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  • His naturall memorie was very great, to which he had added the _art of memorie_: he would repeate to you forwards and backwards all the signes from Ludgate to Charing-crosse '(ed.A. Clark, vol. i, p. 257).

    Characters from 17th Century Histories and Chronicles Various

  • OR the better expressing & keeping in memorie my Love, and your Worthines; I doe offer unto your LA: the first worke of mine that ever came in Print; because your rare example, hath given an excellent approbation to the matter contained in this Booke; for you have passed by all excuses, and have ventured upon, & doe goe on with that loving act of a loving mother; in giving the sweete milke of your owne breasts, to your owne childe; wherein you have gone before the greatest number of honourable Ladies of your place, in these latter times.

    The Countesse of Lincolnes Nurserie 1622

  • Cipher of Gramatica, drawn by Amelia Amelia after an image from Romberch's Congestorium artificiose memorie (1533).

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • It was frequently printed thereafter (Cologne, 1483; Venice, 1485 and 1490; Augsburg, 1490) and directly influenced memory treatises of the following century, namely Johannes Romberch's Congestorium artificiose memorie (1533).

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • Publicius includes a mnemonic alphabet, later recycled by Johannes Romberch in Congestorium artificiose memorie (1533) and emulated by Robert Fludd in Utriusque cosmic maioris scilicet et minoris metaphysica (1621), that evokes comparison to several items in the Urbino studiolo (fig. 4.18).

    Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008

  • For the treasure buried at Palmi, in an olive grove twenty-five miles north of Cape Caenys, see P. G. Guzzo, Argenteria di Palmi in ripostiglio, Atti e memorie della Societ Magna Grecia 1820 197779: 193209.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • For the treasure buried at Palmi, in an olive grove twenty-five miles north of Cape Caenys, see P. G. Guzzo, Argenteria di Palmi in ripostiglio, Atti e memorie della Societ Magna Grecia 1820 197779: 193209.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • We also have no proof that we simply rot in the ground as a memorie of our mortality

    Sexting: What is Sexting & Is It Dangerous? | Sync Blog 2009

  • For the treasure buried at Palmi, in an olive grove twenty-five miles north of Cape Caenys, see P. G. Guzzo, Argenteria di Palmi in ripostiglio, Atti e memorie della Societ Magna Grecia 1820 197779: 193209.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

  • For the treasure buried at Palmi, in an olive grove twenty-five miles north of Cape Caenys, see P. G. Guzzo, Argenteria di Palmi in ripostiglio, Atti e memorie della Societ Magna Grecia 1820 197779: 193209.

    The Spartacus War Barry Strauss 2009

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