In our own obsession with the rosettes and the ladies, we forget sometimes that the manuscript is mostly plants.
If you want to point out the relevance of your sphynx to the self-proclaimed Oedipus of Egypt, framing it as a book of exotic plants (which, in Baresch' eyes it may well have been) is a good choice.
If you want to point out the relevance of your sphynx to the self-proclaimed Oedipus of Egypt, framing it as a book of exotic plants (which, in Baresch' eyes it may well have been) is a good choice.

