Chiasmus?

This is not how a literature professor would explain the term, but what else would you call these crossed alphabets?
Pontificale Parisiense. Latin 961 (2)
Pontificale Parisiense. Latin 961 (2)
Source: gallica.bnf.fr

Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des Manuscrits, Latin 961 (2), fol. 107v.

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