Alchemical Symbolism in the VMS

[Barbrey]

Nick Pelling's blog has a nice summary, including a link to Bryce Beasley's work and a list of alchemical herbals (February 2, 2025):
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Even when the root is not a cut-off, the VMS botanical system seems to really insist on this separation of root, stem, flower.

I share this assumption and would even go so far as to suggest that these could be hybrid plants made up of precisely these parts.

Just followed your link to Nick’s site and Bryce had even posted in the comments section!  But months ago…sigh…I am always late to the party. But I did ask him two questions on the slight hope he’ll read the comments again: 1) in his opinion, could the VMS, even tangentially, belong to this Northern Italian tradition of alchemical manuscripts? and 2) had he seen any similar patterns in other of these manuscripts where the distinction of plant parts was also so highly emphasized?

I’ll wait to see if I get a reply, and if not perhaps I’ll try to email him directly. If I do email him directly, you might have some questions you’d like me to ask as well so let me know.