I recently stumbled upon an illustrated herbal I don't remember seeing before: Biblioteca dell'Orto Botanico di Padova, Ar.26, Veneto, last quarter of the 15th century. You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.
It contains a copy of (part of?) the Pseudo-Apuleius collection and possibly some other work, but many of the illustrations are of good quality, similar to Tractatus De Herbis. Typically, each page either contains a single plant illustration (with plant name in red) or text. But in the first part there are a few pages in which text appears together with the plant. In most cases, the text that appears with the plant represents the lists of names typical of Pseudo-Apuleius, but sometimes there are paragraphs of actual text. All text appears to have been written by the same hand.
The bottom-left image exemplifies another interesting feature of Voynich layout: plants are often shifted to the right or (less frequently) left of the page, as if to make room for the text (I am sure we discussed this at some point).
It contains a copy of (part of?) the Pseudo-Apuleius collection and possibly some other work, but many of the illustrations are of good quality, similar to Tractatus De Herbis. Typically, each page either contains a single plant illustration (with plant name in red) or text. But in the first part there are a few pages in which text appears together with the plant. In most cases, the text that appears with the plant represents the lists of names typical of Pseudo-Apuleius, but sometimes there are paragraphs of actual text. All text appears to have been written by the same hand.
The bottom-left image exemplifies another interesting feature of Voynich layout: plants are often shifted to the right or (less frequently) left of the page, as if to make room for the text (I am sure we discussed this at some point).
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