The Medieval Craft of Memory

Informationen zum Autor Mary Carruthers is Erich Maria Remarque Professor of Literature and Dean for the Humanities at New York University. She is author of The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture and The Craft of Thought: Rhetoric! Meditation! and the Making of Images! 400-1200. Jan M. Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University and editor of Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages. Klappentext "A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."--Patrick Geary! University of California! Los Angeles Zusammenfassung "A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."-Patrick Geary! University of California! Los Angeles Inhaltsverzeichnis General Introduction Selection 1. Hugh of St. Victor! The Three Best Memory Aids for Learning History Selection 2. Hugh of St. Victor! A Little Book About Constructing Noah's Ark Selection 3. The Guidonian Hand Selection 4. [Alan of Lille]! On the Six Wings of the Seraph Selection 5. Boncompagno da Signa! On Memory Selection 6. Albertus Magnus! Commentary on Aristotle! On Memory and Recollection Selection 7. Thomas Aquinas! Commentary on Aristotle! On Memory and Recollection Selection 8. Francesc Eiximenis! On Two Kinds of Order That Aid Understanding and Memory Selection 9. Thomas Bradwardine! On Acquiring a Trained Memory Selection 10. John of Metz! The Tower of Wisdom Selection 11. Jacobus Publicius! The Art of Memory Selection 12. Anonymous! A Method for Recollecting the Gospels Appendix. Two texts on Rhetorical Memoria from Late Antiquity Consultus Fortunatianus! On Memory C. Julius Victor! On Memory General Bibliography List of Contributors Index Acknowledgments

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Mary Carruthers is Professor Emeritus of English at New York University. She is author of The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture and The Craft of Thought: Rhetoric, Meditation, and the Making of Images, 400-1200. Jan M. Ziolkowski is Arthur Kingsley Porter Professor of Medieval Latin at Harvard University and editor of Obscenity: Social Control and Artistic Creation in the European Middle Ages.

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"A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."--Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles

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"A volume that will interest a wide spectrum of readers."-Patrick Geary, University of California, Los Angeles

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General Introduction
Selection 1. Hugh of St. Victor, The Three Best Memory Aids for Learning History
Selection 2. Hugh of St. Victor, A Little Book About Constructing Noah's Ark
Selection 3. The Guidonian Hand
Selection 4. [Alan of Lille], On the Six Wings of the Seraph
Selection 5. Boncompagno da Signa, On Memory
Selection 6. Albertus Magnus, Commentary on Aristotle, On Memory and Recollection
Selection 7. Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Aristotle, On Memory and Recollection
Selection 8. Francesc Eiximenis, On Two Kinds of Order That Aid Understanding and Memory
Selection 9. Thomas Bradwardine, On Acquiring a Trained Memory
Selection 10. John of Metz, The Tower of Wisdom
Selection 11. Jacobus Publicius, The Art of Memory
Selection 12. Anonymous, A Method for Recollecting the Gospels
Appendix. Two texts on Rhetorical Memoria from Late Antiquity
Consultus Fortunatianus, On Memory
C. Julius Victor, On Memory
General Bibliography
List of Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments