Thread for random remarks and questions about Voynich images

[Bernd]

The hypothesis that a 'master' sketched all the drawings while scribes finished them might explain their overall similarities and common elements that are very hard to argue if different people created the drawings independently.

However I see a problem with this as well. Koen has clearly shown the distinction between 'alpha' and 'beta' plants and there is a certain correlation between drawing style and scribal hand. For this to work out, the scribes would have needed to strongly modify the original sketch.

Indeed we see on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. that the red sketch was not used in the final drawing at all, it doesn't make any sense as it adds some sort of petals to the bottle-shaped calyx. I am not really sure if these red sketch lines really pre-date the drawing but I am not qualified to judge. To me it rather looks like a child doodled on that page without much concern.
Interestingly, below the leftmost calyx we see another bottleneck-shape drawn instead of alternating round and triangular petals. Still the red sketch makes no sense at all, even for VM flower standards.