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Professor Jane Geddes

Professor Jane Geddes
Professor Jane Geddes
Professor Jane Geddes

Emeritus Professor

About
Email Address
jane.geddes@abdn.ac.uk
School/Department
School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
Research

Research Overview

  • Scottish architecture
  • British Medieval manuscripts
  • Pictish sculpture
  • Medieval decorative ironwork

Current Research

Current research: 

The Buildings of Scotland: Lothian, revised edition for Yale University Press

Lost Civilisations: The Picts, for Reaktion Books

The Bestiary, for Quarto Publications. 

New doors for Trondheim Cathedral

Previous recent projects:

The early medieval sculpture of St Andrews Cathedral. A catalogue for Historic Environment Scotland

'Earliest Portrait of St Columba' in St Gallen Library, Cod Sang 555.

The early medieval stones at Tullich Church, Aberdeenshire

 

 

Principal Investigator for the Buildings of Scotland, Leverhulme Award

This award produced 2 volumes in the Buildings of Scotland series:

  • Aberdeenshire: North and Moray;
  • Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen.

The research fellows were three architecural historians: Joseph Sharples, Dr David Walker and Dr Matthew Woodworth. Published by Yale University Press, 2014.

Historic Environment Scotland

Academic advisor for the design of St Vigeans Museum, Arbroath, Angus. Author of Hunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus, 2 vols, 2017

Funding and 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 website.

Teaching

Teaching Responsibilities

Retired

Publications

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  • Book Review: Alice Blackwell, Martin Goldberg and Fraser Hunter, Scotland's Early Silver: Transforming Roman Pay-offs to Pictish Treasures

    Geddes, J.
    Innes Review, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 69-71
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

  • The earliest portrait of St Columba: Cod Sang 555, p 166

    Geddes, J.
    Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 147, pp. 127-145
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Hunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus

    Geddes, J.
    Vol. 1&2, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh. 354 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Statement of Significance: St Vigean's Stones (and Museum)

    Geddes, J.
    Edinburgh: Historic Environment Scotland (.doc). 15 pages.
    Other Contributions: Other Contributions

  • Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray

    Geddes, J. (ed.)
    Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London. 248 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Tullich Aberdeenshire: a reappraisal of an early ecclesiastical site and its carved stones in the light of recent excavations

    Geddes, J., Murray, H. K., Murray, J. C.
    Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 145, pp. 229-281
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Piping Pigs and Mermaid Groping: six carved panels from Fetteresso

    Geddes, J.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference Proceedings

  • Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen

    Geddes, J.
    Aberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen. Sharples, J., Walker, D. W., Woodworth, M. (eds.). New Haven and London: Yale University Press.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions

  • Aberdeenshire: North and Moray

    Walker, D. W., Woodworth, M., Geddes, J.
    The Buildings of Scotland. Aberdeenshire: North and Moray. Walker, W. W., Woodworth, M. (eds.). London: Yale University Press. 831 pages.
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Other Contributions

  • King's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000

    Geddes, J.
    Maney. 300 pages
    Books and Reports: Scholarly Editions

  • Ironwork in Medieval Britain: an archaeological study, by Ian Goodall

    Geddes, J.
    The Antiquaries Journal, vol. 93, pp. 439-440
    Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles

  • The Bayeux Tapestry, Dendrochronology and Hadstock Door

    Geddes, J.
    The Bayeux Tapestry: New Approaches. Lewis, M. J., Owen-Crocker, G. R., Terkla, D. (eds.). Oxbow Books, pp. 127-135, 9 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Blacker, beasts and the bestiary: the inaugural Temenos Thetis Blacker memorial lecture

    Geddes, J.
    Vol. 34, Temenos Academy, London, United Kingdom. 40 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The St Albans Psalter: Sex, Desire and the Middle-Aged Woman

    Geddes, J.
    Middle-Aged Women in the Middle Ages. Niebrzydowski, S. (ed.). Boydell & Brewer, pp. 69-82, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Pictish Progress: New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages

    Driscoll, S. T. (ed.), Geddes, J. (ed.), Hall, M. A. (ed.)
    Brill Academic Publishers, Leiden, Netherlands. 384 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The Problems of Pictish Art, 1955-2009

    Geddes, J.
    Pictish Progress: New Studies on Northern Britain in the Early Middle Ages. Geddes, J., Driscoll, S. T., Hall, M. A. (eds.). Brill Academic Publishers, pp. 121-134, 14 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Medieval decorative ironwork in St George's Chapel

    Geddes, J.
    St George's Chapel Windsor: History and Heritage. Saul, N., Tatton-Brown, T. (eds.). The Dovecote Press, pp. 63-68, 7 pages
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Ideas and Images of Britain

    Geddes, J.
    The History of British Art: Vol. 1. 600-1600. Ayres, T. (ed.). Tate Pub. (London, England), pp. 19-43
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Heaven's Gates: Medieval Decorative Ironwork and its meaning

    Geddes, J.
    Cornerstone Magazine, vol. 29, no. 2, pp. 42-48
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • The St Albans Psalter: Facsimile and Commentary

    Geddes, J., Kidd, P., Bepler, J.
    Verlag Muller and Schindler, Simbach am Inn. 240 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • Cornelyus Symondson and the tomb railings of Lady Margaret Beaufort

    Geddes, J.
    Late Gothic England: Art and Display. Marks, R. (ed.). Shaun Tyas
    Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters

  • Bishop Gundulf's door at Rochester Cathedral

    Geddes, J.
    Contributions to Conferences: Other Contributions

  • The Organ, the Ambo and the Pulpitum

    Geddes, J.
    Ecclesiology Today, Journal of the Ecclesiological Society, vol. 34, no. Jan 2005, pp. 16-47
    Contributions to Journals: Articles

  • Der Albani-Psalter: eine englische Prachthandschrift des 12.Jahrhunderts fur Christina von Markyate

    Geddes, J.
    Unknown Publisher, Schnell und Steiner. 136 pages
    Books and Reports: Books

  • The St Albans Psalter: a book for Christina of Markyate

    Geddes, J.
    Unknown Publisher, British Library. 136 pages
    Books and Reports: Books
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