Alchemy Theory

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Alchemical illustrations were often allegorical in themselves. A striking example is the Ripley Scrolls.
But there’s nothing explicitly alchemical in VMS. It’s either hidden and disguised as an herbalist, or… I don’t even know what other options there are.

The only precedent for alchemy is Quire 13. But we should find a specialist in medieval alchemy to start conducting some analyses. 

By the way, Georg Baresch was supposedly an alchemist, but he couldn’t understand the meaning of the illustrations.