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Source Description
Versions of the imagery displayed here can be found in nurseries and schoolrooms today. Here, each letter of the alphabet has been associated with something that is the same shape. For example, the artist has cleverly recognized that A looks like a folding ladder, B like a mandolin, and so forth. While the images chosen may seem a bit strange to us, the idea is the same as their modern counterparts: they work as mnemonic devices, or memory aids.
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Document identity
localId
28855
label
Artes Orandi, Epistolandi, Memoranda
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object
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
28855
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Artes Orandi, Epistolandi, Memoranda
description
Versions of the imagery displayed here can be found in nurseries and schoolrooms today. Here, each letter of the alphabet has been associated with something that is the same shape. For example, the artist has cleverly recognized that A looks like a folding ladder, B like a mandolin, and so forth. While the images chosen may seem a bit strange to us, the idea is the same as their modern counterparts: they work as mnemonic devices, or memory aids.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore, after 1894 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1485
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Manuscripts & Rare Books
incunabula
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
19.6
height
15.3
depth
2.4
dimensionsRaw
Overall: H: 7 11/16 × W: 6 × D: 15/16 in. (19.6 × 15.3 × 2.4 cm)
Source extras
med
paper with woodcut print
creator_ids
5809
7558
collection_ids
MSS
exhibition_ids
2829
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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