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• RE: [split] Voynich-like plants in Firenze Riccardiana Ricc. 2174

  Koen G > 7 hours ago

  It's interesting how in Chigi, you can already see the cross taking form, but you wouldn't link it to the VM drawing if it weren't for the exaggerated shape of the Riccardiana crosses.
  
  I guess with a lot of goodwill one could see how the Chigi root may give rise to a clawed feline with a tail after a few iterations, but that might be a coincidence.

• RE: [split] Voynich-like plants in Firenze Riccardiana Ricc. 2174

  Koen G > 6 hours ago

  Something I'm often getting with this MS is that a part seems to be able to explain a Voynich plant very well, but then the rest of the plant doesn't quite match up...
  
     

• RE: [split] Voynich-like plants in Firenze Riccardiana Ricc. 2174

  Dobri > 6 hours ago

  You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. has pointy leaves and cruciform-like purple flowers. Also, You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view..
  The plant has been used medicinally and was described by Dioscorides in his De Materia Medica.
  
  

• RE: [split] Voynich-like plants in Firenze Riccardiana Ricc. 2174

  Bernd > 5 hours ago

  (6 hours ago)Koen G Wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.Something I'm often getting with this MS is that a part seems to be able to explain a Voynich plant very well, but then the rest of the plant doesn't quite match up...

  Absolutely.
  That's why I am convinced that at least some plants are composites.

• RE: [split] Voynich-like plants in Firenze Riccardiana Ricc. 2174

  ReneZ > 3 hours ago

  It seems unavoidable to me that the 'artist' who drew the plants in the Voynich MS must have seen one or more illustrated herbals. 
  I also believe that he must have looked at real plants with more than just a passing interest.
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