Jane Geddes (art historian)
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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ a b c "Professor Jane Geddes | Staff Profile | People | The University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b c d "Person Page:Dr. Hon. David Campbell Geddes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Person Page: Jane Geddes". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
- ^ "Hunting Picts | Lead Public Body for Scotland's Historic Environment". www.historicenvironment.scot. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Niebrzydowski, Sue (2011). Middle-aged Women in the Middle Ages. D. S. Brewer. p. xi. ISBN 978-1-84384-282-8.
- ^ 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) - ^ "St Albans Psalter. Acknowledgements. University of Aberdeen". www.abdn.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Double Standards: Who Owned The St Albans Psalter? | Postcards from the Archives". blogs.surrey.ac.uk. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- ^ Geddes, Jane (27 July 2017). Hunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus. Historic Environment Scotland. ISBN 978-1-84917-226-4.
- ^ Geddes, Jane (14 April 2016). Medieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-317-24806-4.
- ^ Blacker, Beasts & the Bestiary: The Inaugural Temenos Thetis Blacker Memorial Lecture (Temenos Academy Papers): Amazon.co.uk: Geddes, Jane: 9780956407849: Books. ASIN 0956407846.
- ^ Geddes, Jane (2005). The St Albans Psalter: A Book for Christina of Markyate. British Library. ISBN 9780712306775.
- ^ Geddes, Jane (1999). Medieval Decorative Ironwork in England. Society of Antiquaries of London. ISBN 978-0-85431-273-3.
