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I think it's very interesting that Ellie's observation has led us to a plant (cyperus) which actually has nodules in the roots!
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Another common feature between cat's tail, cyperus and pasque flower is that all of them have whip-like foliage. The roots appear similar, because they are all drawn with 4 tentacles with nodules on it - similar to popular depictions of roman flagrum (belts with metal balls and bone-pieces on them).
However, interpreting the roots that way is a wild speculation. If I have to make a safe bet - I would go with root nodules.
I think it's very interesting that Ellie's observation has led us to a plant (cyperus) which actually has nodules in the roots!
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Another common feature between cat's tail, cyperus and pasque flower is that all of them have whip-like foliage. The roots appear similar, because they are all drawn with 4 tentacles with nodules on it - similar to popular depictions of roman flagrum (belts with metal balls and bone-pieces on them).
However, interpreting the roots that way is a wild speculation. If I have to make a safe bet - I would go with root nodules.
(04-04-2016, 12:48 PM)Anton wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.What I infer from this thread is that medieval manuscripts presented plants in a complete mess. Which is not that good from the perspective of the analysis of the VMS.I agree. Finding order in this chaos is a very challenging task.