Re: VMs: Female mandrake

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

--- GC <glenclaston@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Another symbolic that might be of relevance is folio
> 100r, the
> plant to the far right, second row.  This is drawn
> as a female
> figure with very long hair.  A similar depiction of
> the female
> mandrake exists in "The Grete Herball", 1526.  The
> frontispiece of
> this book depicts both the male and female mandrake
> in human form,
> both with "wild" hair.

There are some, previously owned by Rudolf, which
you can see both on a photograph and in a drawing
of the catalogue of Rudolf's museum.
Go to http://www.voynich.nu/extra/inventory.html
and find the relevant links near the bottom
of that page.

Cheers, Rene

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