#mnemonic devices

[cuties-in-codices]

14th c. guidonian hand and musical notations

"The Guidonian Hand was a Medieval mnemonic device to help singers - mostly monks and nuns - in their learning and memorization of hymns and masses. Each knuckle-joint and finger-point on a hand represented a different note in the Medieval and Renaissance tone system [...]. By pointing at any of these joints and points, you could quickly and easily impart music without needing to use costly and labor intensive sheet music." [source]

the pages above stem from a manuscript containing a treatise on music theory by theoger von metz as well as scores of liturgical chants. produced in salem (?), southern germany, c. 1300-1350

source: Karlsruhe, BLB, Cod. St. Peter perg. 29 a, fol. 1r, 6v, and 27r

[grrlmusic]

Mnemonic Devices - Kassem Mosse Untitled Remix

[cornusbooks]

Learn about Mnemonic Devices

Mnemonics are memory aids that help you link new, difficult-to-remember information to concepts or structures that are easy to remember.

[riesenfeldcenter]

It’s turnip time!

An imaginary turnip with time, that is.

The intricate, fantastical visual aids in Johannes Buno’s Memoriale Institutionum Juris don’t make much sense to us but they sure are a lot of fun.

This copy comes to us from the library of German jurist Hermann Kantorowicz and is featured in our new exhibit, Tools of the Profession: Law Books and the History of Legal Education.

[chordsykat]

I wanted so bad to learn guitar but I literally gave up because it was hard to remember the notes of the strings. To ashamed to put my account on this.

Eddie Ate Dynamite Good Bye Eddie Take this knowledge and, with my blessing, keep learning guitar, OP!

[mumblelard]

less and less left everyday

[thinkingimages]

A mnemonic device for contemplating the paranormal mystery of the mirror world ⋆.・𓂝

[banjo-gk]

PRO-TIP: If you are having trouble remembering which of Brian David Gilbert’s first names goes in which order, remember BaDGeR.

Brian David Gilbert is Right