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Of James Dog or, more fully, Of James Dog, Kepair of the Quenis Wardrop is a poem of William Dunbar in which the poet complains to Queen Margaret Tudor of Scotland about the keeper of her wardrobe, James Dog.〔W. Mackay Mackenzie, The Poems of William Dunbar. Faber and Faber, London, 1932. pp. 61-62, 210.〕〔(The full text with notes at TEAMS )〕 In the work Dunbar claims to have asked Dog for a doublet which has been given to him by the Queen. He then claims that Dog treated him impolitely while dealing with the request. Dunbar makes many uses of punning, canine references to Dog's surname. James Dog is depicted as being bad-tempered, uncooperative and self-important. The text of the poem is found in the Maitland Folio Manuscript where it is entitled "To The Quene" and has the postscript "Quod Dunbar of James Dog Kepair of the Quenis wardrop". Apparently Dunbar's complaint did not convince the Queen. The poem He Is Na Dog, He Is a Lam seems to represent a half-hearted change of the poet's mind.〔W. Mackay Mackenzie, The Poems of William Dunbar. Faber and Faber, London, 1932. pp. 62-63, 210.〕 ==Historical Context== Queen Margaret of Scotland was the consort of James IV of Scotland. She was the daughter of Henry VII of England and had married King James in 1503. William Dunbar was a poet employed at the Scottish court during the reign of Margaret and James. The royal "wardrobe" was a store of the Queen's possessions bearing little resemblance to a modern wardrobe. James Dog, or Doig, was a servant at the Scots court, first referred to in the public records in 1488.〔Accounts of the Lord High Treasurer of Scotland, vol.1, Edinburgh, 1901, p. 146.〕 His role was to manage the store of textiles and clothes and direct the servants who worked there. Dog was given lands at Dunrobin in Perthshire in 1500, and was still alive in 1523, and his son, James Dog younger, was appointed 'Yeoman of the Wardrobe' to James V on 17 September 1524.〔''Register of the Privy Seal of Scotland'', vol. 1 (Edinburgh 1908), nos. 530, 3255, 3294〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Of James Dog」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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