Three-section orbs

[Barbrey]

It's undeniably true that the rosettes page, Q13 and some other folios are connected, and studying this topic may lead to useful insights. But let's not forget that large majority of folios in this manuscript bear no visual resemblance to the rosettes family at all. Plants, Zodiac and Q20 are of a different breed, despite the occasional overlap.

Here's a diagram I had in mind for a while now. It shows the similarity between illustrations from the various sections. If a cell is light green, they have something specific in common, and this is written in bold.


This connects Herbal, pharma, rosettes and astro/cosmo on the one hand, and bio and zodiac on the other.

Yellow cells share the same type of stars, which are not such a strong link as they are quite basic shapes.

Pink cells have individual stylistic commonalities or details. 'Circles' just means circular diagrams.
The two larger groups are most linked through the zodiac and astro/cosmo illustrations.
The individual letters refer to:
L = both have abundant labels
C = both have circular texts.

All in all, it seems quite coherent and connected. Specifically, the rosettes folio has something to share with all other sections.

Edit: of course, the C in the Bio/Zodiac box does not belong there...

Great chart!  I think I could add quite a few things if you’re open for suggestions?  I’m not sure how specific you’d want it though. For instance, rosettes with bio share canopies and finials, and rosettes with cosmo and bio share nebuly/wulkenbands - I think those would be okay - but how about things like the mermaid fish in the bio being the same fish as the zodiac Pisces fish, or her emerging out of the fish in the same way the Pisces inner circle nymphs emerge out of barrels? Would these be concrete enough for your chart?

Hmm, thinking it over, I have many, many examples, both concrete and stylistic, but they might make your chart more complex than wanted. Is its purpose to show the interrelatedness of the sections, or are you collecting examples?  If the first, you likely don’t need much more than you have?