The Voynich elephant

[Anton]

I find the "mnemonics" discourse very interesting. By the way, it suggests that labels associated with plants in the pharma section of the VMS may have nothing in common with the plants names, the latter being conveyed by way of "mnemonics".

The right part of the root on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. also looks a bit like an elephant (I'm not the first to see this), but much less accurate than that leaf. It looks more like the European medieval drawings than a real elephant. I can think of the following explanations for that discrepancy:
- The drawings were made by different artists
- They were copied from different sources
- The artist based them on different pictures of elephants, maybe not recognizing that they were supposed to depict the same animal
- The animal in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is not an elephant (but what else could it be?)

I would note that You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is Currier B, while You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is Currier A.