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1	The Book of Memory: A Study of Memory in Medieval Culture more books like this by Mary Carruthers add to wishlist The Book of Memory is a wide-ranging and beautifully illustrated account of the workings and function of memory in medieval society. Memory was the psychological faculty valued above all others in the period stretching from late antiquity through to the Renaissance. The medieval assumption that human learning is above all based in memorative ... see all copies from $16.94! new only from $25.67! \| SVS
2	The Medieval Craft of Memory: An Anthology of Texts and Pictures more books like this by Mary Carruthers (Editor), Professor Jan Ziolkowski (Editor) add to wishlist In antiquity and the Middle Ages, memory was a craft, and certain actions and tools were thought to be necessary for its creation and recollection. Until now, however, many of the most important visual and textual sources on the topic have remained untranslated or otherwise difficult to consult. Mary Carruthers and Jan M. Ziolkowski bring together ... see all copies from $15.90! new only from $17.87! \| SVS
3	Simplicity or Splendour: Arts and Crafts Living/Objects from the Cheltenham Collection more books like this by Annette Carruthers (Editor), Mary Greensted (Editor) add to wishlist This is the second publication on the collection of Arts and Crafts objects held at the Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum. The first focused on the collection of furniture, whilst this publication examines the rest of these unique collections.' see all copies from $24.14! new only from $34.84! \| first editions
4	Good Citizen's Furniture: The Arts and Crafts Collections at Cheltenham more books like this by Annette Carruthers, Mary Greensted add to wishlist This publication is the first to document the exceptional collection of Arts and Crafts furniture held in Cheltenham: from William Morris and his circle right up to the present day. Each item is fully catalogued and illustrated alongside its entry.' see all copies from $25.19! new only from $51.08! \| first editions
5	The Book of Memory more books like this by Mary Carruthers add to wishlist Mary Carruthers's classic study of the training and uses of memory for a variety of purposes in European cultures during the Middle Ages has fundamentally changed the way scholars understand medieval culture. This fully revised and updated second edition considers afresh all the material and conclusions of the first. While responding to new ... see all copies from $70.34! new only from $70.34!
6	The Craft of Thought: Meditation, Rhetoric, and the Making of Images, 400-1200 more books like this by Mary Carruthers add to wishlist A companion to Mary Carruthers' earlier study of memory in medieval culture, The Book of Memory, her new book, The Craft of Thought, examines medieval monastic meditation as a discipline for making thoughts, and discusses its influence on literature, art, and architecture. In a process akin to today's 'creative' thinking, or 'cognition', this ... see all copies from $31.99! new only from $31.99! \| SVS
7	The search for St.Truth : a study of meaning in Piers Plowman more books like this by Mary Carruthers add to wishlist see all copies from $23.80!
8	Machina Memorialis: Mèditation, Rhètorique Et Fabrication Des Images Au Moyen Age by Mary Carruthers add to wishlist see all copies from $106.75! new only from $106.75!
9	Tell it to Jesus : prayers for fives to eights more books like this by Elspeth Mary Stephenson, Jean Carruthers, Scripture Union add to wishlist see all copies from $10.99!
10	Acts of interpretation : the text in its contexts 700-1600 : essays on medieval and renaissance literature in honor of E. Talbot Donaldson. by E. Talbot Donaldson, Mary J. Carruthers add to wishlist see all copies from $17.50!

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