Image designations in J. Romberch's Congestorium

Abstract

Johannes Romberch's Congestorium artificiosae memoriae (Venice, 1520 and 1533) is one of the most comprehensive treatises on ars memoriae, especially from a theoretical point of view. In this sense, the role of the terms that name images is striking. Furthermore, from the scholastic concept of similitudo, there are various possibilities to develop relationships of similarity. Thus, the similitudines crystallize in different types of images (simulachrum, forma, idolum, idea ...). In the present study, we intend to discern whether this theoretical differentiation also operates in the practical part of Romberch's treatise.