Dr. Bryony Coombs

Assistant Professor

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Biography

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.

Research Interests

Experience

Teaching Fellow

2022-09-01 — Present

Edinburgh College of Art • Edinburgh, Scotland

Teaching and researching late-medieval art, supervising undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

Courses

Detailed Imagination: Netherlandish Painting Age Jan van Eyck Expanding Vision: Visual Culture France Limbourgs Leonardo Expanding Book: Image Literacy Valois France

Requirements for University of Edinburgh

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.25
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Undergraduate degree in business, management, or related subject
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Specialization Notes

Department of Marketing