Re: VMs: 1006184 & 1006185

["DANA SCOTT" <dscott520@xxxxxxx>]

Fagaria vesca (Wild Strawberry) seems to be a good match for the plant 
drawing in f05v. The loop in the stem and arrangement of the leaves, 
flowers, and root appear to be a bit of artistic license on the part of the 
author of the VMs. Notice what might be construed as an insect (Strawberry 
Root Weevil or maybe Scarab beetle?) in the drawing of the root system (tail 
to the left, legs below, and feelers to the right). For the sake of 
argument, lets say that the loop at the top of the stem is not a natural 
occurrence. Does this then negate the fact that this drawing may be based on 
Fragaria vesca? Not necessarily. Perhaps the artist was thinking of an ankh 
when drawing the stem? I have also previously suggested that this drawing 
may have been influenced in part by an alchemical drawing in which the 
leaves are represented as birds in flight.
Regards,
Dana Scott

Fragaria vesca:
http://plant-identification.co.uk/skye/rosaceae/fragaria-vesca.htm
http://www.bionaturel.com/nature-vegetal/Fragaria_vesca.htm

Strawberry Root Weevil:
http://ipm-dd.orst.edu/mint/srwadultlarge.htm
http://www.ento.vt.edu/Fruitfiles/StrwRootW.html

Ankh:
http://www.sterling-silver-charms.org/religious_jewelry2.htm

Scarab Beetle:
http://personal.www.umich.edu/~damstra/insects/scarabbeetle.htm

Regards,
Dana Scott

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "william edmondson" <w.h.edmondson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <vms-list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, June 07, 2004 4:52 AM
Subject: Re: VMs: 1006184 & 1006185


> whoops - goon  -  7 digit numbers not helpful for page refs
>
> ...183 does not finish half way down the page.... and the odd plant is
> on ...085
>
> so much to look at, so little time...
>
> William
> On 7 Jun 2004, at 12:33, william edmondson wrote:
>
> > Hi folks
> >
> > Good to have the images available.
> >
> > ...84 has an interestingly deviant character string right at the
> > beginning of the page.
> >
> > I'm not yet breathing/sleeping character names.  So - the 'double l'
> > character is split across two 'words',  and then look at the third
> > word  -  are we being offered the definition of an abbreviation here?
> >
> > Note that the text on ...83 finishes half way down the page - so we
> > could believe we are starting a new topic?
> >
> > And for amusement the botany on ...85 shows something not found in the
> > natural world.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > William
> >
> >
> > Dr William Edmondson
> > School of Computer Science
> > University of Birmingham
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> > UK
> >
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