(05-05-2016, 08:54 AM)MarcoP wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I just noticed the roots of You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Have you seen anything similar to these two features in the Voynch manuscript or in other herbals?
- Each of the four bulbs has a circular indentation on the right side (rotated as the top side in the rightmost bulb).
- The dark paint on the rightmost bulb has been scratched. This seems to me something that could be done to correct or point out an error.
At some point I thought the roots may represent weaving tool - something like tatting shuttle, or loom, or something similar - and the lines could be the threads of the weave, but I was never able to find a weaving tool with the exact shape, so I gave up on the idea.
(05-05-2016, 10:44 AM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Kind of makes it look like a painter's palette doesn't it. I'm not sure if that interpretation would be anachronistic. Otherwise it could be a rather straightforward indication for the plant's possible uses.
The plant on fol 49v maybe closer to artist palettes (both leaves and root)