[split] Color annotations?

[Monica Yokubinas]

Monica, there are German words on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. so the presence of German annotations would not be especially surprising.

I have seen German notations in an Italian manuscript and there were only a few of them. They do not always annotate numerous colors. Sometimes it's only one or two. Sometimes there is only one annotation for one color on one plant.

It would be extremely unusual to see a manuscript where someone has gone through and annotated everything. I've never seen it.


There is also the possibility of "por" on the Viola folio, which stands for purple in several languages. Rot is not necessarily German, but it is common in Germanic languages and it is mostly likely to be German. The g for "green" on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. could be many languages.


German is not contradictory to your idea that the VMS is in Hebrew. There were many Ashkenaz at the time, before the purges and the holocaust, so Hebrew and German/Yiddish together would not be strange.


I'm not saying they are German, only that they mostly appear to be German. There aren't very many of them, so it's hard to be sure.

Look closely at the symbol on 1v, it is not a G but the alchemical symbol for lead.   is my guess.