1500 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500.
Events
- December 31 â 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 â 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
Prose
- This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English)[3]
- Hieronymus Brunschwygk â Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation)[4]
- Desiderius Erasmus â Adagia (Paris)[5]
- Johannes Trithemius â Steganographia (approximate year)[6]
Drama
- The Wakefield Master â Second Shepherds' Play (approximate year)[7]
Poetry
- Beves of Hamtoun (approximate publication date, written c. 1300)[8]
- Geoffrey Chaucer (anonymously) â Mars and Venus (approximate date of publication)[8]
Births
- April 12 â 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 â Nicolaus Mameranus, Luxembourg soldier and Latin-language historian and poet (died c. 1567)[12]
- unknown dates
- Jeanne de la Font, French poet and culture patron (died 1553)
- Charles Dumoulin, French jurist (died 1566)[13]
- 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)[14]
- 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)[15]
- Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist (died 1582)[16]
Deaths
- April 10 â Michael Tarchaniota Marullus, Greek scholar, poet and soldier (born c. 1453; drowned)[17]
- June 23 â Lodovico Lazzarelli, Italian poet, philosopher, courtier and magician (born 1447)[18]
- August 9 â Janus Plousiadenos, Greek Renaissance scholar and hymn-writer (born c. 1429)
- August 10 â Serafino dell'Aquila, Petrarchan poet (born 1466)[19]
- October 1 â John Alcock, bishop, politician and writer (born c.1430)[20]
- probable â Stefano Infessura, Italian humanist writer (born c. 1435)
- possible â Ieuan ap Huw Cae Llwyd, Welsh poet[21]