26-02-2017, 01:59 PM
(This post was last modified: 26-02-2017, 02:10 PM by Diane.
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I'd like to ask members about which sources they have found most helpful in studying the Voynich plant-pictures.
I should also mention that it would be most unwise to rely too heavily on Minta Collins, Medieval Herbals: the illustrative tradition.
To quote from Alain Touwaide's review of 2004:
So what other works do members recommend and rely on, themselves?
I should also mention that it would be most unwise to rely too heavily on Minta Collins, Medieval Herbals: the illustrative tradition.
To quote from Alain Touwaide's review of 2004:
Quote:Medieval Herbals does not fulfill its promises and falls short of the expectations it ambitiously raises. Moreover, the combination of lacunas and mistakes in the information and the inappropriateness of Collins’s method generates misleading conclusions, particularly on the mechanisms of the creation and diffusion of herbals. Nonexpert readers will probably be favorably impressed by the book because of its lavish illustrations, the quality of its presentation, and the renown of the series in which it appears. They will not be aware, however, that Medieval Herbals reinforces the defects of the earlier literature that it criticizes, introduces many mistakes, and in the end provokes more confusion and presents more misleading information than it corrects.
So what other works do members recommend and rely on, themselves?