1512 in literature

Events

• unknown dates
  • Urbatagirk (, "The Book of Friday"), the first printed book in the Armenian language, is printed in Venice by Hakob Meghapart.
  • The concept of the masque is brought to Britain by King Henry VIII of England.

New books

Prose

• Desiderius Erasmus – Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style (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

Main article: 1512 in poetry

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

Uncertain date

• Syr Degore (written pre-1325)

Births

• Thomas Sébillet, French writer on poetry (died 1589)
• Unknown dates
  • Thomas Beccon, English Protestant reformer and writer (died 1567)
  • 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

References

References

1. (1512). "The Book of Fridays". [[World Digital Library]].
2. "Hagop Meghapart Project". [[National Library of Armenia]].
3. Stanley Hochman. (1984). "McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes". VNR AG.
4. "Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603". Academic Text Service (ATS), Stanford University Library.
5. Thomas, Calvin. (1909). "A History of German Literature". D. Appleton & Company.
6. (2004). "The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature". Oxford University Press.