Anyone with a modicum ofartistic ability could become a limner , as such a portraitist was called .
个稍有艺术能力的人都能够成为一个绘画者，就像人们当时这样称呼一个。
He is a superb teller of a tale , a reveller in dodgy deeds , a keen observer of the febrile , dissimulating characters of court and embassy , and a splendid limner of the great jousts and entertainments of the age .
