The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 30v. Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). The bay leaf is used in seasoning, particularly Mediterranean dishes. A laurel wreath was used as a prize in Ancient Greek games. An astrological herbal claims “that if the marigold is gathered, the Sunne beynge in the sygne Leo, and wrapped in a leafe of a Laurell or baye tree and a wolves tothe be added there to, no man shall be able to have a word to speake against the bearer but woordes of peace.” (3) (B)