Okay, here is a preview of some of the work I've been doing on faces (as compared to VMS faces). This doesn't adequately show it because I only grabbed a few examples. I also sampled profiles, women (they draw them differently from men), full figures, proportions, and prone bodies for each one. I collected the names of the illuminators whenever they were available (or where the illuminator had a historical designation like Master of the ___ Manuscript). I also sampled all the palettes (less useful, since it depends on scan accuracy, but still interesting).
I sampled from the 9th century up to about the 19th century. It's pretty extensive. I tried to get imagery from all countries (only a few are shown in this screensnap).
![[Image: FacesQuickGrabApr2021.png]](https://voynichportal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/FacesQuickGrabApr2021.png)
I did something similar with plants, but it's harder to illustrate with a quick grab. After a while, you learn a person's style, just like you can learn a person's handwriting, and it becomes easier to find a specific style in compendia that were illustrated by more than one person. That's how I found the Salani illustrator. It took about four years to find, document, chart, and double-check to make sure I wasn't imagining things.
I sampled from the 9th century up to about the 19th century. It's pretty extensive. I tried to get imagery from all countries (only a few are shown in this screensnap).
I did something similar with plants, but it's harder to illustrate with a quick grab. After a while, you learn a person's style, just like you can learn a person's handwriting, and it becomes easier to find a specific style in compendia that were illustrated by more than one person. That's how I found the Salani illustrator. It took about four years to find, document, chart, and double-check to make sure I wasn't imagining things.