Yes, it is related to the usage there (and is listed on that page). But here's the definitive answer from the publication itself: "SPECULUM, this mirror to wh

Yes, it is related to the usage there (and is listed on that page). But here's the definitive answer from the publication itself: "SPECULUM, this mirror to which we find it appropriate to give a Latin name, suggests the multitudinous mirrors in which the people of the Middle Ages liked to gaze at themselves and other folk — mirrors of history and doctrine and morals, mirrors of princes and lovers and fools." From the preface to the first volume, linked at the top here: https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAAHistory https://www.medievalacademy.org/page/MAAHistory Ps: word origin: from Latin: mirror, from specere to look at https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/speculum https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/speculu...