16-09-2018, 08:46 AM
So that's an identical lobster in two Lauber manuscripts, written within a few years from each other, perhaps even the same year (it is not always clear how accurate the dating information for an individual MS is).
As Spyra writes, the one in the "Buch der Natur" is out of place as it is not the species that belongs there.
The number of legs remains a problem. The text of the Buch der Natur says it has eight legs and it has scissors at the end. The drawing reflects this, while in reality it should have eight legs plus the two big ones. The Voynich MS cancer got this part right...
As Spyra writes, the one in the "Buch der Natur" is out of place as it is not the species that belongs there.
The number of legs remains a problem. The text of the Buch der Natur says it has eight legs and it has scissors at the end. The drawing reflects this, while in reality it should have eight legs plus the two big ones. The Voynich MS cancer got this part right...