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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Book Review: Alice Blackwell, Martin Goldberg and Fraser Hunter, Scotland's Early Silver: Transforming Roman Pay-offs to Pictish Treasures
Innes Review, vol. 70, no. 1, pp. 69-71Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesThe earliest portrait of St Columba: Cod Sang 555, p 166
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 147, pp. 127-145Contributions to Journals: ArticlesHunting Picts: Medieval Sculpture at St Vigeans, Angus
Vol. 1&2, Historic Environment Scotland, Edinburgh. 354 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksStatement of Significance: St Vigean's Stones (and Museum)
Edinburgh: Historic Environment Scotland (.doc). 15 pages.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsMedieval Art, Architecture and Archaeology in the Dioceses of Aberdeen and Moray
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group, London. 248 pagesBooks and Reports: BooksTullich Aberdeenshire: a reappraisal of an early ecclesiastical site and its carved stones in the light of recent excavations
Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, vol. 145, pp. 229-281Contributions to Journals: ArticlesPiping Pigs and Mermaid Groping: six carved panels from Fetteresso
Chapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Conference ProceedingsAberdeenshire: South and Aberdeen
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 ContributionsAberdeenshire: North and Moray
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 ContributionsKing's College Chapel, Aberdeen, 1500-2000
Maney. 300 pagesBooks and Reports: Scholarly Editions