Your solution #1 is analogous to a Rosetta Stone solution - having the same text contents in two different languages, one that is readable matched with one from the VMs.
Pelling's block paradigm attempts to make this match based on page formatting of the text, long and short lines etc. in a pattern down the page. Problem is finding the prospective candidates, as (to my knowledge) none have been suggested.
Slightly better is a potential matching based on plant identifications. If a plant ID'd in the VMs can be matched with a plant from a medieval herbal, then perhaps the two texts would also correspond. Some plants have been matched. At least there are potential candidates. No texts have been shown to correspond.
Matching could also be based on other factors, if they are believed to be relevant.
Pelling's block paradigm attempts to make this match based on page formatting of the text, long and short lines etc. in a pattern down the page. Problem is finding the prospective candidates, as (to my knowledge) none have been suggested.
Slightly better is a potential matching based on plant identifications. If a plant ID'd in the VMs can be matched with a plant from a medieval herbal, then perhaps the two texts would also correspond. Some plants have been matched. At least there are potential candidates. No texts have been shown to correspond.
Matching could also be based on other factors, if they are believed to be relevant.