1517 in literature

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This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in 1517.

Events

• August 6 – Belarusian printer Francysk Skaryna in Prague begins publishing The Psalter, a Bible translation into the Ruthenian language.
• 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.^[1]
• Niccolò Machiavelli writes L'asino (The [Golden] Ass).

New books

Drama

• A Trilogia das Barcas

Poetry

• Teofilo Folengo (as "Merlin Cocaio") – Opus Maccaronicum, including "Baldo" (satiric verses blending Latin and Italian dialects in hexameters)^[2]
• John Skelton – The Tunnynge of Elynour Rummyng^[2][3]

Births

• July 25 – Jacques Pelletier du Mans, French humanist poet and mathematician (died 1582)
• Unknown dates
  • Robert Crowley, English printer, poet, polemicist and Protestant clergyman (died 1588)
  • Henry Howard, English nobleman and poet (died 1547)

Deaths

• August – Andrea Ammonio, Italian, Latin-language poet (sweating sickness, born 1478)^[4]

References

1. "Review of Architrenius by Johannes de Hauvilla, translation by Walter Weatherbee". The Review of English Studies. Oxford University Press. 48 (189): 79. 1997. Archived from the original on 2009-07-29. Retrieved 2009-07-26.
2. Kurian, George Thomas (2003). Timetables of World Literature. New York: Facts on File Inc. ISBN 0-8160-4197-0.
3. Trager, James (1979). The People's Chronology. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston.
4. "Tra Medioevo en rinascimento". Poeti di Italia in Lingua Latina (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2009-05-27. Retrieved 2009-05-14.