Memoriale codicis Justinianei, authenticarum seu novellarum & consuetudinum feudorum : quo istorum librorum tituli omnes ac singuli, itemq[ue] leges à J. Gothofredo collectae, emblematibus & imaginibus ita efficta exhibentur, ut unà cum titulorum materiis eorumquoq[ue] numeri memoriâ facilè accipi, probè teneri ac promptè & sine cunctatione reddi qveant

Buno, Johannes, 1617-1697, author, Sinold von Schütz, Johann Helwig, 1623-1677, dedicatee, Rebenlein, Georg, 1634-approximately 1684, printer, Conradi Bunonis heredes, printer · 1674 · Hamburgi : Typis excscripsit Georg Rebenlin ; Prostat Gvelferbyti : apud Conradi Bunonis heredes · 7 pictures

A 1674 mnemonic memory aid for Justinian's law code, compiled by Johannes Buno and printed in Hamburg by Georg Rebenlein, intended for law students learning the titles of the Codex, Novellae and feudal customs. Its pages are grids of small engraved emblems, each captioned with Latin and paired with a short verse, so the scenes are visual puns to be memorised rather than narrative illustrations. A designer might take the dense modular grid of tiny framed vignettes as a model for icon sets, storyboards or information layouts.

Codex (Corpus juris civilis) · Roman law · Mnemonics

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