Jack (playing card) warrior) for the Jack of Hearts; Hector (mythological hero of the Iliad) for the jack of diamonds; and Lancelot or Judas Maccabeus for the jack of clubs. In some southern Italian decks, there are androgynous knaves that are sometimes referred to as maids. In the Sicilian Tarot deck, the knaves are unambiguously female and are also known as maids. As this deck also includes queens, it is the only traditional set to survive into modern times with two ranks of female face cards. This pack may have been influenced by the obsolete Portuguese deck which also had female knaves. The
Lancelot de Casteau multiple writers starting in the 18th century, but the last copy was thought to have been destroyed during the Napoleanic wars. In 1958, a private party offered a copy to the Royal Library of Belgium, which bought it. This is the only known copy. It is the first cookbook published in French in the Low Countries, and is intermediate between medieval cuisine and the haute cuisine of the 17th century. It contains early recipes for whipped cream and choux pastry. Lancelot de Casteau Lancelot de Casteau or de Chasteau or de Chestea, also known as Anseau de Chestea (died 1613)