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Jennifer O'Reilly

Jennifer O'Reilly FRSA MRIA (1943–2016) was a medieval historian of Britain and Ireland known for her work on text and image, the writings of Bede, and medieval iconography.[1] She was married to the Irish scholar Terence O'Reilly.[2]

Jennifer O'Reilly
Born1943
Died2016 (aged 72–73)
Occupation(s)Medievalist, Art Historian
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham
Academic work
Discipline
InstitutionsUniversity College Cork

Career

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Jennifer O’Reilly received her B.A. Honours degree in history in 1964 from the University of Nottingham, followed by a Dip.Ed. (Distinction) from the Department of Education at the University of Oxford in 1965.[3] She returned to Nottingham for her Ph.D in Art History, which was awarded in 1972.[3] Subsequently, she taught at the University of St Andrews (1974–75), before moving to University College Cork (UCC), where she worked until her retirement in 2008.[3][4] She also had a prominent role in setting up the degree programme in History of Art at UCC.[4]

Her monograph, Studies in the Iconography of the Virtues and Vices in the Middle Ages was published in 1988.[5] A book of essays in her honour was published in 2011, 'Listen, o isles, unto me: studies in medieval word and image in honour of Jennifer O'Reilly'.[6] In retirement she continued to publish extensively[7][8][9] and gave the Jarrow Lecture and the Brixworth Lecture in 2014.[10]

Three volumes of her collected essays were published by Routledge in 2019, edited by Diarmuid Scully, Máirín MacCarron, Carol Farr and Elizabeth Mullins, including both previous publications and formerly unpublished work.[11][12][13] The first volume includes her work on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket,[14] and the second and third cover the Insular Gospel Books, the Codex Amiatinus, the Book of Kells and Anglo-Saxon Art.[15][16]

Honours

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  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Antiquaries (2005)[17]
  • Member of the Royal Irish Academy (2007)[18]
  • The Jarrow Lecture (2014)[19]
  • The Brixworth Lecture (2014)[20]
  • Festschrift (2011) Listen, O Isles, Unto Me: studies in medieval word and image in Honour of Jennifer O'Reilly, edited by Elizabeth Mullins and Diarmuid Scully (Cork University Press)[6]

Selected publications

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The Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture series

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An annual memorial lecture in honour of Jennifer O’Reilly was established in 2017 by the School of History at University College Cork.[25]

References

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  1. ^ "Renowned academic authority on the Book of Kells". The Irish Times. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  2. ^ Boyd, Stephen (2 January 2024). "Terence O'Reilly (1947–2023)". Bulletin of Spanish Studies. 101 (1): 123–126. doi:10.1080/14753820.2023.2293606. ISSN 1475-3820.
  3. ^ a b c Carol Farr, Heather Pulliam and Ben Tilghman (2016). "In Remembrance of Jennifer O'Reilly (1943–2016)" (PDF).
  4. ^ a b "Renowned academic authority on the Book of Kells". The Irish Times. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b O'Reilly, Jennifer (1988). Studies in the iconography of the virtues and vices in the Middle Ages. Outstanding theses in the fine arts from British universities. New York: Garland Pub. ISBN 978-0-8240-0092-9.
  6. ^ a b "Listen, O Isles, unto me: Studies in Medieval Word and Image in honour of Jennifer O'Reilly". www.corkuniversitypress.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  7. ^ O’Reilly, J. (2013). Seeing the Crucified Christ: Image and Meaning in Early Irish Manuscript Art. Envisioning Christ on the Cross: Ireland and the Early Medieval West, Dublin, 52-82
  8. ^ O’Reilly, J. (2011). St. John the Evangelist: Between Two Worlds. Insular and AngloSaxon Art and Thought in the Early Medieval Period, Princeton/University Park, 189-218.
  9. ^ O’Reilly, Jennifer (24 December 2009). Anglo-Saxon/Irish Relations before the Vikings. British Academy. doi:10.5871/bacad/9780197264508.003.0016. ISBN 978-0-19-726450-8.
  10. ^ "Previous Brixworth Lectures | The Leicester Medieval Research Centre | University of Leicester". le.ac.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  11. ^ "Publications". University College Cork. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  12. ^ "Routledge and CRC Press search results". www.routledge.com. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  13. ^ O’Loughlin, Thomas (2020). "Book Review: Early Medieval Text and Image 1: The Insular Gospels Early Medieval Text and Image 2: The Codex Amiatinus, the Book of Kells and Anglo-Saxon Art History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket". Irish Theological Quarterly. 85 (3): 307–309. doi:10.1177/0021140020929902. ISSN 0021-1400. S2CID 220432702.
  14. ^ "History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket". CRC Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  15. ^ "Early Medieval Text and Image Volume 1: The Insular Gospel Books". CRC Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  16. ^ "Early Medieval Text and Image Volume 2: The Codex Amiatinus, the Book of Kells and Anglo-Saxon Art". CRC Press. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  17. ^ "Salon 111". Society of Antiquaries of London. 14 February 2020. Retrieved 14 July 2020.
  18. ^ "New Members of Royal Irish Academy Enrolled". 2007.
  19. ^ "Vaughan AHS – Resources – Lecture Series – Jarrow". www.le.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  20. ^ "Previous Brixworth Lectures | The Leicester Medieval Research Centre | University of Leicester". le.ac.uk. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  21. ^ "History, Hagiography and Biblical Exegesis: Essays on Bede, Adomnán and Thomas Becket". CRC Press. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  22. ^ "Early Medieval Text and Image Volume 1: The Insular Gospel Books". CRC Press. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  23. ^ "Early Medieval Text and Image Volume 2: The Codex Amiatinus, the Book of Kells and Anglo-Saxon Art". CRC Press. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  24. ^ "Publications". University College Cork. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
  25. ^ "The Jennifer O'Reilly Memorial Lecture series". University College Cork. Retrieved 10 July 2020.
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