As I see it, Theodore Petersen got the tail wrong (it points towards the root on the right, and possibly it is connected to it) and added a limb to the right that isn’t there. Probably the phantom limb is due to dark ink being faded at the bottom and the green paint not perfectly filling the dark ink outline. The following image was manually edited based on one of Koen's photographs.
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a plant (Alfrugia?) with a root that is “made like a swallow” (in modo arundinis). The image is just an example of how twisted the images of animals can be, in particular if they are meant to illustrate plant roots, which is not clear for the Voynich "bug". But I wouldn't exclude that the "stinger" can represent a beak.
“Arundo” for “swallow” is not frequent. That meaning of the word is documented in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Also: "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: A Swallow is called Hirundo, as it were Arundo ab aere" (making it derive from "air").
You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has a plant (Alfrugia?) with a root that is “made like a swallow” (in modo arundinis). The image is just an example of how twisted the images of animals can be, in particular if they are meant to illustrate plant roots, which is not clear for the Voynich "bug". But I wouldn't exclude that the "stinger" can represent a beak.
“Arundo” for “swallow” is not frequent. That meaning of the word is documented in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
Also: "You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.: A Swallow is called Hirundo, as it were Arundo ab aere" (making it derive from "air").
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