Festival personnel

Role: Printer
Festivals: Visit to Binche by the future Philip II, King of Spain, on his tour through Italy, Germany and the Low Countries, Binche 1549
Festival Books: Thournier/ Kampff/ unnd Ritterspiel/ Inn Eroberunge aines Gefährlichenn Thurns/ unnd Zauberer Schloß/ Auch der Abentheuerlichen Insell/ unnd Güldinn Schwerdts. Zu Ehren dem Hochgebornen Durchleuchtigen Fürsten und Herrn/ Herrn Philipsen/ Princen ausz Hispanien [etc] Zu Bintz und Marienberg Ritterlich gehalten. (published Frankfurt-am-Main, 1550)

c.1503-1559
Role: Printer
Festivals: Funeral of Francis I, Paris 1547
Coronation of Henri II in Reims, 1547
Funeral of Henri II, Paris, July-August 1559
Festival Books: Le trespas, obseques, [et] enterrement de treshault, trespuissant [et] tresmagnanime Francois … premier de ce nom (published [Paris][1547])
Le sacre et couronnement du roy Henry deuxieme de ce nom. (published [Paris][1547])
Le trespas, [et] ordre des obseques, funerailles [et] enterreme[n]t de feu de tresheureuse memoire le roy Henri deuxieme de ce nom ..(published Paris, 1559)
1523 superintended printing of Latin edition of New Testament in 16mo.
1525 gained possession of father's (Henri) printing establishment.
Adopted olive tree as his device.
1539 appointed King's printer for Latin and Hebrew, 1540 and Greek.

1619-1695
Role: Author
Festivals: Ballet danced in Paris by Louis XIV, Paris 1664
Festivities held at Versailles by Louis XIV, King of France, Versailles 1664
Celebration of the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle held at Versailles by Louis XIV, King of France, Versailles 1668
Victory celebrations at Versailles held by Louis XIV on his return from the conquest of France-Comté, Versailles 1674
Festival Books: Les amours déguisez, ballet du roy. Dansé par sa majesté, au mois de feurier 1664. (published Paris, 1664)
Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée. Course de bague; collation ornée de machines; comedie, meslée de danse et de musique; ballet du palais d'Alcine; feu d'artifice: et autres festes galantes et magnifiques, faites par le roy a Versailles, le VII. may M.DC.LXIV. et continuées plusieurs autres jours. (published Paris, 1674)
Relation de la feste de Versailles. Du 18. juilllet mil six cens soixante-hiuit. (published Paris, 1679)
Les divertissemens de Versailles donnez par le roy a toute sa cour au retour de la conqueste de la France-Comté en l'année M.DC.LXXIV. (published Paris, 1676)
French chronicler of the arts and official court historian to Louis XIV.
Translation of Francesco Cardinal Barberini's Life of Pius during residence in Rome.
1663 on of the first members of the Academy of Inscriptions.
Publications: 8 volumes of Entretiens, Paris.
L'Origine de la peinture 1660.

Role: Printer
Festivals: Tournament in Padua, 1549
Festival Books: La giostra con le honorevoli demonstrationi de liuree fatta in Padoua, l'anno. 1549. (published Padua, 1549)
1548 Padua translation of Aristotle's Rhetoric.

Role: Architect (Arches)
Festivals: Entry into Brescia of Cardinal Giovanni Francesco Morosini, Bishop of Brescia, 1591
Festival Books: l sontuoso apparato, fatto dalla magnifica citta di Brescia nel felice ritorno dell' ill[ustrissimo] ... vescovo suo il cardinale Morosini. (published Brescia, 1591)

Role: Printer
Festivals: Entry into Bologna of Christina, Queen of Sweden, Bologna 1655
Festival Books: Breue racconto dell'arriuo in Bologna della serenissima regina Christina di Suezia et de'trattenimenti, e partenza di S. Maestà. (published Bologna, 1655)

c.1485/90-1545
Role: Composer
Festivals: Wedding in Florence of Cosimo I de'Medici and Eleanora of Toledo, Florence 1539
Festival Books: Apparato et feste nelle nozze dello illustrissimo signor duca di Firenze [et] della duchessa sua consorte, con le sue stanze, madriali, comedia, [et] intermedij, in quelle recitati. (published Florence, 1539)
Composer best known for madrigals but also wrote sacred vocal music.
First native Italian polyphonist of international renown.

1580-1638
Role: Engraver
Festivals: Entry into Paris of Louis XIII and victory celebrations after the taking of La Rochelle, Paris 1628
Festival Books: Eloges et discours sur la triomphante reception du roy en sa ville de Paris apres la reduction de la Rochelle ... .(published Paris, 1629)
ET II (p.135) Engraver in Paris.

1632-1710
Role: Author
Festivals: Tournament with running at the ring and at the head, held in Paris by Louis XIV, Paris 1662
Festival Books: Courses de testes et de bague faittes par le roy et par les princes et seigneurs de sa cour en l'année 1662. (published Paris, 1670)
French preacher and author.
Bishop of Nîmes from 1687.
His 1662 description of the tournament in Latin brought him a great reputation.
Publications: Memoires sur les Grand jours tenus a Clermont 1665

Role: Printer
Festivals: Joust for the visit to Siena of Ferdinando I de'Medici and Christine of Lorraine, his wife, Siena 1602
Festival Books: Relatione della giostra a campo aperto fatta in Siena da' signori huomini d'arme sanese alla real presenza de' serenissimi prencipi di Toscana. (published Siena, 1602)
Printed map of Florence, 1595.