11-07-2016, 08:39 PM
The VMs has several examples (f35v, f41v, f50r) of plants where the leaf edges are drawn with a nebuly line. Nebly is a term borrowed from heraldry that defines a line similar to a sine wave, but with bulbous crests and troughs.
Are there really plants that have this kind of leaf margin?
And has anyone found this type of line similarly used in other medieval botanical illustrations?
Other examples of the use of this line are found in VMs Quire 13 and elsewhere. This clearly puts the VMs in the group using this artistic device, while there are many examples illustrations and manuscripts where such use is not demonstrated.
Are there really plants that have this kind of leaf margin?
And has anyone found this type of line similarly used in other medieval botanical illustrations?
Other examples of the use of this line are found in VMs Quire 13 and elsewhere. This clearly puts the VMs in the group using this artistic device, while there are many examples illustrations and manuscripts where such use is not demonstrated.