19-04-2021, 12:46 PM
JKP, thank you for the interesting plant ID idea.
Regarding the symbolism of the parts of the plant, one can make a connection between the white flowers at the top and the White Rose of York badge. (See You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for basic information about this symbol.) I have attached a couple files of illustrations of this symbol. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The words EVA [otaim dam alam] which I propose mean Middle English "fob sib isib" ("deceiver/cheat related by blood or marriage, closely related" and also "deceiver/cheat branch linked/kin to the root") are written right next to the bottommost part of the bottommost leftmost leaf of the plant. One can make the argument that this represents the Yorkist view of the Lancastrian pretender to the throne and his actual low position in the family tree, in contrast with the position of the Yorkist white flowers at the top of the family tree.
It is also possible that there may be a small tinge of red colouring on the tip of this part of the leaf right next to the word EVA [alam] (Middle English "isib"), although it is very difficult for me to see this clearly enough to make a definite determination of this colouration. The red rose is known as the traditional symbol of the House of Lancaster, although it should be noted that historians dispute the extent to which the red rose was actively used as a Lancastrian symbol during the time period of the Wars of the Roses, as opposed to its later use by Henry VII of England in his Tudor rose emblem combining the red and white roses to symbolise the unification of the Houses of Lancaster and York by his marriage to Elizabeth of York in 1486.
Geoffrey
Regarding the symbolism of the parts of the plant, one can make a connection between the white flowers at the top and the White Rose of York badge. (See You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. for basic information about this symbol.) I have attached a couple files of illustrations of this symbol. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
The words EVA [otaim dam alam] which I propose mean Middle English "fob sib isib" ("deceiver/cheat related by blood or marriage, closely related" and also "deceiver/cheat branch linked/kin to the root") are written right next to the bottommost part of the bottommost leftmost leaf of the plant. One can make the argument that this represents the Yorkist view of the Lancastrian pretender to the throne and his actual low position in the family tree, in contrast with the position of the Yorkist white flowers at the top of the family tree.
It is also possible that there may be a small tinge of red colouring on the tip of this part of the leaf right next to the word EVA [alam] (Middle English "isib"), although it is very difficult for me to see this clearly enough to make a definite determination of this colouration. The red rose is known as the traditional symbol of the House of Lancaster, although it should be noted that historians dispute the extent to which the red rose was actively used as a Lancastrian symbol during the time period of the Wars of the Roses, as opposed to its later use by Henry VII of England in his Tudor rose emblem combining the red and white roses to symbolise the unification of the Houses of Lancaster and York by his marriage to Elizabeth of York in 1486.
Geoffrey