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Re: VMS -- Blue
Nature loves blue.
http://www.seabrookstation.com/sbs/seabrookstation.nsf/TopicDetails/Come%20VisitInside%20the%20CenterSee%20a%20Blue%20Lobster
http://www.barbados.org/plants/lotus.htm
http://www.iwgs.org/nymphaea/gigantea/gigantea.html
http://www.wizvax.net/lynjax/Current/Butterfly.html
http://www.versaquatics.com/BlueTang16.JPG
http://www.gov.sg/moh/mohiss/poison/prcoral.html
http://www.dsu.edu/~johnsone/russian.html
http://www.aqua.org/images/brocto.jpeg
http://www.aqua.org/images/bluecrab1.jpeg
http://www.santabarbarahikes.com/wildflowers/blueEyes01.html
http://www.charlesandco.com/catalog/sapphires/sapphire-18.html
http://www.lpzoo.com/tour/factsheets/mammals/mandrill.html
Regards,
Dana Scott
"diane.cousteau" wrote:
> Hi!
> Just a short note concerning your idea for f 50v....indeed, the
> plants look a lot alike, but in the VMS the flower appears blue with white
> petals in the center, unlike waratah...The same comment goes for f57r: the
> flowers are all blue, no yellow, so it cannot be golden flowered henbane.
> While I'm at it, and not to sound repetitive, on f 07r the flowers, again,
> are blue, deep blue, not pink, although the spots on the leaves match. It
> seems the author of the VMS had little interest in flowers that were not
> blue, almost all the flowers in the manuscript have some blue on the flower
> part of the plant...who knows why?Was this person really colorblind, or just
> happen to have a lot of blue ink?
> More questions: what do you make of the writing at the center of the
> flower on f 28v? What about the white shapes on the leaf of f 38r?
> Maybe I missed some stuff. And by the way, as there
> are Dana's of both sexes: are you a man or a woman(this will help me to know
> whether to call you Mr or Ms Scott)?
> Thanks for your patience,
> Diane Cousteau
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Dana F. Scott <dfscott@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <voynich@xxxxxxxx>; <AFScott@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2001 8:49 AM
> Subject: VMS -- Botany (f50v) Waratah
>
> > Telopea speciosissima, also known as Waratah in Australia, is a
> > wonderful match for the f50v botanical drawing in the VMS. I find myself
> > at the same time both delighted and somewhat stunned by this revelation.
> > The implications here may be considerable. This plant is indiginous to
> > New South Wales; however, from botanical history we learn that it was
> > first introduced in Europe by Sir James Smith in 1793. While it is
> > possible that Marco Polo may have gone to Australia, though this is
> > apparently not a verified historical fact, the Dutch navigator Plesart
> > did explore Western Australia in 1629. So, assuming that the match is
> > correct, unless a similar Genus/species of this plant could be found
> > elsewhere, such as in South Africa, it seems to me that there is a great
> > deal of fruit for thought here as it applies to the VMS.
> >
> > Photo:
> > http://capricornica.com/plants/tel_spec.htm
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/630930713442/093.html
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/813340821461/059.html
> > http://waratah.www.nsw.gov.au/waratah.gif
> > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL21/mar01-9a.html
> > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL21/mar01-9c.html
> > http://wildflowers.ozthunder.com/rnp4.jpg
> > http://www.feca.org.au/telopea.htm
> > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL14/jun99-5d.html
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/630930713442/091.html
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/images/photo_cd/813340821461/058.html
> > http://www.ausflorapacific.com.au/gemwar.html
> > http://waratah.www.nsw.gov.au/waratah.html
> >
> http://www.anbg.gov.au/telopea-braidwood-brilliant/telopea-braidwood-brillia
> nt4.html
> >
> >
> http://www.anbg.gov.au/telopea-braidwood-brilliant/telopea-braidwood-brillia
> nt3.html
> >
> >
> http://www.anbg.gov.au/telopea-braidwood-brilliant/telopea-braidwood-brillia
> nt1.html
> >
> > http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/systax/dendrologie/Teloptrun.htm
> > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL17/mar00-4e.html
> >
> > Description:
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/emblems/nsw.emblem.html
> > http://www.mountain-nursery.com.au/warainfo.htm
> > http://www.au.gardenweb.com/forums/load/oznative/msg0306370522348.html
> > http://farrer.csu.edu.au/ASGAP/APOL21/mar01-9.html
> >
> http://www.anbg.gov.au/telopea-braidwood-brilliant/telopea-braidwood-brillia
> nt.html
> >
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc403.html
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/acra/descriptions/acc322.html
> >
> > Illustration:
> > http://www.mountain-nursery.com.au/images/telopea.htm
> > http://www.rareprintsgallery.com/Botanicals/Paxton/pax54.htm
> >
> http://www.museum-prints.com/english/start_eng/start_eng.htm?../detail3e/tel
> opea.htm
> >
> > Stamp:
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.459.html
> > http://www.anbg.gov.au/stamps/stamp.359.html
> >
> > Australian History:
> > http://www.aaa.com.au/hrh/aboriginal/hist1.shtml#Australia 1
> >
> > Marco Polo:
> > http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000724/mysteries/marco.htm
> > http://www.tk421.net/essays/polo.shtml
> >
> > Regards,
> > Dana Scott
> >