1512 in literature explained

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1512.

Events

• unknown dates
  • 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 concept of the masque is brought to Britain by King Henry VIII of England.^[3]

New books

Prose

• Desiderius Erasmus – (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

See main article: 1512 in poetry.

• Hieronymus Angerianus – Erotopaegnion
• Stephen Hawes – The Comfort of Lovers^[4]
• Thomas Murner^[5]
  • Schelmenzunft (Guild of Rogues)
  • Narrenbeschwörung (Muster of Fools)

Uncertain date

• Syr Degore (written pre-1325)^[6]

Births

• Thomas Sébillet, French writer on poetry (died 1589)
• Unknown dates
  • Thomas Beccon, English Protestant reformer and writer (died 1567)^[4]
  • Cristóvão Falcão, Portuguese poet (died c. 1557)

Deaths

• October 14 – Dietrich Gresemund, German humanist writer (born 1477)
• Unknown date – Enveri, Ottoman Turkish historian and poet

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Book of Fridays . . 1512 . 2013-06-01.
2. Web site: . Hagop Meghapart Project . Armenian . 2015-04-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304084535/http://nla.am/arm/meghapart/Arm/1512.htm . 2016-03-04 . dead.
3. Book: Stanley Hochman. McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. 1984. VNR AG. 978-0-07-079169-5. 242.
4. Web site: Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603 . Academic Text Service (ATS), Stanford University Library . Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database . 2009-09-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110608071217/http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/hasrg/ats/engpo5-toc.html . 2011-06-08 . dead.
5. Book: Thomas, Calvin . A History of German Literature . New York . D. Appleton & Company . 1909 . 2009-12-14.
6. Book: Cox, Michael . The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature . Oxford University Press . 2004 . 0-19-860634-6 . registration .