16-12-2020, 12:18 AM
If you hadn't pointed this out, I wouldn't have noticed in a thousand years.
I've been reading a bit about the origin of AEIOU and I must say the possible explanations, even those offered by Frederick's contemporaries, feel like backronyms. I would guess it's just the vowels of the alphabet in order.
Interestingly, his grandmother was Viridis Visconti, who owned one of the early Tacuinum copies.
I've been reading a bit about the origin of AEIOU and I must say the possible explanations, even those offered by Frederick's contemporaries, feel like backronyms. I would guess it's just the vowels of the alphabet in order.
Interestingly, his grandmother was Viridis Visconti, who owned one of the early Tacuinum copies.