Overview of the events of 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.
- 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.
- Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino and (at about this date) the comedy Andria, adapted from Terence.
New books
Prose
- Martin Luther – Ninety-five Theses (in Latin: Disputatio pro declaratione virtutis indulgentiarum)
Drama
- Gil Vicente – A Trilogia das Barcas; part 1, Auto da Barca do Inferno
Poetry
Main article: 1517 in poetry- Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)
- John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng
Births
- June 29 – Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist (died 1585)
- July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)
- unknown date – Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
- probable – Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)
Deaths
- June 19 – Luca Pacioli, Italian mathematician, second person to publish a work on the double-entry system of book-keeping (born c.1447)
- August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness; born 1478)
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) . 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.
- ^ 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.