The Voynich elephant

[Diane]

I think it's always a good idea to cite any comparisons in the way that Marco has done, adding the date of each example; that helps avoid any confusion between cause and effect that might arise with regard to these images.  "Herbs of the alchemists' is a term invented by  Aldrovandi to describe his collection, begun at a time when, it is often thought, the Voynich manuscript was already in Prague.  It was only relatively recently that they were called "alchemical herbals" - which gives rather a different impression. That term was created by  Torasella late last century.


Ulisse Aldrovandi b.1522 – d.1605.