AEIOU sequence

[Koen G]

A slight tangent, but when I see something "five-fold" in a Christian context, especially when it is 4+1, I think of the five wounds of Christ. Wikipedia seems to confirm this connection:

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The symbolism of the five-fold cross is variously given as the Five Wounds of Christ, Christ and the four evangelists, or Christ and the four quarters of the world. The symbolism of five crosses representing the Five Wounds is first recorded in the context of the consecration of the St Brelade's Church under the patronage of Robert of Normandy (before 1035); the crosses are incised in the church's altar stone.

This five-fold pattern occurs a few times in the VM in different contexts.