Hexastichon

by Adam McLean

The Hexastichon was a memory system created by Sebastian Brand in 1503, involving sixteen figures which is supposed to help the reader to remember the events in each chapter of the Four Gospels, of Matthew, Mark, Luke and John.The woodcut images, to the modern mind, seem bizarre and inexplicable.Sebastian Brant (1457 - 1521) is best known for his satirical work The Ship of Fools, 1494, and his Hexastichon is now totally neglected and unknown.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 136636838X
• ISBN13: 9781366368386
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Blurb
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 21.5" x 6.9"