I am aware of that difference.
You can't just call them "parallel alphabetical lists" though. Whether that's in alphabetical order or not, doesn't really matter: the lists keep the same pace, so there's always a nice match.
A clear effort is made to place an animal next to a plant that starts with the same sounds. Why is this, then? Just alphabetical coincidence? Or a mnemonic function? (= makes it easier to learn or remember)?
If not for a learning or memorizing purpose, what is the reason for these parallel lists?
I don't consider the root-and-leaf section pharmaceutical at all, by the way. The parallel I note is that both manuscripts couple the plants with similarly sounding images.
You can't just call them "parallel alphabetical lists" though. Whether that's in alphabetical order or not, doesn't really matter: the lists keep the same pace, so there's always a nice match.
A clear effort is made to place an animal next to a plant that starts with the same sounds. Why is this, then? Just alphabetical coincidence? Or a mnemonic function? (= makes it easier to learn or remember)?
If not for a learning or memorizing purpose, what is the reason for these parallel lists?
I don't consider the root-and-leaf section pharmaceutical at all, by the way. The parallel I note is that both manuscripts couple the plants with similarly sounding images.