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Aonian

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A`o´ni`an    (ã`ō´nĭ`an)
a.1.Pertaining to Aonia, in BŒotia, or to the Muses, who were supposed to dwell there.
Aonian fount
the fountain of Aganippe, at the foot of Mount Helicon, not far from Thebes, and sacred to the Muses.


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There can be no doubt the two texts were printed as a single unit: quite apart from the evidence of the quire structure, the Latin poem begins with Cornazzano in high Horatian mode, boasting that he has been the first to sing the life of Christ in Aonian (or Italian) meters.
 
 
 
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