01-11-2025, 06:29 PM
I must confess I hadn't noticed this before!
The flower appears to be connected to the word below.
I wouldn't call it a 'tulip' but it matches the other 'campanulate' tetramerous flowers found in the VM like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. f32v or the bulbous calyx style popular in A plants. Curiously there are also some streaks of blue. Is this a transfer (from where?), or was this flower indeed painted?
I think this is a major find as now all marginalia are associated with drawings and those drawings match the VM style. Though in this case the drawing is a bit detached. I do think it paints a coherent picture that all marginalia were created by the same person.
The flower appears to be connected to the word below.
I wouldn't call it a 'tulip' but it matches the other 'campanulate' tetramerous flowers found in the VM like You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. , You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. f32v or the bulbous calyx style popular in A plants. Curiously there are also some streaks of blue. Is this a transfer (from where?), or was this flower indeed painted?
I think this is a major find as now all marginalia are associated with drawings and those drawings match the VM style. Though in this case the drawing is a bit detached. I do think it paints a coherent picture that all marginalia were created by the same person.