What is special about Voynich plants?

[EllieV]

How are the images in the first section of the Voynich manuscript different from other ancient herbals?

My personal opinion is that the plant illustrations are consistent with ones found in 14-15th century herbals. There are graphics similarities and content similarities. In short - not that different.

My favorite for VMs fol. 6r is Reseda  - the root in the VMs is colored yellow (now faded yellow) - the Reseda roots were used since ancient times to produce weld - organic yellow dye (which famously fades in time in manuscripts).