Medieval Craft of Memory An Anthology of Texts and Pictures

Name: Medieval Craft of Memory An Anthology of Texts and Pictures
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ISBN: 9780812218817

ISBN-10: 0812218817

ISBN-13: 9780812218817

Edition: 2002

Authors: Mary Carruthers, Jan M. Ziolkowski

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In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together the texts and visual images from the twelfth through the fifteenth centuries that are central to an understanding of memory and memory technique. These sources are now made available for a wider audience of students of medieval and early modern history and culture and readers with an interest in memory, mnemonics, and the synergy of text and…

Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Publication date: 12/17/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 320
Size: 6.46" wide x 9.13" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.506
Language: English

Jan Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin, Harvard University, and the Director of Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection.



General Introduction



Hugh of St. Victor


The Three Best Memory Aids for Learning History



Hugh of St. Victor


A Little Book About Constructing Noah's Ark



The Guidonian Hand



[Alan of Lille]


On the Six Wings of the Seraph



Boncompagno da Signa


On Memory



Albertus Magnus


Commentary on Aristotle


On Memory and Recollection



Thomas Aquinas


Commentary on Aristotle


On Memory and Recollection



Francesc Eiximenis


On Two Kinds of Order That Aid Understanding and Memory



Thomas Bradwardine


On Acquiring a Trained Memory



John of Metz


The Tower of Wisdom



Jacobus Publicius


The Art of Memory



Anonymous


A Method for Recollecting the Gospels



texts on Rhetorical Memoria from Late Antiquity Consultus Fortunatianus On Memory



On Memory General


Bibliography


List of Contributors


Index


Acknowledgments