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[Antonio García Jiménez]

It will always be possible to find plants that look somewhat similar to those drawn in the VM. But what we have to ask ourselves is whether the intention of the illustrator or illustrators was really to draw plants in a realistic way. I don't think that was the intention because, not only would they have drawn them more recognizable, but they would not have accompanied them with a script that cannot be interpreted. Strange plants correspond with a strange script. The intention of the authors of the VM was clearly different.

Getting fooled with the identification of Voynich plants is relatively easy. The clearest example is that of Janick and Tucker, botanical experts who saw an American origin of the codex with Aztec plants. And that against all evidence. Not only because of the C-14 dating but also because of the zodiacal figures clearly belonging to the European Middle Ages.