02-01-2018, 09:12 PM
(02-01-2018, 08:53 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Likely a coincidence, but I'll post it anyways because the MS (Palatino 586) is regularly referred to in VM discussions - with good reason.
There's a vine plant, and the plant next to it has a root shaped like face profiles. Does anyone know which plants these are and if there's a reason why they are "connected"?
Bottom left may be star flower (the European version, there is one that is similar in North America). It has broad spreading leaves (usually spreading more than this drawing, however) and the flowers are small and very delicate. In the summer the flowers are above the leaves, but they move below the leaves in fall. The root has a very slight enlargement in the European species and a slightly bigger enlargement in the North American variety. The plant is similar to the New World Indian cucumber, but the root is not as enlarged.
The bottom right might be some species of what they lumped together as "cepa" (various forms of Allium/onion). I think squill is identified earlier in the manuscript (if I remember correctly), so it's probably not squill, but there are a number of others with swollen stalks. It could be many other plants with swollen stalks, as well, but various forms of Allium were common in this form of herbal.


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