Dr Amy Jeffs is an art historian specialising in medieval illuminated manuscripts. In 2019, she gained her PhD from the University of Cambridge, having studied for earlier degrees at the Courtauld Institute of Art and Cambridge. During her PhD, Amy also researched 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. Having recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, she is now a freelance author, academic and artist working in the wilds of Somerset.