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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)
  • 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 Hasištejnský z Lobkovic, Bohemian humanist writer and noble (born 1461)
  • unknown date – Pothana, Telugu poet (born 1450)

References