1523 in literature
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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1523.
Events
- June 9 â Simon de Colines, a Paris printer, is fined for printing Commentarii initiatorii in quatuor Evangelia, a Biblical commentary by Jacques Lefèvre d'Ãtaples, without approval from the Paris Faculty of Theology.[1]
- Laurentian Library in Florence commissioned from Michelangelo by the Medici Pope Clement VII.
New books
- Pietro Aron â Thoscanello de la musica
- Jacques Lefèvre d'Ãtaples â Nouveau Testament, translation of the New Testament into French
- Anthony Fitzherbert
- Diversité de courtz et leur jurisdictions
- The Boke of Husbandrie
- The Boke of Surveyinge and Improvements
- Martin Luther
- Das allte Testament Deutsch, translation of the Pentateuch into German
- The Adoration of the Sacrament (Vom Anbeten des Sakraments des heiligen leichnams Christi)
- Maximilianus Transylvanus â De Moluccis Insulis, the first published account of the MagellanâElcano circumnavigation
New poetry
- Alexander Barclay â The Mirror of Good Manners, translating Dominic Mancini's De quatuor virtutibus (approximate date)[2]
- Hans Sachs â Die Wittenbergische Nachtigall (The Wittenberg Nightingale)[3]
- John Skelton â The Garland of Laurel[2]
New drama
- Farsa de Inês Pereira (The Farce of Inez Pereira)[4]
Births
- February 13 â Valentin Naboth, German mathematician, astronomer and astrologer (died 1593)[5]
- February 20 â Jan Blahoslav, Czech Christian humanist writer (died 1571)
- March 16 â Antoine Rodolphe Chevallier, French Protestant Hebraist, tutor of Queen Elizabeth I of England (died 1572)
- March 21 â Kaspar Eberhard, German theologian (died 1575)
- unknown date â Girolamo Maggi, Italian polymath (died 1572)
Deaths
- August 29 â Ulrich von Hutten, German scholar, poet and reformer (born 1488)
- October â William Cornysh, dramatist, poet, actor and composer (born 1465)
- unknown date â Stephen Hawes, English poet (born c. 1474)