Re: Herbal books

[Nick Pelling <incoming@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the herbals that were recently mentioned on the
> list are of course well worth a browse, as
> they are all either beautiful, interesting or
> both. These are, of course, the books that Voynich
> and all subsequent researchers have looked through
> in every detail.

My hope here was to help Dana find botanical sources closer in time, so 
that likely names of plants might be identified, forming a bridge between 
botany and cryptography - it's quite possible that cribs like "mira el 
sole" and "erniaria" may prove to be what we need to crack it. :-)