Dr Jane Geddes
Chair in History of Art
Personal Details
| Telephone: | +44 (0)1224 273784 |
| Fax: | +44 (0) 1224 27 2458 |
| E-mail: | j.geddes@abdn.ac.uk |
| Address: | Room KCF26, School of History & History of Art, King's College, ABERDEEN, AB24 3FX |
Research Interests
Scottish architecture; British Medieval manuscripts; Pictish Sculpture; Medieval decorative ironwork.
Current Research
Currently Leverhulme Research Award holder: director for Buildings of Scotland Project. The research fellows are three architecural historians, Joseph Sharples, Dr David Walker and Dr Matthew Woodworth. From 2008-2014, they will be producing two volumes on Aberdeenshire and North-East Scotland, for the Buildings of Scotland series, published by Yale University Press.
For Historic Scotland, developing the research side of St Vigeans Museum of Pictish sculpture, Angus.
Research Grants
Leverhulme Research Award: to produce two volumes for the Buildings of Scotland Series, Aberdeenshire and North-East Scotland. 2008-2014
AHRB award to produce the St Albans Psalter web site. St Albans Psalter web site.
Teaching Responsibilities
HA1003 Introduction to Art History: Case studies in Western Art
HA1503 The Modern Tradition: Change and Continuity
HA2004 Goths to Gothic: Romans to Renaissance
HA2501 The Age of Baroque: from Caravaggio to Robert Adam
HA3536 The Country House, 1500 - 2000
HA3034 The Work of Angels: Insular Art 400-800
HA3036 Durham and Romanesque architecture
HA5001 Research Skills for Art History
HA55XX English Romanesque Manuscripts
External Responsibilities
External examiner for York University, Medieval Studies
Trustee for The Burn, Edzell
Selected Publications
Major Publications
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Kings College Chapel Aberdeen 1500- 2000. Leeds: Northern Universities Press, 2000. [edited]. |
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Deeside and the Mearns: an illustrated architectural survey. Rutland: Royal Incorporation of Scottish Architects, 2001. |
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Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England. London: Society of Antiquaries Monograph, 1999. |
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Publications
- Geddes, J. Early Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus, Book, 2013
- Geddes, J. The Bayeux Tapestry, Dendrochronology and Hadstock Door, Chapter, 2011, The Bayeux Tapestry, pp127 - 135
- Geddes, J. The Ferramenta of the Oculi at Canterbury Cathedral, Chapter, 2011, Canterbury Cathedral: proceedings of the British Archaeological Association Conference. 2009
- Geddes, J. The St Albans Psalter, Chapter, 2011, Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages, pp69 - 82
- Geddes, J. The Story of the Church in England, Digital or Visual Products, 2011
- Geddes, J. Blacker, Beasts and the Bestiary, Book, 2010, 34
- Geddes, J. Medieval Decorative Ironwork in St George's Chapel, Chapter, 2010, St George's Chapel Windsor, pp63 - 68
- Driscoll, ST., Geddes, J. & Hall, MA. Pictish Progress, Book, 2010
- Geddes, J. The Problems of Pictish Art, 1955-2009, Chapter, 2010, Pictish Progress, 50, pp121 - 134
- Geddes, J. Heaven's Gates, Article, 2008, Cornerstone Magazine, 29, 2, pp42 - 48
- Geddes, J. Ideas and Images of Britain, Chapter, 2008, The History of British Art, 1, pp19 - 43
- Geddes, J., Kidd, P. & Bepler, J. The St Albans Psalter, Book, 2008
- Geddes, J. Cornelyus Symondson and the tomb railings of Lady Margaret Beaufort, Chapter, 2007, Late Gothic England
- Geddes, J. Bishop Gundulf's door at Rochester Cathedral, Other, 2006
- Geddes, J. Der Albani-Psalter: eine englische Prachthandschrift des 12.Jahrhunderts fur Christina von Markyate, Book, 2005
- Geddes, J. The Organ, the Ambo and the Pulpitum, Article, 2005, Ecclesiology Today, Journal of the Ecclesiological Society, 34, Jan 2005, pp16 - 47, ISSN/ISBN: 1460-4213
- Geddes, J. The St Albans Psalter: a book for Christina of Markyate, Book, 2005
- Geddes, J. The St Albans Psalter: the abbot and the anchoress., Chapter, 2004, In: Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth-century Holy Woman (eds. Fanous, S.; Leyser, H.) Routledge, pp197 - 216
- Geddes, J. The organ, the ambo and the pulpitum, King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, Article, 2004, Aberdeen University Review, LX, 4, 212, pp295 - 323, ISSN/ISBN: 0001-320X
- Geddes, J. Edward IV's gates at St George's Chapel, Windsor, Chapter, 2003, In: Gothic: Art for England, 1400-1547 (eds. Marks, R.; Williamson, P.), pp166 - 167
- Geddes, J. John Tresilian and the gates of Edward IV's Chantry, Abstract, 2002
- Geddes, J. Deeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide, Book, 2001