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Jane Geddes (born 26 April 1950) is a British art historian and academic, specialising in Scottish architecture, British Medieval manuscripts, Pictish sculpture and Medieval decorative ironwork. [1] [2] She is Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Aberdeen. [1]

Education

Geddes graduated with a degree in history from University of Cambridge. [3] She earned her PhD from the Courtauld Institute of Art, then a constituent College of the University of London, [3] before working as an Inspector of Ancient Monuments for English Heritage. After this, she became lecturer then senior lecturer in the history of art at University of Aberdeen. [4]

She is currently (August 2020) Emeritus Professor of Art History, University of Aberdeen. [1]

Awards and recognitions

Geddes secured a Leverhulme Research Award to produce two volumes for the Buildings of Scotland series, Aberdeenshire and North-East Scotland, 2008 - 2014. [5]

In 2003, Geddes published the electronic version of the St Albans Psalter, [6] in a project funded with a major grant from the UK Arts and Humanities Research Board (now Arts and Humanities Research Council). [7] Geddes analysed the images and text of the Psalter to argue that the book was made for the medieval anchoress and prioress Christina of Markyate. [8]

Diane Watt said of the St Albans Psalter project that ‘This electronic publication marked a significant moment in scholarship on women’s literary culture in post-Conquest England’. [9] In a review of the printed version of Geddes's project for the Studies in Iconography journal, Patricia Stirnemann wrote that 'the book is something of a new genre. It is what one might call a "hardcopy-internet" interface [...] that complements the website". [8]

Publications

  • Geddes, J 2017, Hunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus. vol. 1&2, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh. ISBN  1849172269 [10]
  • Geddes, J (ed.) 2016, Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray. The British Archaeological Association Conference Transactions, Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, Abingdon. ISBN  1138640670 [11]
  • Geddes, J 2011, Blacker, Beasts & the Bestiary: the inaugural Temenos Thetis Blacker memorial lecture. Temenos Academy Papers, no. 34, vol. 34, 1 edn, Temenos Academy , London, United Kingdom. ISBN  0956407846 [12]
  • Geddes, J 2005, The St. Albans Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate. British Library Publishing Division. ISBN  0712306773 [13]
  • Geddes, J 1999, Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England. Society of Antiquaries of London. ISBN  0854312730 [14]

Personal life

Geddes is the daughter of David Campbell Geddes and Gerda Bruun. [2] She has British/Norwegian nationality. [2]

After marrying Peter Watt in 1979, she changed her name to Jane Watt. After their divorce, in 2008, she returned to Jane Geddes. [2]

They have two children. She lives with her family near Aboyne.

References

  1. ^ a b c "Professor Jane Geddes | Staff Profile | People | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Person Page:Dr. Hon. David Campbell Geddes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Person Page: Jane Geddes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Hunting Picts | Lead Public Body for Scotland's Historic Environment". www.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  5. ^ Niebrzydowski, Sue (2011). Middle-aged Women in the Middle Ages. D. S. Brewer. p. xi. ISBN  978-1-84384-282-8.
  6. ^ Jane Geddes; Michael Arnott & Kim Downie (30 June 2003). "The St Albans Psalter Project. University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.{{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ( link)
  7. ^ "St Albans Psalter. Acknowledgements. University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  8. ^ a b Stirnemann, Patricia (2008). "Review of The St Albans Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate". Studies in Iconography. 29: 258–262. ISSN  0148-1029. JSTOR  23924153.
  9. ^ "Double Standards: Who Owned The St Albans Psalter? | Postcards from the Archives". blogs.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
  10. ^ Geddes, Jane (27 July 2017). Hunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus. Historic Environment Scotland. ISBN  978-1-84917-226-4.
  11. ^ Geddes, Jane (14 April 2016). Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray. Routledge. ISBN  978-1-317-24806-4.
  12. ^ Blacker, Beasts & the Bestiary: The Inaugural Temenos Thetis Blacker Memorial Lecture (Temenos Academy Papers): Amazon.co.uk: Geddes, Jane: 9780956407849: Books. ASIN  0956407846.
  13. ^ Geddes, Jane (2005). The St Albans Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate. British Library. ISBN  9780712306775.
  14. ^ Geddes, Jane (1999). Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England. Society of Antiquaries of London. ISBN  978-0-85431-273-3.
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