1512 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1512.

Events

• Urbatagirk (Armenian: Ուրբաթագիրք, "The Book of Friday"), the first printed book in the Armenian language, is printed in Venice by Hakob Meghapart.^[1][2]
• The word masque is first used to denote a form of verse drama.

New books

Prose

• Desiderius Erasmus – Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style (De Utraque Verborum ac Rerum Copia)
• Henry Medwall – Fulgens and Lucrece
• Huldrych Zwingli – De Gestis inter Gallos et Helvetios relatio
• Il-yeon – The Samguk Yusa (Korean)

Poetry

• Hieronymus Angerianus – Erotopaegnion
• Stephen Hawes – The Comfort of Lovers^[3]
• Thomas Murner^[4]
  • Schelmenzunft (Guild of Rogues)
  • Narrenbeschwörung (Muster of Fools)
• Approximate date – Syr Degore (written before 1325)^[5]

Births

• Thomas Sébillet, French writer on poetry (died 1589)
• Approximate year
  • Thomas Beccon, English Protestant reformer and writer (died 1567)^[3]
  • Cristóvão Falcão, Portuguese poet (died c. 1557)

Deaths

• October 14 – Dietrich Gresemund, German humanist writer (born 1477)
• Unknown date – Antoine Vérard, French publisher and bookseller (born c. 1485)
• Approximate year – Enveri, Ottoman Turkish historian and poet

References

1. "The Book of Fridays". World Digital Library. 1512. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
2. "Hagop Meghapart Project" (in Armenian). National Library of Armenia. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
3. "Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603". Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database. Academic Text Service (ATS), Stanford University Library. Archived from the original on 2009-09-11. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
4. Thomas, Calvin (1909). A History of German Literature. New York: D. Appleton & Company. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
5. Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.