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Abstract: Using sources in Latin, Italian and Hebrew as well as visual art, the present study pinpoints to an elusive mnemonic practice: the visualization of sexual acts as a means… Click to show full abstract
Abstract: Using sources in Latin, Italian and Hebrew as well as visual art, the present study pinpoints to an elusive mnemonic practice: the visualization of sexual acts as a means for creating memorable mnemonics scenes. It further suggests that the introduction of sexual mnemonics into the classical system of “local memory” (memoria localis) occurred most likely in the Middle Ages and may have been inspired by the imaginative aesthetic of two forms of art used in conjunction with mnemonics at that time: architectural statuary and manuscript decoration.
Journal Title: Tempo
Year Published: 2023
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