Interesting! I came across this:
https://www.academia.edu/23039917/Lions_and_Eagles_and_Bulls_Oh_my_God_The_Multicultural_Foundations_of_the_Symbols_of_the_Four_Evangelists_in_the_Book_of_Kells_2014_
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Interesting! I have personally seen the book of Kells years ago and am still in awe. Have you seen the movie ? It is truly so beautiful you have to see it.
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I didn’t know they made a cartoon of the Book Of Kells, so thank you for the heads up! If google be believed one of the voices is Gleeson, one of my favourite actors.
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Hi Steve.
I will toss in my approach to this.
For such a big project I would advise you to use a memory palace for each book of the Bible. That way you can always expound later.
Either then use seperate rooms for each chapter or just do it like I did, section them with major system PEGs. So whenever you see a major system number you know it is the next chapter. This way you will save some space.
I also have a system for single verses from different books that I toss in a palace. That is when I want to memorize verses from different books in ONE palace .
Here’s my list. Excuse me if it is not perfect. I ran it through the deepl translator.
Had no time to translate it for you 
My mother tongue is German.
Basically I just use a feature from the book that reminds me of it.
So Genesis: Globe
Isaiah: Cole
Revelation: Four Horsemen.
So here you go:
Genesis Globe
Exodus pyramid and people moving out
Leviticus priest of the beast sacrifices at the altar
Numeric Statistics Symbol
Deuteron Tied together Billboards
Josua map with knife inside
Judge Judge with Perrücke
Ruth woman tying a bunch of wheat ears together
1st Sam Samuel Böck
2nd Sam Ark of the Covenant
1.Kö crown
2.Kö jug with oil
1st Chron Old dusty chronicle book
2nd Chron Throne
Ezra Temple
Nehemiah Kaputte Wall
Ester EsterN. with a royal crown
Job homeless cretze coated
Psalms Tambourine
Sayings bucket white wall paint
Preacher Paul Washer preaching
Song of Songs Wedding Choir
Isaiah glowing coal
Jeremiah potter’s wheel with irregular jug
Lamentations piano
Ezekiel cow patty
Daniel stove door
Hosea Pantyhose
Joel Bloodmoon
Amos basket ripe fruit
Obadiah Nest
Jonah whale
Micha stick
Nahum Sword
Habakuk Cyclone
Zefanja dark chocolate
Haggai Seal Ring
Zakharya scroll
Malachi Dunghill
Mt Jesus as King
Mk Servant
Lk Doctor
Joh desk lamp
Apg Zug
Rö Roman Soldier (Asterix)
1st Kor Ice Cup Hot Love
2.kor engagement ring
Gal Bloody foreskin
Eph mannequin
Phil Philip the mouse
Kol painting of Christ ev Ki
1st Thess Down Arrow
2nd Thess Hooded Man
1st Tim Struppi
2nd Tim Study Bible
Titus Fish Grete
Philemon Silver Tray
Hebr hebr. candlestick (Menorah)
Jak tongue
1.Pt paving stone
2.Pt toy dog
1.Joh briefcase
2.Joh chocolate heart
3rd Joh suitcase
Judas smudge
Revelation Apocalyptic Horsemen
Translated with DeepL Translate: The world's most accurate translator
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Hi WolframRuin,
So sorry for taking a long time to reply (the last weeks has been mega busy).
Thank you for all the information and suggestions. Very interesting, helpful and useful!
Hi everyone,
It has been a loooong time since any messages were posted on this thread. My father passed away 2 years ago today and I spent about 6 months clearing 7 sheds, getting a skip (filled right up) and selling or giving away many items. All of this (and the lockdown) had brought my progress on memorising 1,000s of Bible verses to a halt.
Anyway, I wanted to post my findings and (ahead of starting the process) perhaps get some input (and suggestions) to what I plan to do.
Use a Memory Palace:
I need 66 rooms / loci, so, I am thinking of one of the following 3 options for this:
- I haven’t lived in a house with this number of areas, so I was thinking of using probably three houses that I have lived in the make up this number (I will try to find one of he New Testament and see if I can logically split the Old Testament books into the other two houses).
- Use a virtual tour journey of the Titanic. There are a number of great videos on YouTube that have a virtual tour of the Titanic before her ill-fated maiden voyage. I am considering using part of one of these for my 66 locations.
- My third option is the City in which I live (Edinburgh, Scotland). Either mapping the centre of town (with a journey that has 66 steps) using Google Maps street view, or…
3a) finding the 66 most notable places in Edinburgh and using them.
So which one of the above do you think would work the best?
My next conundrum (and one that I would also loved to hear your thoughts on) is whether to use the Major System, or Dominic System for the chapter and verse numbers (the book being established by the loci). Is one ‘better’ than the other (or perhaps more specifically better for what I want to use it)?
Finally, my ‘plan’ is to link the chapter / verse number with the text of the verse using 1, 2, or 3 images to work visually with either the Major or Dominic System.
For example, to remember John 3:16 (‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His only Son, that whoever believes in Him may not perish, but have eternal life’), I would picture a heart right above the earth as the trigger since this verse is well known to me (and I suspect most Christians).
Perhaps for more obscure verses, I would pick out one-three key words from the sentence and have them interact in some way.
For example, I am down to learn 'Joshua wrote on the stones a copy of the law of Moses, which he had written. (Joshua 8:32b), For this verse, I could use (if I used the Dominic System) Oliver Hardy (from Laurel & Hardy) which is my number ‘08’ (OH) making a mess (Stan Laurel always used to say “that’s another fine mess you’ve gotten me into”) using a chisel and hammer on a stone tablet.
Anyway, if you’ve made it down to hear thank you (and well done!). 
Please do let me know if the above sounds solid, workable, usable and (perhaps most importantly) ‘trouble free’ before I start on this endeavour that will take years to complete (though new verse will no doubt be added in years to come, so in that sense, it will never finish)…
Thank you for taking the time to reply. 
Steve.
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I’ve been using programming to aid in constructing tools for memorizing the Bible. I made a spreadsheet that creates Lanier-style mnemonics for all the verses in Jonah. I use female and male cartoon characters + pokemon for any extras. I hope this is helpful to somebody.
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