28-04-2020, 05:31 PM
It looks like he has made some effort with his plant identifications, though if they are biased by his supposed translations then that would be a problem.
Knowing nothing about plant identifications and at the moment having no plan to embark on such a task I get the impression that there is no widely accepted study of this subject. I am not even sure what is the best way to approach this subject, by comparing drawings in herbals of that period especially those referred to as "alchemical" or by direct comparison with images of real plants or of course both. I would guess comparison with drawings in herbal manuscripts would be more productive, especially those that seem to be more closely related.
Knowing nothing about plant identifications and at the moment having no plan to embark on such a task I get the impression that there is no widely accepted study of this subject. I am not even sure what is the best way to approach this subject, by comparing drawings in herbals of that period especially those referred to as "alchemical" or by direct comparison with images of real plants or of course both. I would guess comparison with drawings in herbal manuscripts would be more productive, especially those that seem to be more closely related.