15-03-2026, 03:15 PM
(15-03-2026, 02:12 PM)Rafal wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.I wouldn't go so far. If you draw some unrealistic, not existing plants with parts inspired by other stuff, they are still plants.
I would argue that the "plants" are hiding a message that's related to the text. As I conjectured, this message might be related to people. Thus, the plants might be representations of people.
This might be a bit far fetched, but... since we know that the VMS was likely penned at the same time as the council of Constance, it might be a diplomatic cypher that details the attendees of the council, and their allegiances with other members. Recall that the council of Contance was the largest congregation of the time, that spanned multiple years, and whose main goal was to resolve the issues about the two popes. Members from Europe's every major power were there, including Sigismund, the Holy Roman Emperor.
Contance is also situated just north of the region where an abundance of castles with ghibelline (swallowtail) merlons were built at that exact time. It is also home to the Tyrolian/South German dialect that some have linked to the VMS marginalia.