bi3, I just thought of one reason someone might draw lunaria with funny fat circles... in alchemy there is a lunaria plant (moons) and also a sun plant, usually on the other side of the folio so they flank the action in the middle with the hermaphrodite. These are usually drawn in a sort of 3d-ish way, so maybe that's one possibility. And since it's the VMS, maybe sun and moon would be combined.
Also, the root could be the hermaphrodite, since it is described as merging.
There are quite a few different ways the hermaphrodite is shown entwined, merging, or merged (as in the Harlequin-colored hermaphrodite). But here is one that is a little different, with a lot of twining vine (or rope) to get the idea across:
![[Image: 5b49f939f1cf1a0d3287266ff0bdb0eb.jpg]](https://i.pinimg.com/600x315/5b/49/f9/5b49f939f1cf1a0d3287266ff0bdb0eb.jpg)
Also, the root could be the hermaphrodite, since it is described as merging.
There are quite a few different ways the hermaphrodite is shown entwined, merging, or merged (as in the Harlequin-colored hermaphrodite). But here is one that is a little different, with a lot of twining vine (or rope) to get the idea across:
![[+]](https://www.voynich.ninja/images/collapse_collapsed.png)