Are you sure that's a wild Aconitum?
Don't forget, this is an early 15th-century drawing.
The monkshood in your picture looks like a more recent domestic species. The ones I've seen in medieval herbals are the wild or heritage varieties and tend to have wispier leaves.
Or, if it's the Mediterranean variety (as illustrated in the Juliana Anicia codex), it is shown with very broad, almost elliptical leaves.
If you want to look at a plant that resembles Aconitum in the VMS, a plant with numerous flowers on a stalk, deeply serrated leaves, and yam-like tubers, look at the plant on f93v. The roots are a very good match for the eastern Aconitum (Aconitum carmichaeli - autumn monkshood). They are broader and thicker than the more common Aconitum napellus.
I'm not saying You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is necesarily Aconitum (if it is, it's one of the larger-tuber varieties and the seeds are shown without pods), but I believe it's closer to how the VMS illustrator would draw a plant like Aconitum than the drawing on f3v.
Don't forget, this is an early 15th-century drawing.
The monkshood in your picture looks like a more recent domestic species. The ones I've seen in medieval herbals are the wild or heritage varieties and tend to have wispier leaves.
Or, if it's the Mediterranean variety (as illustrated in the Juliana Anicia codex), it is shown with very broad, almost elliptical leaves.
If you want to look at a plant that resembles Aconitum in the VMS, a plant with numerous flowers on a stalk, deeply serrated leaves, and yam-like tubers, look at the plant on f93v. The roots are a very good match for the eastern Aconitum (Aconitum carmichaeli - autumn monkshood). They are broader and thicker than the more common Aconitum napellus.
I'm not saying You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is necesarily Aconitum (if it is, it's one of the larger-tuber varieties and the seeds are shown without pods), but I believe it's closer to how the VMS illustrator would draw a plant like Aconitum than the drawing on f3v.