There are several threads interwoven here, which makes the whole thing complicated:
* The textual tradition of Laufenberg
* The now lost original series of illustrations (any manuscript containing these were likely destroyed in the library fire during the Siege of Strasbourg).
* The broader iconographic context from which these images were drawn. The types of the scholar, the physician... are well-attested elsewhere.
* The way our surviving manuscripts misinterpreted, reinterpreted, rearranged... Laufenberg's original sequence.
* What kind of version of these the VMS may have had access to.
* How the VMS diagrams make use of the figures found in a Laufenberg-esque collection of images.
I say "diagrams" plural, because for example I think the composition pointed out by Bluetoes You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. may also be relevant.
* The textual tradition of Laufenberg
* The now lost original series of illustrations (any manuscript containing these were likely destroyed in the library fire during the Siege of Strasbourg).
* The broader iconographic context from which these images were drawn. The types of the scholar, the physician... are well-attested elsewhere.
* The way our surviving manuscripts misinterpreted, reinterpreted, rearranged... Laufenberg's original sequence.
* What kind of version of these the VMS may have had access to.
* How the VMS diagrams make use of the figures found in a Laufenberg-esque collection of images.
I say "diagrams" plural, because for example I think the composition pointed out by Bluetoes You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. may also be relevant.