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Cosmos Rossellius (died 1578) was aFlorentineDominicanfriar who wrote a book aboutmemory.
Theasurus artificosae memoria was published inVenice in 1579. He gives aDante-esque description ofhell as a memory space system[1] arranged around a well at the top of a flight of steps consisting of the punishments forheretics,Jews,idolators andhypocrites. In contrastheaven is depicted as the throne ofChrist, surrounded by a celestial hierarchy ofApostles,Patriarchs,Prophets,Martyrs,Confessors,virgins,Holy Hebrews and an enormous array ofsaints. He also advocates the use of theconstellations as loci. He also discusses the visualalphabet,[2] describing it as a digital alphabet, or a manual of signs for the fingers. The five woodcuts contain the earliest known representation of a digitalsign language.
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