# O'Neill 1944: Botanical observations on the Voynich MS

> Hugh O'Neill, 1944. 2 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The book uses it as the best-known example of a plant identification that failed, since…

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# Botanical observations on the Voynich MS

Hugh O'Neill, 1944. _Speculum_ 19(1): 126.

A short note by a botanist in Speculum identifying two plants in the manuscript as a sunflower and a capsicum pepper, both American, and dating the book after 1493 on that basis.

**Voynich Manuscript** Articledoi: **[10.2307/2856859](https://doi.org/10.2307/2856859)** Checked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The book uses it as the best-known example of a plant identification that failed, since the radiocarbon date of 1404 to 1438 rules it out.

## Cited by on this site 2 records

[Reading Without a Key](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D8NJAWT22V4/reading-without-a-key)

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## Cite it

```
O'Neill, H. (1944). Botanical observations on the Voynich MS. Speculum, 19(1), 126. https://doi.org/10.2307/2856859
```

[Find it at doi.org](https://doi.org/10.2307/2856859)

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