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Bryony Coombs is a Teaching Fellow specializing in late-medieval art from Northern Europe at the Edinburgh College of Art. She has studied Fine Art and obtained her doctorate at Edinburgh University focusing on Franco-Scottish cultural connections during the late medieval and early modern periods. Bryony's research balances the exploration of visual materials with archival work, and she has authored the upcoming monograph 'Visual Arts Auld Alliance: Scotland, France National Identity c.1420-1550', set for release by Edinburgh University Press in 2024. Her work has been shortlisted for the Berger Prize in 2025. Recently, she has been working on the monograph 'Scotland Parchment: Illuminated Manuscripts Late-Medieval Scotland', also with Edinburgh University Press. In 2024, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. Her publications address cross-cultural exchanges, particularly the early Netherlandish visual culture and the role of manuscript materials in this discourse.
Edinburgh College of Art • Edinburgh, Scotland
Teaching and researching late-medieval art, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects.
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