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• f52r "Ankh Root" and Pal. Lat. 1078

  stopsquark > 11 hours ago

  I've been poking around the Cod. Pal. Lat fond on DigiVatLib and noticed a pretty interesting herbal I haven't seen many people talk about here.
  
  The You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. is post-VMS-- an Italian Alchemical herbal dating to the 1500s (quite late!). It's briefly discussed in You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view., but as he notes, it generally seems to be poorly-documented. While the manuscript doesn't label the herbs like other alchemical herbals do, it seems like there are a handful of matches for VMS plants.In particular, I was very struck by how much You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in this MS matches You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in the VMS:
  
         
  
  I haven't been able to find any other roots in other manuscripts with a similar "ankh" shape, so I was pretty excited to see this one. This also suggests to me that the root shape probably isn't serving a symbolic function that is isolated to the VMS, if it's duplicated elsewhere in other herbals. I'm not good enough at Italian to confidently transcribe this or attempt an ID- does anyone have thoughts as to what plant this might be?
  
  Additionally- I did notice some other correspondences, in particular You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in this herbal and You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view. in the VMS, which both feature a plant with two heads in its roots (here called "herba illibotus"). However, the leaves don't quite line up.
         
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