| LC control no. | no2018008335 |
|---|---|
| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Guillebert, de Mets, approximately 1390-approximately 1438 |
| Variant(s) | Guillebert, de Metz, approximately 1390-approximately 1438 Mets, Guillebert de, approximately 1390-approximately 1438 Metz, Guillebert de, approximately 1390-approximately 1438 |
| Located | Geraardsbergen (Belgium) Paris (France) |
| Birth date | 1390~ |
| Death date | 1438~ |
| Place of birth | Geraardsbergen (Belgium) |
| Place of death | Geraardsbergen (Belgium) |
| Field of activity | Calligraphy Manuscripts, Medieval Booksellers and bookselling Authorship |
| Profession or occupation | Scribes Booksellers and bookselling Authors, Medieval |
| Found in | Guillebert de Mets. Description de la ville de Paris 1434, 2015: title page (Guillebert de Mets) pages 11-17 (born about 1390 in Geraardsbergen (Grammont); died between 1436 and 1439; copyist, translator, compiler, author, and book agent; located in Paris, though not continously, from shortly before 1407 until 1419, and possibly again in 1422; copyist employed by Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy from at least 1410; active as an alderman and copyist in Grammont from 1420 until 1436; around 1430 acquired the Ecu de France or Den Scilt van Vrankerike, an inn in Grammont; worked as a translator and book agent for Philip the Good of Burgundy in the 1430s; last recorded as an alderman in 1436) Vanwijnsberghe, Dominique. "A l'Escu de France", 2017: title page (Guillebert de Mets) pages 25, 31-33, 844-845 (born about 1390 or 1391 in Grammont; probably died in 1438 in Grammont; scribe and bookseller active in Grammont and Paris; keeper of an inn in Grammont called the Escu de France, from which he organized his activities as a bookseller, subcontracting the decoration and illustration of his manuscripts to a group of illuminators known as "the Masters of Guillebert de Mets") Union list of artist names, viewed on January 18, 2018 (Guillebert de Mets (Flemish scribe, ca. 1350-1434); variant: Guillebert de Metz) Wikipédia, viewed on January 18, 2018 (Guillebert de Mets; born about 1390-1391; died after 1436; Flemish copyist) Thieme-Becker (Guillebert de Mets (Metz); born between 1350 and 1360; scribe and bookseller in the service of the Dukes of Burgundy) Bradley, John W. A dictionary of miniaturists, illuminators, calligraphers, and copyists, 1888 (Metz, Guillebert de; copyist, saec. XV.) |
| Associated language | fre dut |
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