The Voynich Botanical Plants

Folio 66v. Bay laurel (Laurus nobilis). Bancker’s Herbal states that bay is “good to purge a man of phlegm and the choler. It is good for a man that may not hear, for if the juice thereof be put in his ears … it will heal it.” The Grete Herball adds that “for colic a bath made of bay leaves is good. Also against the evil color of the face … and also the manner of red things that come in young peoples faces … take new bay berries and put out the hulks and make fine powder put it in honey and anoint or bathe the face.” (2) (B)