[Book] Prof. Eleonora Matarrese * Nymðe - The Unearthing

[eleonoramatarrese]

Hi Kendiyas, and sorry for my belated reply.
Please don't call me professor, just Eleonora is fine for me, thanks.
F. 1v is Myrtus communis. F. 2r is Centaurea spp. F. 2v is Nymphaea alba. F. 3r Polypodium vulgare. F. 3v Aconitum spp. F. 43 Linus spp.
And so on.
They are quite easily identifiable comparing to other manuscripts, although here the iconographic language is paramount, indicating which parts of the plants are the most important, or when to forage them. This was quite common for Germanic people, as can be seen in other manuscripts from the Germanic area, until the print was born.

My next work will be about botany, which is my main field of expertise (botanic iconography in manuscripts prior to the print) and the job to do is huge, since plants in the VM are easily identifiable to me (except 2 or 3 for which I will provide the family and the genre but not the species, which would be identifiable correctly in real life only)

This is a huge claim Professor. We have only 14-15 almost certain identifications for the 126 plants that are depicted in the manuscript. You are claiming that you can easily identify except for 2 to 3 plants is actually great news for the community. 

Would you be open to giving at least few examples professor? I am very excited and your opinion on this matter will be greatly appreciated not only by me I am sure this will make many people excited.