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through definitions and divisions. The fourth side was reserved for notes on general grammar. Qe ae Eye ee ee Likewise, Schenkel continued to apply his system to other fields of knowl- edge such as rhetoric, dialectic, theology, jurisprudence and medicine.*> The basic rules were always the same: to divide a discipline by definitions in a series of key topics that were assigned to mnemonic places in each house. As seen be- fore, by repeating the division of walls of each room, even extremely restricted and detailed topics could be stored. In this way, many domus sapientiae as- signed to each discipline were gathered to form a splendid mnemonic city of sapience that contained all human knowledge.

Figure 4 through definitions and divisions. The fourth side was reserved for notes on general grammar. Qe ae Eye ee ee Likewise, Schenkel continued to apply his system to other fields of knowl- edge such as rhetoric, dialectic, theology, jurisprudence and medicine.*> The basic rules were always the same: to divide a discipline by definitions in a series of key topics that were assigned to mnemonic places in each house. As seen be- fore, by repeating the division of walls of each room, even extremely restricted and detailed topics could be stored. In this way, many domus sapientiae as- signed to each discipline were gathered to form a splendid mnemonic city of sapience that contained all human knowledge.

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of topical headings in many commonplace-books of the time.!* Rosselli’s mnemonic places, called suggestively loca communia, are also hierarchically organized from larger categories to smaller ones, serving as the containers of notions. Indeed, this system was an application of information management found in its contemporary commonplace-books. In his mundus mnemonicus, Rosselli tried to visualize rhetorical commonplaces and offer a universal inter- pretative grid through which all the phenomena of the physical world could be analyzed and classified so that every creature could have its proper position in the ‘universal history’ (historia universalis).
of topical headings in many commonplace-books of the time.!* Rosselli’s mnemonic places, called suggestively loca communia, are also hierarchically organized from larger categories to smaller ones, serving as the containers of notions. Indeed, this system was an application of information management found in its contemporary commonplace-books. In his mundus mnemonicus, Rosselli tried to visualize rhetorical commonplaces and offer a universal inter- pretative grid through which all the phenomena of the physical world could be analyzed and classified so that every creature could have its proper position in the ‘universal history’ (historia universalis).
FIGURE 2.3 Twenty mnemonic places in a wall.
FIGURE 2.3 Twenty mnemonic places in a wall.
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