# Graphical mnemonics **URL:** \ **Category:** General Memory Chat\ **Tags:** giordano-bruno, ramon-llull\ **Created:** [March 18, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972 "2019-03-18T15:00:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/sahil/32/5984_2.png) [@Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Sahil)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/1 "2019-03-18T15:00:30Z")
> **[Art of memory](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_of_memory)** > > The art of memory (Latin: ars memoriae) is any of a number of loosely associated mnemonic principles and techniques used to organize memory impressions, improve recall, and assist in the combination and 'invention' of ideas. An alternative term is "Ars Memorativa" which is also translated as "art of memory" although its more literal meaning is "Memorative Art". It is also referred to as mnemotechnics. It is an 'art' in the Aristotelian sense, which is to say a method or set of prescriptions th Te... Hey everyone, Can anyone help me in graphical mnemonics i am unable to understand and need ur advice on this The link is above @Josh @LikeARollingStone @FlorianMinges @bforbes ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2019, 8:26pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/2 "2019-03-18T20:26:24Z")
Are you referring to the section below? > Examples of the development of the potential inherent in the graphical mnemonic include the lists and combinatory wheels of the Majorcan Ramon Llull. The Art of Signs (Latin _Ars Notoria_ ) is also very likely a development of the graphical mnemonic. If you’re looking for information on Llull, you might be interested in these discussions: - [Ars Combinatoria, Bruno, Llull](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/ars-combinatoria-bruno-llull/34333) - [Lullian Wheels](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/lullian-wheels/33439) - [Medieval manuscript with mnemonic devices hidden in the images](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/medieval-manuscript-with-mnemonic-devices-hidden-in-the-images/35877) ---
**Author:** ![Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/sahil/32/5984_2.png) [@Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Sahil)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 5:22am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/3 "2019-03-19T05:22:46Z")
I am interested in the graphical sections and its interpretation ---
**Author:** ![Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/sahil/32/5984_2.png) [@Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Sahil)\ **Post date:** [March 19, 2019, 12:40pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/4 "2019-03-19T12:40:21Z")
Can u pls explain me the whole part in graphical mnemonics in the linked article And tell me the use of sign and notae plsss ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2019, 9:19pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/5 "2019-03-28T21:19:23Z")
I haven’t read all of the references mentioned there, but could point you to some of the resources: It says: > Quintilian makes it clear that non-alphabetic signs can be employed as memory images, and even goes on to mention how ‘shorthand’ signs ( _notae_ ) can be used to signify things that would otherwise be impossible to capture in the form of a definite image (he gives “conjunctions” as an example). It cites Quintilian, Institutio oratoria, XI, ii, which can be found here: > **[LacusCurtius • Quintilian — Institutio Oratoria — Book XI, Chapter 2](http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/E/Roman/Texts/Quintilian/Institutio_Oratoria/11B*.html#2)** > > 11 The first person to discover an art of memory is said to have been Simonides,⁠57 of whom the following well-known story is told. He had written an ode of the kind usually composed in honour of victorious athletes, to celebrate the achievement of... It also says: > This makes it clear that though the architectural mnemonic with its buildings, niches and three-dimensional images was a major theme of the art as practiced in classical times, it often employed signs or notae and sometimes even non-physical imagined spaces. During the period of migration of barbarian tribes and the transformation of the Roman empire the architectural mnemonic fell into disuse. However the use of tables, charts and signs appears to have continued and developed independently. I’ve only started _De Umbris Idearum_, but that might be the source of the information about Giordano Bruno’s system of signs. You might want to check out these discussions: - [Ars Combinatoria, Bruno, Llull](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/ars-combinatoria-bruno-llull/34333) - [Giordano Bruno: De Umbris Idearum ('The Shadow of Ideas')](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/giordano-bruno-de-umbris-idearum-the-shadow-of-ideas/26904) > Mary Carruthers has made it clear that a trained memory occupied a central place in late antique and medieval pedagogy, and has documented some of the ways in which the development of medieval memorial arts was intimately intertwined with the emergence of the book as we understand it today. Examples of the development of the potential inherent in the graphical mnemonic include the lists and combinatory wheels of the Majorcan Ramon Llull. The Art of Signs (Latin _Ars Notoria_ ) is also very likely a development of the graphical mnemonic. I’ve only read part of Mary Carruthers’ _The Medieval Craft of Memory_, but that has some examples of memory spaces that aren’t necessarily palaces, like the [Guidonian Hand](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guidonian_hand). See also: [Miniature memory palaces - including your palm](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/miniature-memory-palaces-including-your-palm/28864) and [Medieval art as mnemonic](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/medieval-art-as-mnemonic/29027). Lynne Kelley’s book, [_The Memory Code_](https://www.lynnekelly.com.au/?page_id=1343), is also a great source of ideas. If you have a more specific question about it, let me know and I’ll see if I can find an answer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/sahil/32/5984_2.png) [@Sahil](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Sahil)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/6 "2019-03-29T14:37:38Z")
Basically can u tell me how to write text and use sighns in my memory palace Also can u explain the use of non palace techniques more Can u also send me a copy of de umberalis plssss😆 ---
**Author:** ![Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/josh/32/21_2.png) [@Josh](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Josh)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2019, 5:15am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/7 "2019-04-02T05:15:59Z")
What do you mean by “write text and use signs”? Memory palaces/journeys work by tricking your brain into thinking that you traveled along a route and experienced certain events along the way. You don’t need to use a physical journey though – it could be a small object like a [bar of soap](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-efficiency-of-different-card-memorization-systems/26790/21), a Guidonian Hand, or some of the memory spaces mentioned in _The Memory Code_. I don’t have copies of _De Umbris Idearum_ that I can send. It’s a copyrighted Kindle book. It’s only USD $7.50 for the Kindle edition. ---
**Author:** ![jamccarn](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/cdc98d/32.png) [@jamccarn](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/jamccarn)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/graphical-mnemonics/36972/8 "2019-04-10T22:06:45Z")
Hi @Sahil, It’s all visual because that’s how mammals tend to think. We have expressions like ‘Seeing is believing.’ "I know what success looks like.’ ‘I see your point,’ But it can be olfactory: ‘I smell a rat.’ ‘Something is rotten in the State of Denmark!’ It can be auditory: ‘I hear you’ We use all of our sense to memorize, rhyme, music, dance. Go slowly and build up like any exerciseé