You are right that I should at least reword that page a bit though.
Is this what you mean? Listing these animals together with plants that start with the same letter was a custom, and the mnemonic effect was secondary - or perhaps even forgotten. The way I see Voynich mnemonics is as a way more conscious effort.
Of course it's alphabetical order - I know how a word list works. That doesn't answer the question why the list of animals and the parallel list of plants keep a perfectly matching pace - they clearly selected animals and plants that started with the same letter(s) to go together. What is the purpose of this, if not mnemonic?
Is this what you mean? Listing these animals together with plants that start with the same letter was a custom, and the mnemonic effect was secondary - or perhaps even forgotten. The way I see Voynich mnemonics is as a way more conscious effort.
Of course it's alphabetical order - I know how a word list works. That doesn't answer the question why the list of animals and the parallel list of plants keep a perfectly matching pace - they clearly selected animals and plants that started with the same letter(s) to go together. What is the purpose of this, if not mnemonic?