27-08-2017, 06:32 PM
(27-08-2017, 06:08 PM)Anton wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view....
Maybe the valuable part of the BNF Lat 17844 image is the visual "oculus Christi" key, so that the VMS plant is oculus Christi, but just "another one" of those.
We should also keep in mind that there is oculus Maria (Myosotis), oculus bovis, oculus porcine, robin's eye, golden-eye, adder's eye (pimpernel), pheasant's eye, eye-bright (Euphrasia) and many other references to plants with "eyes" in medieval manuscripts.
They don't especially resemble 17r, but there are many more than what I listed.
One that slightly resembles the VMS is Lychnis diurna (bird's eye). It has opposite leaves running up the stem and pink or purplish flowers, but the flowers are not puffy and the leaves are a bit too wide.