15-12-2020, 04:26 AM
The a e i o u emblem on a book clasp, from ÖNB ms 1182 (1446, courtesy of Österreichische Nationalbibliothek):
![[Image: 2_aeiou.jpg]](https://www.onb.ac.at/fileadmin/user_upload/1_Sitemap/Ueber_Uns/650_Jahre_OENB/Zeitleiste/1440__Kaiser_Friedrich_III._und_das_boehmische_Erbe/2_aeiou.jpg)
And from the cover of ÖNB ms 338 (1441):
![[Image: aeiouONB338.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/aeiouONB338.png)
Whenever I see this version, with the line spanning the letters (with loops in the corners), it reminds me of a vertically-mirrored gallows shape.
And from the cover of ÖNB ms 338 (1441):
Whenever I see this version, with the line spanning the letters (with loops in the corners), it reminds me of a vertically-mirrored gallows shape.