[split] "Plants of the Alchemists"

[Koen G]

Thanks Marco! It's always preferable to read original sources, so these translations are welcome indeed. It's also interesting to read these older discussions, which still have their echo in what we talk about today.

So about Toresella and the VMS + alchemical herbals I note that:
- He brought the at the time relatively unknown alchemist's herbals to the attention of Voynich researchers
- He notes that the VMS contains "dozens of plants similar to those of the alchemists' herbals" (without going into much detail)
- He also says that the VMS plants " do not belong to that iconographic tradition" and that these "fantastic plants have no relation with those of the usual alchemical herbals".