VMs: Ornate Containers vs. properties diagram

[Stefan Urbanek <stefan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I am not sure whether the "ornate containers" are containers at all. Has anyone
made an analysis of the so-called "pharmaceutical" section? 

The "containers" look more like diagrams. If you look at them, they are composed
of "modules" or "parts". A part has it's shape and it's color. There are parts
that are repeating between "containers". Also you can see, that certain group
of plants is related to certain container.

Speculation:
- a "part" represents a common property of listed plants in a group
- a "container" represents a set of properties for the listed plants in the
group

Questions
- what are the parts used? (color + shape)
- what combinations there are?
- are there any common visual properties of plants across groups where the
groups share equal part in a container? 
- are there any non-visual properties of depicted plants that can be connected
to the "parts"?

Also note, that most of the plants have large roots. On many images it looks
like a root was taken from one plant, then cut and some other plant was put
into the root.

Looks like the author used more advanced description techniques, not only text
and exact visualisation of the surrounding world. By "advanced technique" I
mean something very common we use today, like charts, relations-ship diagrams
or "zooming" of an image part. Those techniques require a bit of abstract
thinking as it is not only "drawing what i see".

Thoughts?

Stefan
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