(28-08-2022, 01:05 PM)Mark Knowles wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I enjoy speculating about the mindset of the authors, but ultimately it is just speculation.
Yes, that is indeed true. Without evidence, it's always just a guess as to how things might be. To test my guess about the plants, I would have to make (extensive) comparisons between the illustrations. Even if similarities were found here, it would still be speculation without knowledge of the text.