1517 in literature

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Events from the year 1517 in literature.

Events

August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.^[1]
unknown dates
- John of Hauville's Architrenius (c. 1184), a widely read Latin poem in 4,361 hexameters in nine books, is first printed by Jodocus Badius in Paris.^[2]
- Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino and (at about this date) the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.^[3]

New books

Prose

Martin Luther – Ninety-five Theses (in Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum)^[4]

Drama

Gil Vicente – A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, Auto da Barca do Inferno^[5]^[6]

Poetry

Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)^[7]
John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng^[7]^[8]

Births

June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist (died 1585)^[9]
July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)^[10]
unknown date – Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
probable – Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)^[11]

Deaths

June 19 – Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping (born c.1447)^[12]
August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness; born 1478)^[13]

References

^ "Ilya Lemeškin. The Prague Bible of 1488 and The Ruthenian Bible of Francysk Skaryna. Localization of the Printing House | Laboratory of Francysk Skaryna Studies". Skaryna. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2022-09-04.
^ "Review of Architrenius by Johannes de Hauvilla, translation by Walter Weatherbee". The Review of English Studies. 48 (189). Oxford University Press: 79. 1997. Archived from the original on 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
^ Mew, Joseph (1882). "Machiavelli's 'Golden Ass'," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLII, pp. 104–115.
^ Brecht, Martin (1985) [1981]. Sein Weg zur Reformation 1483–1521 [Martin Luther: His Road to Reformation 1483–1521] (in German). Translated by James L. Schaff. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. pp. 190–192. ISBN 978-0-8006-2813-0. OCLC 985533561.
^ Carlos Ferrer Plaza; Joelma Santana Siqueira (1 December 2015). Escrever, editar, publicar e ler: Colóquio internacional de literatura Íbero-americana. CILIBAM. p. 110. ISBN 978-85-8179-088-6.
^ Constantine Christopher Stathatos (2001). A Gil Vicente Bibliography, 1995-2000. Edition Reichenberger. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-935004-31-2.
^ ^a ^b Kurian, George Thomas (2003). Timetables of World Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0.
^ Trager, James (1979). The People's Chronology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-0-03-017811-5.
^ Florkin, Marcel (2008). Dodoens (Dodonaeus), Rembert. Retrieved 3 November 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Walter William Rouse Ball (1893). A Short Account of the History of Mathematics. Macmillan. p. 230.
^ Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (17 November 2013). Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-909496-43-9.
^ Italian Journal. Italian Academy Foundation. 1989. p. 34.
^ "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento". Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

[1] "Ilya Lemeškin. The Prague Bible of 1488 and The Ruthenian Bible of Francysk Skaryna. Localization of the Printing House | Laboratory of Francysk Skaryna Studies". Skaryna. 2018-01-10. Retrieved 2022-09-04.

[2] "Review of Architrenius by Johannes de Hauvilla, translation by Walter Weatherbee". The Review of English Studies. 48 (189). Oxford University Press: 79. 1997. Archived from the original on 2018-12-11. Retrieved 2009-07-26.

[3] Mew, Joseph (1882). "Machiavelli's 'Golden Ass'," The Gentleman's Magazine, Vol. CCLII, pp. 104–115.

[4] Brecht, Martin (1985) [1981]. Sein Weg zur Reformation 1483–1521 [Martin Luther: His Road to Reformation 1483–1521] (in German). Translated by James L. Schaff. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress. pp. 190–192. ISBN 978-0-8006-2813-0. OCLC 985533561.

[5] Carlos Ferrer Plaza; Joelma Santana Siqueira (1 December 2015). Escrever, editar, publicar e ler: Colóquio internacional de literatura Íbero-americana. CILIBAM. p. 110. ISBN 978-85-8179-088-6.

[6] Constantine Christopher Stathatos (2001). A Gil Vicente Bibliography, 1995-2000. Edition Reichenberger. p. 15. ISBN 978-3-935004-31-2.

[gtktwl-7] Kurian, George Thomas (2003). Timetables of World Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0.

[jttpc-8] Trager, James (1979). The People's Chronology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston. ISBN 978-0-03-017811-5.

[9] Florkin, Marcel (2008). Dodoens (Dodonaeus), Rembert. Retrieved 3 November 2017. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[10] Walter William Rouse Ball (1893). A Short Account of the History of Mathematics. Macmillan. p. 230.

[11] Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (17 November 2013). Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated). Delphi Classics. pp. 166–. ISBN 978-1-909496-43-9.

[12] Italian Journal. Italian Academy Foundation. 1989. p. 34.

[tmr-13] "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento". Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2024-05-24. Retrieved 2009-05-14.

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