After many hours of looking at the Voynich plants, I believe that they are real plants and more accurate than many herbal illustrations of the early 15th century.

Some aspects are symbolic and some details are mythical (like the dog pulling out the mandrake), but even the symbolic elements follow a rational pattern (more on the plant symbolism later).

This section will explore each plant in detail with comments and examples. It will take time to upload the considerable amount of information on my hard drive and in my head, as there are more than 100 plants and my notes need to be put in a form that is comprehensible not just to me but to Web readers, as well.