Mangos and saffron

[MarcoP]

I understand, but let me rephrase my question then:

Do you think that the fact that on about 80% (wild guess) of the pages, one or more plant drawings end up with "something else"? This has no purpose at all apart from the order dictated by an alphabetic list? Or has an effort been made to put plants and "other things" (mostly animals) on the same page?

Why basing your reasoning on a wild guess? If you are seriously interested in the subject, isn't an actual, accurate count worth the effort?

[Koen G]

After having seen Rene's examples, I must agree that this parallel appears less convincing than I thought it would. I'll play it safe and remove that page for now. It was only meant as an example anyways, but examples have no point if they are confusing 

[Koen G]

Today's post discusses You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.. It's not a complete analysis, so this post will be more speculative than others.

[Koen G]

Today is Sunday (still for an hour here), so I prepared something special: a step by step explanation of how I link a myth to a plant. I hope this post clarifies some things for people who find my work too speculative. There is more to it than just "this plant looks like that statue". If you're interested at all, I'd really recommend reading at least this post. If not, it's okay as well, I understand 

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[Diane]

Koen,
In case it helps, the Synonyma is the multilingual plant glossary recommended by Roger Bacon and legislated for the pharmacists and physicians of Paris for the fourteenth century.

I don't know who first brought up this topic of Simon of Genoa's text - I daresay it might have been one of the original, and now-long absent members of the first mailing list.

I mention it a few times, and in some detail in posts to voynichimagery, if you'd like something specifically Voynich related.

[Koen G]

I'll definitely look into that, Diane. It may be useful indeed since a 14th century work may still use closer-to-Voynich terms and perhaps even those used in trading circles.

[Koen G]

I put up a short introductory post to the main three plants of my analysis: Heracles, Cerberus and the Hydra. These will go up starting tomorrow.

In today's post I explain how this foldout is constructed to function as a memory palace, in order to help the reader learn foreign plant names: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.