There are several interesting questions at work here.
If we call the person who made any drawing an 'artist', then we can wonder
(1) how many different artists there were, and
(2) whether the artists were the same persons as the scribes.
I agree that it seems likely that the artist who drew the plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was the same who drew the above-mentioned circle on the Rosettes page.
I would also argue that the artist(s) who drew the plants mostly did a reasonable job, but the same cannot be said about the nymphs.
There are many other parallels that can be explored, for example the pharma containers and the towers in the centre of Rosettes etc.
How about the nymphs in the zodiac vs. those in the biological section?
I am looking forward to hearing more insights especially about the plant drawings.
I find the suggestion that the drawings are based on verbal descriptions very tempting, though I am not sure how common this was. Mostly, drawings were copied from other MSs, but we already know for the Voynich MS that no link to other illustrations exists (with possibly just one exception).
If we call the person who made any drawing an 'artist', then we can wonder
(1) how many different artists there were, and
(2) whether the artists were the same persons as the scribes.
I agree that it seems likely that the artist who drew the plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. was the same who drew the above-mentioned circle on the Rosettes page.
I would also argue that the artist(s) who drew the plants mostly did a reasonable job, but the same cannot be said about the nymphs.
There are many other parallels that can be explored, for example the pharma containers and the towers in the centre of Rosettes etc.
How about the nymphs in the zodiac vs. those in the biological section?
I am looking forward to hearing more insights especially about the plant drawings.
I find the suggestion that the drawings are based on verbal descriptions very tempting, though I am not sure how common this was. Mostly, drawings were copied from other MSs, but we already know for the Voynich MS that no link to other illustrations exists (with possibly just one exception).