 His most famous work "Novelle Porretane" (1483) is a collection of sixty-one tales in imitation of Boccacio's "Decameron".In "De Triumphis Religionis", a treatise on the virtues of a prince, he described the court of Ercole d'Este as an exemplar of the virtue of magnificence.Long relegated to obscurity by critics of his "arid" style, Arienti has enjoyed more appreciation recently for his attempt to create a Bolognese literary vernacular.