“Whatever you come across…you will be able to note down immediately… be it an anecdote or a fable or an illustrative example or a strange incident or a maxim or a witty remark or a remark notable for some other quality or a proverb or a metaphor or a simile.”

Erasmus of Rotterdam

From the commonplacing tradition comes Zibaldones.

Zibaldones are similar to commonplace books, but they incorporate pictures, physical memories. Ancient scrapbooks if you will, but with an educational and cataloguing bent.

The Atlas Obscura article: How to Keep a Zibaldone, the 14th Century’s Answer to Tumblr is a terrific primer.