Sorry, Linda, but the folio listed as 95r as the foliator is bound and listed as 95v2 on the Voyage site. It's a foldout. I was confused by that because the "95" is written as per the usual recto in the other parts of the manusript.
I was discussing your second ID—the nettle plant—which you placed next to the plant drawing that is on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . That is the VMS drawing that resembles Actaea, and it has serrated leaf margins. There are even species of Actaea where the outer portion of the serration is more rounded than the inner portion.
It's drawn quickly. Sometimes only one side of the margin is shown, but on some of the edges, you can see both contours from the suggested inner shadow:
The painting is not good, it does not extend out into the points, but the quick sloppy painting is characteristic of many of the plants and may have been done by a different person.
There are numerous species of Actaea, they do not all have three leaves as in the drawing you chose, some have five, just as in the VMS. Note that the botanical drawing of Actaea that I posted also has five, some have seven.
The nettle plant is never odd pinnate. The leaves are singles, attached to the main stem. Actaea is odd-pinnate, regardless of whether it is 3, 5 or 7 leaves.
Actaea berries have a little bump or depression on the end of the berries (depending on the species). Sometimes it is a different color. The VMS illustrator took the time to draw this detail.
I was discussing your second ID—the nettle plant—which you placed next to the plant drawing that is on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. . That is the VMS drawing that resembles Actaea, and it has serrated leaf margins. There are even species of Actaea where the outer portion of the serration is more rounded than the inner portion.
It's drawn quickly. Sometimes only one side of the margin is shown, but on some of the edges, you can see both contours from the suggested inner shadow:
The painting is not good, it does not extend out into the points, but the quick sloppy painting is characteristic of many of the plants and may have been done by a different person.
There are numerous species of Actaea, they do not all have three leaves as in the drawing you chose, some have five, just as in the VMS. Note that the botanical drawing of Actaea that I posted also has five, some have seven.
The nettle plant is never odd pinnate. The leaves are singles, attached to the main stem. Actaea is odd-pinnate, regardless of whether it is 3, 5 or 7 leaves.
Actaea berries have a little bump or depression on the end of the berries (depending on the species). Sometimes it is a different color. The VMS illustrator took the time to draw this detail.