The Voynich Ninja

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... or just Garlic

Alium ampeloprasum

Quote:But from what I see they usually have this "bud" under the flower

Good point.

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From the perspective of leaves mnemonics, that's not bad, because it is basically attested as "Schnitt-"lauch (Sniteloc etc.)


The problem is that the real plant does not look in this way at all, root included. And the eye is left unexplained.

Overall, not bad: we already have three options:

• centaurea cyanus (usage mnemonic in the root, more or less similar flowers, except the bud)
  
• oculus christi (direct imagery match, name mnemonic in the root, but the real plant is uncertain, for the violet colour)
  
• allium scoenoprasum (name mnemonic in the leaves, similar flowers, but otherwise the look is different)
  

Allium cepa does make your eyes water 

Yes I thought of that, but as I guess this schoenoprasum is more like garlic which is not tear-producing.

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 For a stye on the eye

“Take equal amounts of onion/leek [there is still debate about whether ‘cropleek’, as stated in the original recipe, in Bald’s Leechbook, is equivalent to an onion or leek today] and garlic, and pound them well together. Take equal amounts of wine and bull’s gall and mix them with the onion and garlic. Put the mixture in a brass bowl and let it stand for nine nights, then strain it through a cloth. Then, about night-time, apply it to the eye with a feather.”

That's interesting, searcher. Apparently a combination of alliums was really used against the exact type of infection we're talking about. I still don't feel too comfortable about the arrangement of the leaves though.

My thoughts (from a while back) on this plant:

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I haven't read through this thread yet (very busy right now), so I don't know if it's a repeat of what others are saying, but I'll try to read everyone's ideas later this evening when I have a free moment.

(25-08-2017, 11:36 PM)-JKP- Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.My thoughts (from a while back) on this plant:

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I haven't read through this thread yet (very busy right now), so I don't know if it's a repeat of what others are saying, but I'll try to read everyone's ideas later this evening when I have a free moment.

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