaire.  Is there a form of
solitaire called "Medici"?

To politicalguru-ga : In case you hadn't notice I repost again so you
can answer. the new question ID is: 440689 . Thanks.