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Plants are basically made up of several parts: roots, stems, leaves, and flowers.
However, one feature of the plant illustrations in the Voynich Manuscript is particularly intriguing: the point where the root and stem meet. In many drawings, it looks as though the stem has been attached to the cut end of the root afterward.
Rather than depicting natural plants as they are, these illustrations look as though they show plants assembled from several parts, almost like “artificial flowers made by grafting.”
Interestingly, in the latter part of the manuscript, there are pages where groups of plants with distinctive roots are listed separately from groups with distinctive stems and leaves.
Lists of Plants with Strong Roots and Plants with Strong Stems and Leaves
At the beginning of each horizontal row of illustrations, there is something that looks like a tube.
Previous hypotheses may have treated these objects as vessels used to boil and combine plants. But if we assume that the roots and stems are connected to one another, wouldn't it make sense to interpret these tubes as attachments designed to join them?
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However, one feature of the plant illustrations in the Voynich Manuscript is particularly intriguing: the point where the root and stem meet. In many drawings, it looks as though the stem has been attached to the cut end of the root afterward.
Rather than depicting natural plants as they are, these illustrations look as though they show plants assembled from several parts, almost like “artificial flowers made by grafting.”
Interestingly, in the latter part of the manuscript, there are pages where groups of plants with distinctive roots are listed separately from groups with distinctive stems and leaves.
Lists of Plants with Strong Roots and Plants with Strong Stems and Leaves
At the beginning of each horizontal row of illustrations, there is something that looks like a tube.
Previous hypotheses may have treated these objects as vessels used to boil and combine plants. But if we assume that the roots and stems are connected to one another, wouldn't it make sense to interpret these tubes as attachments designed to join them?
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