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[Antonio García Jiménez]

I am happy to answer you briefly:

1º The iconography of the VM basically shows how the stars of the zodiac influence plants. They are what give them their medicinal virtues. That is the astrological message of the book and the script reflects it with astronomical symbols and the respective positions of the sun, moon and stars. This is essentially my theory.

2º On René's page you can read Panosky's opinions. The most important ones in terms of iconography are: 

--The stars transmit hidden powers to the plants. These are astral spirits

--There must have been a second book that included animals and stones

--There is a part taken from a manuscript of Alfonso X the wise. That is, the astrological lapidary.

3º  I have already said that iconographically I follow Panofsky's opinion. He did not say it explicitly, but in my opinion the female figures represent the astral spirits he spoke of. And all that plumbing that we see in Quire 13 is nothing more than the expressive method by which they descend to Earth. My contribution is that the images correspond to the script and that there is only that message. There is no text, just strings of symbols.