Re: VMs: Viola tricolor

[Rene Zandbergen <r_zandbergen@xxxxxxxxx>]

You all got me.
Which flower is the face supposed to be on?
I'm afraid I don't see it. I fear that whatever
is there is probably an artefact.

Cheers, Rene

--- Luis_Vélez <legal1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Dana,
> 
> Indeed you have something of a face there, and it
> does not seem to 
> match the pattern...
> 
> Speaking of facial features, the "S" nose/eyebrow
> drawing pattern 
> appears to have been used as early as 1274 - one can
> find a good dated 
> example of it in Robert Bartlett's excellent
> "Medieval Panorama" (ISBN: 
> 0892366427) that is profuse in pictures of medieval
> manuscripts.
> 
> Hope everyone had a nice summer.
> 
> 
> Luis
> 
> On Sunday, October 12, 2003, at 09:09 AM, DANA SCOTT
> wrote:
> 
> > I find it rather curious that there is such a
> stricking face/head 
> > drawn in the upper middle petal of the right viola
> tricolor flower 
> > facing towards the left side of the page in f9v of
> the VMS. It does 
> > not seem characteristic of the drawing style seen
> in other facial 
> > features drawn in the VMS.
> >  
> >  http://voynich.no-ip.com/folios/f9v.jpg
> >  
> > Regards,
> > Dana Scott
> 


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