It seems clear that someone knowingly blended a Voynich plant with other references. The intentions could be:
1) Creative desire. Make your own page of the most mysterious manuscript in the world as a challenge. I guess this is a possibility if it has been made relatively recently, i.e. within the last century or so.
2) Attempted fraud. Might work if it was made before everybody knew all plants by heart. Or if the target was unsuspecting.
3) Necessity, like the scenario you describe. This seems weird to me though. Some parts of the VM folio appear to be reproduced relatively well. Why do that decently and leave the rest. Also, why come up with a page full of nonsense-Voynichese?
Also: if you wanted to show the copy to someone, why knowingly contaminate it?
1) Creative desire. Make your own page of the most mysterious manuscript in the world as a challenge. I guess this is a possibility if it has been made relatively recently, i.e. within the last century or so.
2) Attempted fraud. Might work if it was made before everybody knew all plants by heart. Or if the target was unsuspecting.
3) Necessity, like the scenario you describe. This seems weird to me though. Some parts of the VM folio appear to be reproduced relatively well. Why do that decently and leave the rest. Also, why come up with a page full of nonsense-Voynichese?
Also: if you wanted to show the copy to someone, why knowingly contaminate it?