06-03-2017, 04:05 PM
The subject of “flat-top roots” was previously discussed in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
The point is that there are cases in which the roots are represented with a “flat top”, as if they had been horizontally cut, with the stem or stems of the plant rigidly ticking out of this flat surface.
This can be seen, for instance, in f36r You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. posted an extensive list of roots of this kind (links to the scans added by myself):
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. pointed out the online link to some illustrations from Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, Ashb. 731, XV Century.
The illustration from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is particularly relevant. It represent Master Aloysius from Palermo standing next to a flowering plant with a “flat top root”.
As far as I remember, this is the closer parallel I have seen to some of the peculiar roots in the VMS.
These are my tentative transcription and translation of the Latin inscription in the Florence ms:
“Magister aloisius erbolarius et medicus depalermo
Ista erba vocatu[r] jusclamor quod dicitur panem malu[m] ter[r]e et valet co[n]tra adolore[m] capitis et g[?] esplena”
Master Aloysius herbalist and physician from Palermo
This plant is called “jusclamor” also said “bad earth bread” and is helpful against headaches and [...]”
While I am very uncertain about the end of the second sentence, it seems clear that the illustrated plant is cyclamen (jusclamor) which was commonly known as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
For comparison, I attach on the right the illustration of Cyclamen fromYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (XI Century).
I hope that others will suggest other illustrations featuring similar roots.
The point is that there are cases in which the roots are represented with a “flat top”, as if they had been horizontally cut, with the stem or stems of the plant rigidly ticking out of this flat surface.
This can be seen, for instance, in f36r You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. posted an extensive list of roots of this kind (links to the scans added by myself):
(27-01-2016, 04:06 AM)Oocephalus Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.... in many plants, the stem is separated from the root by a horizontal line. This occurs in "grafted" plants, where the stem is placed on a much thicker root that appears to have been cut off (but not in all of them), but also in ones where the stem and the root have the same thickness. With one exception, this only appears in plants where the text is Currier A.
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You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. pointed out the online link to some illustrations from Florence, Biblioteca Laurenziana, Ashb. 731, XV Century.
The illustration from You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is particularly relevant. It represent Master Aloysius from Palermo standing next to a flowering plant with a “flat top root”.
As far as I remember, this is the closer parallel I have seen to some of the peculiar roots in the VMS.
These are my tentative transcription and translation of the Latin inscription in the Florence ms:
“Magister aloisius erbolarius et medicus depalermo
Ista erba vocatu[r] jusclamor quod dicitur panem malu[m] ter[r]e et valet co[n]tra adolore[m] capitis et g[?] esplena”
Master Aloysius herbalist and physician from Palermo
This plant is called “jusclamor” also said “bad earth bread” and is helpful against headaches and [...]”
While I am very uncertain about the end of the second sentence, it seems clear that the illustrated plant is cyclamen (jusclamor) which was commonly known as You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
For comparison, I attach on the right the illustration of Cyclamen fromYou are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. (XI Century).
I hope that others will suggest other illustrations featuring similar roots.