f52r "Ankh Root" and Pal. Lat. 1078

[MarcoP]

Are there other alchemical herbals that feature herba polexinas with a loop in the root? If we assume that this is the plant on f52r, it might help us place the VMS into a lineage with some of the other herbals.

The Alchemical Herbal is an interesting parallel to the VMS, as the two share part of a visual lexicon. The relationship does not appear to be any closer than that. In my opinion, there is no clear evidence to assume that individual Voynich plants derive from individual plants in the Alchemical Herbal.