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Quentin Poulet (fl. 1477–1506) was a Burgundian Catholic priest, known as a scribe, illuminator,〔Glenn Richardson, ''The Contending Kingdoms: France and England, 1420-1700'' (2008), p. 56; (Google Books ); see also Kren & McKendrick, p. 520〕 and librarian, from Lille.〔Michael Van Cleave Alexander, ''The First of the Tudors: a study of Henry VII and his reign'' (1981), p. 160; (Google Books ).〕 Between 1492 and at least 1506, when he disappears from the historical record, he was the first recorded librarian of the Old Royal Library of England, and probably "an arbiter of continental taste for the English royal court".〔Kren & McKendrick, pp. 398 (quoted), 520〕 ==Life== He enrolled as an apprentice in the Confraternity of St John the Evangelist in 1477, in Bruges.〔 Elizabeth Morrison, Thomas Kren, ''Flemish Manuscript Painting in Context: recent research'' (2006), p. 142; (Google Books ).〕 It was in Bruges that he learned his craft as book artist.〔Arn, p. 162; (Google Books ).〕 The confraternity was mainly for artists, leading several scholars to think Poulet trained as an illuminator, but other book trades were also represented, and no miniatures have ever been attributed to him.〔Kren & McKendrick, p. 520〕 He was appointed librarian by Henry VII of England in 1492, with other duties including French Secretary.〔〔Thomas A. Brady, Heiko Augustinus Oberman, ''Itinerarium Italicum: the profile of the Italian renaissance in the mirror of its European transformations: dedicated to Paul Oskar Kristeller on the occasion of his 70th birthday'' (1975), p. 358; (Google Books ).〕 As keeper of the king's library at Sheen Palace (soon after renamed Richmond Palace), he selected French manuscripts as well as printed books by Antoine Vérard.〔Deanne Williams, ''The French Fetish from Chaucer to Shakespeare'' (2004), p. 125; (Google Books ).〕 Poulet worked in parallel with Peter Actoris, Stationer to the King, who managed the importations.〔Theodor Dumitrescu, ''The Early Tudor Court and International Musical Relations'' (2004), p. 25; (Google Books ).〕 Poulet is recorded in 1506, sent to Calais for the king on book business.〔 He was succeeded by William (Guillaume) Faques,〔 or "Giles Duwes".〔 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「Quentin Poulet」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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