# The Memory Palace of Matteo Ricci

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**Created:** [August 19, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci/31919 "2016-08-19T21:32:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Arjuna](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/da6949/32.png) [@Arjuna](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Arjuna)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2016, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci/31919/1 "2016-08-19T21:32:41Z")

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Hello,

I found the book " the memory palace of Matteo Ricci " written by Jonathan Spence on [amazon.com](http://amazon.com?tag=artofmemory-20), but I am not sure if the book is about memory palace technic or a biography of the jesuist priest Matteo Ricci.  
If someone here have read the book, could write a review ?

thanks

Javier

( sorry about my english, i am not a english native speaker )

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**Author:** ![FuchsiaPseudonym](https://forum.artofmemory.com/user_avatar/forum.artofmemory.com/fuchsiapseudonym/32/2538_2.png) [@FuchsiaPseudonym](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/FuchsiaPseudonym)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:23am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci/31919/2 "2016-08-21T01:23:45Z")

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You could read the reviews of it on Amazon? I have not read it, but often the reviews will tell you what the book is about, especially if it’s nonfiction.

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**Author:** ![tarnation](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@tarnation](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/tarnation)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 1:48am UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci/31919/3 "2016-08-21T01:48:56Z")

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I read it years ago. Don’t remember a lot of details, but as best I recall it was more about the man than the method. I am sure it described memory palaces and goes into the topic enough to convey how Matteo Ricci used mnemonics, but I don’t think it went in-depth on the subject the way, for example, that Moonwalking With Einstein does.

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**Author:** ![Clement](https://forum.artofmemory.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Clement](https://forum.artofmemory.com/u/Clement)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://forum.artofmemory.com/t/the-memory-palace-of-matteo-ricci/31919/4 "2016-08-22T15:31:33Z")

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I don’t know, but I’ve heard about it in others scholars books about memory (i.e The Book of Memory, Carruthers), so I think it’s about Ricci’s method but in a historical fashion.