[split] Viola manuscript images

[MarcoP]

I split this thread off the terminology discussion after JKP noted that viola in medieval manuscripts is usually V. odorata.

Thank you, Koen!
In my opinion, it is Viola Odorata in the Tractatus De Herbis tradition. In the Pseudo-Apuleius collection, actually Pseudo-Dioscorides, Liber medicinae ex herbis femininis, including You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., "viola" appears to derive from Dioscorides' Viola Alba.
   


In the Pseudo-Apuleius,  viola Odorata is named "purpurea" ("ion porphyroyn" in Dioscorides).
VMS 9v is quite different from both "alba" and "odorata", so I don't see why Viola Odorata should be more relevant in this context. If I visually compare "viola alba" and "odorata" in Dioscorides and a Pseudo-Apuleius (Plutei 73.16) I can only agree with what you wrote about the German printed Krauterbuch: the Dioscoridean white violet at least shows a similar habit to the Voynich plant. I don't understand why "odorata" should be regarded as more relevant, but these discussions are unlikely to lead anywhere: I will leave it at that.