Emeritus Professor
- About
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- Email Address
- jane.geddes@abdn.ac.uk
- School/Department
- School of Divinity, History, Philosophy & Art History
- Research
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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
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Teaching Responsibilities
Retired
- Publications
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The St Albans Psalter: the abbot and the anchoress.
In: Christina of Markyate: A Twelfth-century Holy Woman (eds. Fanous, S.; Leyser, H.) Routledge, pp. 197-216, 19 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersThe organ, the ambo and the pulpitum, King's College Chapel, Aberdeen
Aberdeen University Review, vol. LX, no. 4, 212, pp. 295-323Contributions to Journals: ArticlesEdward IV's gates at St George's Chapel, Windsor
In: Gothic: Art for England, 1400-1547 (eds. Marks, R.; Williamson, P.), pp. 166-167, 1 pageChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersJohn Tresilian and the gates of Edward IV's Chantry
Contributions to Conferences: AbstractsThe search for John Tresilian, master smith to Edward IV
History Today, vol. 52, pp. 40-46Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDeeside and the Mearns: An Illustrated Architectural Guide
Rutland Press, London. 167 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksMedieval Decorative Ironwork in England: English ironwork from 1050-1550
Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, London. 432 pagesBooks and Reports: Books