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RE: Voynich presentation at Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference - MarcoP - 06-03-2017
(06-03-2017, 02:35 PM)Koen Gh. wrote: You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.So about Toresella and the VMS + alchemical herbals I note that:
- He brought the at the time relatively unknown alchemist's herbals to the attention of Voynich researchers
- He notes that the VMS contains "dozens of plants similar to those of the alchemists' herbals" (without going into much detail)
- He also says that the VMS plants " do not belong to that iconographic tradition" and that these "fantastic plants have no relation with those of the usual alchemical herbals".
These points seem to me to represent well Toresella's analysis. It's interesting that he doesn't formulate specific parallels. In principle, it is possible that the VMS represents a set of plants that has no intersection with those appearing in the alchemical herbals, just sharing some of the same visual lexicon (see also the passage by Segre I translated You are not allowed to view links. Register or Login to view.).
On the other hand, one of the typical features of the alchemical herbals is that the plants (like those in the VMS) are very hard to identify. Segre's estimate is that only 55% of the plants in Aldini 211 could be reliably identified. Since the VMS plants are no easier subjects, it's really difficult to tell if there is any match.
RE: Voynich presentation at Oxford Medieval Graduate Conference - Diane - 01-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - Koen G - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - MarcoP - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - ReneZ - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - ReneZ - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - -JKP- - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - MarcoP - 02-04-2017
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - Barbrey - 24-09-2025
RE: [split] "Plants of the Alchemists" - ReneZ - 24-09-2025