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1500 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.

Events[edit]

• December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables.^[1]
• unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, .^[2]

New books[edit]

Prose[edit]

• This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbookinEnglish)^[3]
• Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)^[4]
• Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris)^[5]
• Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year)^[6]

Drama[edit]

• The Wakefield Master – Second Shepherds' Play (approximate year)^[7]

Poetry[edit]

• Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)^[8]
• Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) – Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)^[8]
• Singiraja – Maha Basavaraja Charitra

Births[edit]

• April 12 – Joachim Camerarius (the Elder), German classical scholar (died 1574)^[9]
• April 23
  • Alexander Ales, Scottish-born religious controversialist (died 1565)^[10]
  • Johann Stumpf, Swiss historical and topographical writer (died 1576)^[11]
• December 6 – Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)
• unknown dates
  • Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553)
  • Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)
• probable
  • Johannes Aal, Swiss theologian and composer (died 1553)
  • Erasmus Alberus, German humanist, reformer and poet (died 1553)
  • Shlomo Halevi Alkabetz, Greek kabbalist and poet (died 1580)
  • Francisco de Moraes, Portuguese writer (died 1572)^[12]
  • Hayâlî, Ottoman Turkish poet (died 1557)
  • Nikolaus Herman, German hymnist (died 1561)
  • Pier Angelo Manzolli (Marcello Palingenio Stellato), Neapolitan Christian humanist poet (died before 1551)
  • Ludovico Pasquali, Dalmatian Italian poet (died 1551)^[13]
  • Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)

Deaths[edit]

• April 10 – Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)^[14]
• June 23 – Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)^[15]
• August 9 – Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
• August 10 – Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)^[16]
• October 1 – John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)^[17]
• probable – Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
• possible – Ieuan ap Huw Cae Llwyd, Welsh poet^[18]

References[edit]