1510 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1510.

Events

• c. January – Desiderius Erasmus begins his period of residence in Cambridge (England).
• April 10 – Henry Cornelius Agrippa addresses the dedication of De occulta philosophia libri tres to Johannes Trithemius.
• Aberdeen Breviary publication completed in Edinburgh, the first full-length book printed in Scotland and the last production of the Chepman and Myllar Press.

New books

Prose

• Paolo Cortesi – De Cardinalatu
• Dinim de shehitah i bedikah (The Rules of Ritual Slaughter and Inspection of Animals) in Constantinople, the earliest known Judaeo-Spanish text, published in Constantinople.
• Garci Rodríguez de Montalvo (died c. 1505) – Las sergas de Esplandián (The Adventures of Esplandián)
• Ruiz Paez de Ribera – Florisando
• probable – Thomas More: The Life of Johan Picus Erle of Myrandula

Poetry

• Jean Marot – Voyage de Gênes
• Approximate year – Stephen Hawes: , published by Wynkyn de Worde
• Between 1510 and 1513 – The Friar and the Boy (fabliau published in English)

Births

• unknown dates
• Satomura ShōkyÅ« (里村昌休), Japanese master of the linked verse renga (died 1552)
• Luigi Tansillo, Italian Marinist Petrarchan poet (died 1568)
• probable
• Arnoldus Arlenius, Dutch humanist philosopher and poet (died 1582)
• Hélisenne de Crenne (probably Marguerite Briet), French novelist and translator (died after 1552)
• Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos, Hungarian lyricist, epic poet, political historian and minstrel (died 1556)
• Martynas Mažvydas, Lithuanian religious writer (died 1563)
• Thomas Phaer, Welsh lawyer, paediatrician and translator (died 1560)
• Lope de Rueda, Spanish playwright and author (died 1565)
• Robert Wedderburn, Scottish poet (died 1555/60)

Deaths

• May 1 – Johannes Nauclerus, Swabian historian (born c. 1425)
• August 23 – Ulrich Gering, printer
• September (14, 15 or 16) – Saint Catherine of Genoa, mystic (born 1447)
• November 11 – Bohuslav HasiÅ¡tejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian humanist writer and noble (born 1461)
• unknown date – Pothana, Telugu poet (born 1450)

References