{"product_id":"the-medieval-craft-of-memory-an-anthology-of-texts-and-pictures-paperback-softback-9780812218817","title":"The Medieval Craft of Memory; An Anthology of Texts and Pictures (Paperback \/ softback) 9780812218817","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Medieval Craft of Memory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAn Anthology of Texts and Pictures\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMary Carruthers (Edited by), Jan M. Ziolkowski (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780812218817\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 17 December 2003\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e320 pages, 29 illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.5 x 1.9 cm, 0.518 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The extraordinary reception that Mary Carruthers's \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Memory\u003c\/i\u003e has received, as well as that of other recent studies of learned memory, amply justifies an anthology of high medieval memory texts. That Carruthers would coedit the volume with Jan Ziolkowski, one of our major medieval Latinists, is particularly felicitous. The result is a volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers.\"-Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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 image.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe art of memory was most importantly associated in the Middle Ages with composition, and those who practiced the craft used it to make new prayers, sermons, pictures, and music. The mixing of visual and verbal media was commonplace throughout medieval cultures: pictures contained visual puns, words were often verbal paintings, and both were used equally as tools for making thoughts. The ability to create pictures in one's own mind was essential to medieval cognitive technique and imagination, and the intensely pictorial and affective qualities of medieval art and literature were generative, creative devices in themselves.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eGeneral Introduction\u003cbr\u003e Selection 1. Hugh of St. Victor, The Three Best Memory Aids for Learning History\u003cbr\u003e Selection 2. Hugh of St. Victor, A Little Book About Constructing Noah's Ark\u003cbr\u003e Selection 3. The Guidonian Hand\u003cbr\u003e Selection 4. [Alan of Lille], On the Six Wings of the Seraph\u003cbr\u003e Selection 5. Boncompagno da Signa, On Memory\u003cbr\u003e Selection 6. Albertus Magnus, Commentary on Aristotle, On Memory and Recollection\u003cbr\u003e Selection 7. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Aristotle, On Memory and Recollection\u003cbr\u003e Selection 8. Francesc Eiximenis, On Two Kinds of Order That Aid Understanding and Memory\u003cbr\u003e Selection 9. Thomas Bradwardine, On Acquiring a Trained Memory\u003cbr\u003e Selection 10. John of Metz, The Tower of Wisdom\u003cbr\u003e Selection 11. Jacobus Publicius, The Art of Memory\u003cbr\u003e Selection 12. Anonymous, A Method for Recollecting the Gospels \u003cbr\u003e Appendix. Two texts on Rhetorical Memoria from Late Antiquity\u003cbr\u003e Consultus Fortunatianus, On Memory\u003cbr\u003e C. Julius Victor, On Memory\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeneral Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e List of Contributors\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52530839847192,"sku":"9780812218817","price":26.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-medieval-craft-of-memory-an-anthology-of-texts-and-pictures-paperback-softback-9780812218817","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}