Art of memory
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The art of memory is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of idea
Graphical memory devices from the works of Giordano Bruno
Ars Memoriæ, by Robert Fludd
Ars Notoria, the first figure of logic/dialectic used as part of the art of memory
Congestorium artificiose memoriae, by Johann Romberch
Hugh of Saint Victor
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Hugh of Saint Victor was a German canon regular and a leading theologian and writer on mystical theology.
Art of memory
…This principle is reflected in the early Dialexis fragment on memory, and is found throughout later texts on the art. Mary Carruthers, in a review of Hugh of St. Victor's Didascalion, emphasizes the importance of the visual sense as follows: Even what we hear must be attached to a visual image. To help recall something…
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De claustro anime, 14th-century manuscript. Hereford, Cathedral Library, Manuscript collection, P.5.XII.