15-05-2025, 10:48 AM
Thanks, Marco! The way you navigate herbal manuscripts is unparalleled.
It's interesting to see that the features shared by the VM plant and Riccardiana are absent from the others, or at least less clearly present. The particular shape of the crosses and their blue-white shading. The oval shape of the "buds". The arrangement of the leaves (though this is far from a good match overall).
If this parallel holds any water, it's also interesting that cross shape and paint style go hand in hand.
It's interesting to see that the features shared by the VM plant and Riccardiana are absent from the others, or at least less clearly present. The particular shape of the crosses and their blue-white shading. The oval shape of the "buds". The arrangement of the leaves (though this is far from a good match overall).
If this parallel holds any water, it's also interesting that cross shape and paint style go hand in hand.