The Voynich Botanical Plants
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Folio 36r. Larkspur (Delphinium). “The medieval writer on agriculture, Petrus de Crescentius, claimed that a paste made from larkspur seads and vinegar was good for treating head lice and scabies and the powered seeds when mixed with honey and taken internally killed worms.” (2) (A)
(2) Freeman, M., Herbs, for the Medieval Household, The Grete Herball
(A) Drawings that are probably copies of illustrations found in other herbals