[split] f2v plant ID

[Ranceps]

Back to the "water lily" talks. I have collected a few of the information and imagery about this plant.

The names of the plant I've stumbled upon (if talking about Nymphaea) pre-VM: numfaia, numfea, nenufa, numfea, nilufer, nilufar.

What intrigues me is that the name of the plant comes from the Ancient Greek word νύμφη (númphē - nymph) and as you know, there is a lot of nymphs in the manuscript itself. Also as JKP already pointed out, the rhizome is nicely detailed (that can only mean one thing- the root system is important; or that the illuminator was looking at the plant whilst drawing).

Also since the books from that time were full of mysticism, I think there could be a connection between this plant and the Pisces Sign

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. were quite helpful to me and I hope it will be helpful to your research too. The first site contains a comparison between the most impressive Ancient Greek illuminated manuscripts and the second site lists a lot of pictures from other manuscripts.

Indeed, the imagery found in these manuscripts and VM is very different and since we haven't found any provenance for the imagery we can only argue about whether its fake or not.