The Voynich Ninja

While trying to categorize the plants in the VMS, I noticed that the schematic structure is partly similar to the one in the Materia Medica. What I mean by schematic can be illustrated by the following example ( the similarity can therefore be quite abstract ):

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Here the direct comparison with a Materia Medica ( Dioscorides ) from the 15th century:

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I am not saying that the plant illustrations in the VMS are in the Materia Medica tradition, only that there are similarities. A comparison with other 15th century MS would also be interesting here.

Edit: As already shown in the opening example, several comparisons are possible in some cases.