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The plant forms in this detail are too highly stylized to be botanically identified, with the exception of the grisaille flowering vine with silver stain blossoms. This may be tentatively identified as a species of periwinkle, either Vinca major or V. minor, but it is not a botanically accurate representation. Periwinkle flowers are blue, not yellow or gold, but form is more important in the identification of plants in medieval art than color. Even botanically recognizable plants are represented in color forms other than those found in nature.