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1507 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of
1507
.
Events
August 26
â Following the death of Jean Molinet (see Deaths section),
Jean Lemaire de Belges
is appointed historiographer to the court of
Charles, Duke of Burgundy
.
September 15
âÂÂ
King James IV
grants
Walter Chepman
and
Androw Myllar
a patent to found the first printing press in
Scotland
.
New books
Prose
Matthias Ringmann
(probably) âÂÂ
Cosmographiae Introductio
(to accompany
Martin Waldseemüller
's globe and
map
)
Francesco Spinacino
âÂÂ
' (earliest known published scores for
lute
)
Poetry
Jean Lemaire de Belges
âÂÂ
Les Chansons de Namur
Baptista Mantuanus
Mantuan Georgius
(Charge and exhortation over the arms of infidels against Christian potentates)
Parthenese
Jean Marot
âÂÂ
Le Voyage de Gênes
Births
January 25
âÂÂ
Johannes Oporinus
, Swiss printer (died
1568
)
April 13
âÂÂ
Konrad Hubert
, German religious reformer and hymn writer (died
1577
)
June 6
âÂÂ
Annibale Caro
, Italian poet and translator (died
1566
)
Deaths
July 5
â (Petrus)
Crinitus
(Pietro Crinito), Florentine Italian humanist scholar and Latin-language poet (born 1474)
August 23
âÂÂ
Jean Molinet
, French Burgundian poet, chronicler and composer (born 1435)
November 6
âÂÂ
Pietro Casola
, travel writer (born 1427)
References