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The Role of Sex in Medieval and Early Modern Mnemonics

Tempo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2023-04, Vol.29 (1), p.21-44 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. ;ISSN: 1413-7704 ;ISSN: 1980-542X ;EISSN: 1980-542X ;DOI: 10.1590/tem-1980-542x2023v290106

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  • Title:
    The Role of Sex in Medieval and Early Modern Mnemonics
  • Author: Efron, Leon Jacobowitz
  • Subjects: SOCIOLOGY
  • Is Part Of: Tempo (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), 2023-04, Vol.29 (1), p.21-44
  • Description: 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. Resumo: Usando fontes em latim, italiano e hebraico, bem como artes visuais, o presente estudo aponta para uma prática mnemônica elusiva: a visualização de atos sexuais como um meio para criar cenas mnemônicas memoráveis. Sugere ainda que a introdução da mnemônica sexual no sistema clássico de “memória local” (memoria localis) ocorreu provavelmente na Idade Média e pode ter sido inspirada pela estética imaginativa de duas formas de arte usadas em conjunto com a mnemônica naquela época: a estatuária arquitetônica e a decoração de manuscritos.
  • Publisher: EdUFF - Editora da UFF
  • Language: English;Portuguese
  • Identifier: ISSN: 1413-7704
    ISSN: 1980-542X
    EISSN: 1980-542X
    DOI: 10.1590/tem-1980-542x2023v290106
  • Source: SciELO
    Alma/SFX Local Collection
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