The three Latin sources for the classical art of memory -- The art of memory in Greece: memory and the soul -- The art of memory in the middle ages -- Medieval memory and the formation of imagery -- The memory treatises -- Renaissance memory: the memory theatre of Giulio Camillo -- Camillo's theatre and the Venetian renaissance -- Lullism as an art of memory -- Giordano bruno: the secret of Shadows -- Ramism as an art of memory -- Giordano Bruno: the secret of Seals -- Conflict between Brunian and Ramist memory -- Giordano Bruno: last works on memory -- The art of memory and Bruno's Italian dialogues -- The theatre memory system of Robert Fludd -- Fludd's memory theatre and the Globe theatre -- The art of memory and the growth of scientific method.