The series ADocumenta MnemonicaA will comprise a total of 8 volumes providing access to the sources on memorial philosophy and art from antiquity to the early modern age. Volume I is the first to make available to interdisciplinary research the most important philosophical, rhetorical, theological and medical testimonies of concern with the subject of memory (memoria). The present part-volume (the first of three) contains 33 texts in chronological order by authors representing the incipient and early phase of the engagement with memory and memorialization. Multi-language keyword and name indexes, an extensive list of references and an afterword pointing up the main lines of development ensure the manual optimal utility.

The volume presents the 21 most important encyclopedia and lexicon articles from the 16th to 19th centuries on the subject of 'memory, mnemonics and the art of memoria', complete with commentaries, translations (from Latin, Italian and Spanish), a detailed bibliography and an afterword discussing the relations between early modern age mnemonics and the idea of the encyclopedia. It is the first of a planned series presenting the most important relevant material from Classical antiquity to the end of the early modern age in multilingual, annotated source editions, source indexes and research bibliographies, thus enhancing its accessibility for further academic research in a convenient and reliable form.

This volume assembles the papers presented at an international interdisciplinary symposium at the University of Marburg in early 1993. The 28 contributors marshal an extensive range of historical examples with a view to providing broad surveys and theoretical discussion of the way in which prescribed ceremonial etiquette and ceremonial practice can be drawn upon to delineate the aesthetics of courtly (also ecclesiastical and urban) culture. Reference is made to various aspects of the history of art, literature, theatre, science and the church.