27-09-2023, 01:42 PM
(This post was last modified: 27-09-2023, 02:01 PM by Mark Knowles.)
(26-09-2023, 10:23 PM)Koen G wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I guess it comes down to two different selection philosophies. You try to find everything which could potentially correspond in some way. I'm not saying this is bad, it is probably why you found some matches that hadn't been pointed out before.
On the other hand, I feel like it is best to start out with the more certain stuff, and then - if anything at all is found - see if this expands to other potential matches. I feel like whatever we are going to do with this is going to be complex, and we will be unable to work well with a large number of potentially bad matches. It's not like I would never consider these, but I think it's safer to start out with (the largest possible number of) clear examples.
The way I produced my list was by comparing every herbal plant drawing with each of the small botanical drawings and listing the 4 best matches. I then compared those matches to see if there was one that stood out. If there was one match that stood out from the others and appeared to me a match then I would record that. Of course, in the case of some herbal plant drawings there was no match, but in the case of others there was one which is to be found in my list.
There is definitely scope for different approaches. I have tended to work on the basis that it is reasonable to expect most herbal plants will also appear in the botanical section as that would seem to make sense in the context of recipes. So this makes me more inclined to match two drawings. I think it makes sense to treat some matches as "fuzzy" matches, i.e. matches that may in fact not be matches after all, so they can be excluded or included if it seems appropriate.