An Elephant from the Northumberland Bestiary (detail), English, about 1250–1260, pen-and-ink drawing tinted with body color and translucent washes on parchment. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Ms. 100 fol. 17v
The Ark after Noah: Beasts, Books, and Bodies of Knowledge (Day 2)
GETTY CENTER
Museum Lecture Hall
This two-day, academic symposium at the J. Paul Getty Museum and the University of California, Los Angeles, brings together scholars working on the aspects of image, text, knowledge, and culture surrounding the bestiary tradition in the medieval world. The symposium examines how the development of encyclopedic texts and new structures of knowledge emerged on the manuscript page in and alongside bestiaries.
Day 1 of the symposium takes place on Friday, March 3, 9:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. at UCLA, Royce Hall 314. Advance registration is not required.
Day 2 of the symposium takes place on Saturday, March 4, 11:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. at the Getty Center, Museum Lecture Hall. Advance registration is required.
