11-01-2026, 11:45 AM
I agree there is a strong artistic connection throughout the VM but I would be very careful to derive any meaning from that.
We cannot rule out a literal connection between the pharma vessels and the rosette towers. But the discovery of vascular plant anatomy is strongly linked to the invention of the microscope and attributed to Malphigi and Grew in the mid-late 17th century. The Voynich theory that the vessels somehow depict optical instruments exists but I would call it anachronistic and very unlikely compared to simply being containers for plant-derived substances.
We cannot rule out a literal connection between the pharma vessels and the rosette towers. But the discovery of vascular plant anatomy is strongly linked to the invention of the microscope and attributed to Malphigi and Grew in the mid-late 17th century. The Voynich theory that the vessels somehow depict optical instruments exists but I would call it anachronistic and very unlikely compared to simply being containers for plant-derived substances.