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

[Antonio García Jiménez]

Eleonora, you say Baresch wasn't a botanist, and that's true. But I think it's easy to understand that during the years—and there were many—that the Voynich was in Prague, it must have been examined by the best botanists, especially given the Emperor's interest.

  There are over 120 herbs in the codex, and none of them seem to have been recognized. Baresch clearly states that they have not been seen in Germany.

  Koen, you say that Baresch makes that claim 200 years after the creation of the Voynich, but it doesn't seem reasonable that all the herbs in the codex would have disappeared from German lands in such a short period of time.