What is the purpose of a bestiary? Starting with the history of medieval bestiaries, and touching on dramatically topical issues such as the climate crisis and the risk of species extinction, author Caspar Henderson takes us on a journey of discovery of wondrous and barely imaginable creatures, places, and revolutionary discoveries.
What is a bestiary for?
TEDx paper by Caspar Henderson
Given at Bari, Italy, on January 21, 2024
What is the purpose of a bestiary? Starting with the history of medieval bestiaries, and touching on dramatically topical issues such as the climate crisis and the risk of species extinction, author Caspar Henderson takes us on a journey of discovery of wondrous and barely imaginable creatures, places, and revolutionary discoveries.
Caspar Henderson is a writer and journalist who focuses on science, environment and human rights. He is the author of The Book of Barely Imagined Beings: A 21st Century Bestiary.
Top Image: A depiction of a peridexion tree from the Oxford Bestiary, showing two dragons
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