Amy Jeffs is a Somerset-based art historian and printmaker with expertise in medieval art and literature. In 2020, she gained a PhD in Art History from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, having studied for earlier degrees at the Courtauld Institute of Art and the University of Cambridge. From September 2020, she will hold a postdoctoral fellowship with the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art.
During her PhD Amy received grants from the Paul Mellon Centre to research medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library's department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts.
After moving to Somerset in 2018, Amy took up printmaking at the Black Pig Printmaking Studio. Her prints may be seen here: www.amyjeffshistoria.com
Amy is writing and illustrating the weekly column ‘Cathedral Saints’ in Country Life through the Spring and Summer of 2020. STORYLAND: A New Mythology of Britain is under contract with Quercus.
During her PhD Amy received grants from the Paul Mellon Centre to research medieval badges and pilgrim souvenirs at the British Museum. She then worked in the British Library's department of Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern manuscripts.
After moving to Somerset in 2018, Amy took up printmaking at the Black Pig Printmaking Studio. Her prints may be seen here: www.amyjeffshistoria.com
Amy is writing and illustrating the weekly column ‘Cathedral Saints’ in Country Life through the Spring and Summer of 2020. STORYLAND: A New Mythology of Britain is under contract with Quercus.