09-11-2016, 03:54 PM
(This post was last modified: 09-11-2016, 03:55 PM by Diane.
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Sam
Yes, though the number of posts is probably too great to be useful if posted here.
I was working through that section during 2011-2013 but felt it best to close most of the botanical posts.
The Musaceae ones are still up; the purple-to-black tabu is treated and illustrated there.
The root mnemonics are of a different nature, purpose and stylistics from the botanical images as such, and I also accord them a different date of origin (though Koen would disagree on that). To bracket the appropriate period, for final form and for transmission to the western Mediterranean, I've used as comparative examples details from the Mashad Dioscorides and from the Cervera Bible.
Occasionally one of the flowers is represented by a well-known stylised form (not from the Latin corpus; mostly Asian), but all the examples I can think of intended to represent a flower... Not like the root mnemonics, which work a little differently.
I guess the easiest way to find anything on voynichimagery is to search for the folio number, [the older posts use the older Yale foliation so best cross-reference (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Otherwise, a phrase like "purple-to-black" should do it. Easiest way to find the 'search' function is the separate "login/search" page in the header.
Quote:Do you have links to where you've discussed these examples on your blog (or to anywhere else where I can read about them)?
Yes, though the number of posts is probably too great to be useful if posted here.
I was working through that section during 2011-2013 but felt it best to close most of the botanical posts.
The Musaceae ones are still up; the purple-to-black tabu is treated and illustrated there.
The root mnemonics are of a different nature, purpose and stylistics from the botanical images as such, and I also accord them a different date of origin (though Koen would disagree on that). To bracket the appropriate period, for final form and for transmission to the western Mediterranean, I've used as comparative examples details from the Mashad Dioscorides and from the Cervera Bible.
Occasionally one of the flowers is represented by a well-known stylised form (not from the Latin corpus; mostly Asian), but all the examples I can think of intended to represent a flower... Not like the root mnemonics, which work a little differently.
I guess the easiest way to find anything on voynichimagery is to search for the folio number, [the older posts use the older Yale foliation so best cross-reference (You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.). Otherwise, a phrase like "purple-to-black" should do it. Easiest way to find the 'search' function is the separate "login/search" page in the header.