The art of memory
Yates, Frances Amelia2014
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The ancient Greeks, to whom a trained memory was of vital importance, created an elaborate memory system, based on a technique of impressing 'places' and 'images' on the mind. Inherited and recorded by the Romans, this art of memory passed into the European tradition, to be revived, in occult form, at the Renaissance, and particularly by the strange and remarkable genius, Giordano Bruno. Such is the main theme of Frances Yates's book.
Main title:
The art of memory / Francis A. Yates.
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Imprint:
London : The Bodley Head, 2014.
Collation:
439 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white) ; 24 cm
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Originally published: Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1966.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781847922922 (pbk)
Dewey class:
153.1'4'09153.1409
Language:
English
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BRN:
1930485
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