Re: American plants in VMS

[Jordan Lund <lundj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

To say nothing of the increasingly growing evidence for pre-Columbian
contact with the Americas. Rosslyn Chapel in Scotland for example was built
in the 1440's and contains clear, carved representations of corn cobs and
aloe.


                                            - Jordan
                                            lundj@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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> Thank you for the reference. Hopefully, we will soon be able to identify
> these plants. I'll see what I can come up with.
> 
> Regards,
> Dana
> 
> Jovra wrote:
> 
>> Hello Dana,
>> 
>> While re-reading :
>> http://voynich.nu/aes.html
>> 
>> I have come across this :
>> In 1944, Hugh O'Neill, a renowned botanist at the Catholic University,
>> identified various plants depicted in
>> the manuscript as New-World species, in particular an American sunflower
>> and a red pepper (O'Neill,
>> 1944). This meant that the dating of the manuscript should be placed
>> after 1493, when Columbus
>> brought the first sunflower seeds to Europe. However, the identification
>> is not certain: the red pepper is
>> coloured green and the sunflower identification is equally contested.
>> 
>> --All the best !
>> 
>> --Jovra
>