(24-11-2025, 03:01 PM)oshfdk wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.My opinion (not original, this line of thought is certainly very old) is that all plants in the Voynich Manuscript are intentionally chimeric or fantastic and there is no practical way of making a certain identification of any of them. They may resemble this or that, but the resemblance is never perfect and never good enough to make any conclusions.
I agree with oshfdk.
That said, and given I love Aquilegias...:
- Aquilegia flowers are very characteristic, having one spur, with hooked tip, for each petal (5 in total), pointing towards the back of the flower. They are impossible to miss and I don't know of any other flower with that characteristic but Aquilegia. Also, the plant on You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has six petals.
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- Aquilegia leaves (which are very beautiful too) are completely different from the plant of f10v: they are multiply divided in segments, their edges are crenated, not smooth, they are alternate, not opposite.
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- The most weird thing in f10v is the double swelling below the flowers. I can't remember any plant having such a double swelling, which to me looks as a fantastic element. Aquilegias flowers don't have any visible swelling: actually the receptacle forms a single, incospicuous swelling at the base of the flower but it's covered by petals and sepals until they fall. It's only noticeable in the fruits, and easily overlooked because it's quite small.
- The general appearance of the plant is completely different from the one on f10v.