The Voynich Manuscript/F2v

thumb|right|500px|F2v Transcription, comments, theories, links to do with VMs page f2v to be added here... :-) Description: One plant centered on page. Root: long straight rhizome, covered with scales or round stalk scars. Stem: single, vertical, slightly bent, shooting out from middle of rhizome; dark painted. Branches: there is the stub of a lost branch at mid-stalk. Leaves: a single large leaf, horizontal, shaped like a very fat C, with smooth rim. Painted solid dark. Stalk: short. Flowers: one white flower, pointing almost straight up. Stalk: long, light colored, with a darker vein; part of it obscured by leaf which should be behind it. Chalyx: well-drawn, with thick tongue-shaped sepals, light colored. Petals: well-drawn, flaring, lily shaped, serrated edges, white underpaint. Core: not visible. Stamen: long, with a few short hairs. Two paragraphs (with lines, respectively), left- and right-justified: one at the top, interrupted by the single flower, and one just below mid-page, interrupted by the main stem. Comments: The plant looks quite natural and well-drawn. Presumably, the flower stem was in front of the leaf in the original drawing; but the dark overpaint covered it. The original outline of the leaf may have been obscured, too. The leaf shape suggests it is a water plant. With that assumption, the choices are quite few. Rene suggested Nymphaea candida (a.k.a. Nymphaea alba; water lily, seerose) http://runeberg.org/nordflor/pics/181.jpg