1505 in literature

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This article presents a list of literary events and publications during 1505.

Events

Unknown date

Giovanni Battista Ramusio becomes secretary to Alvise Mocenigo.

Georges Chastellain (died 1475) – Récollections des merveilles advenues en mon temps

Stephen Hawes – The Temple of Glass

Lodovico Lazzarelli (died 1500) – Crater Hermetis

Pierre Le Baud (died September 29) – Cronique des roys et princes de Bretaigne armoricane (completed)

Primer of Claude of France

Pietro Bembo – Gli Asolani

Jean Lemaire de Belges – Epîtres de l'amant vert

February 4 – Mikołaj Rej, Polish poet, politician and musician (died 1569)

Unknown date – Margaret Roper, English writer and translator, daughter of Thomas More (died 1544)

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Nicholas Bourbon, French court preceptor and poet (died 1550)

Lodovico Castelvetro, Italian literary critic (died 1571)

John Wedderburn, Scottish religious reformer and poet (died 1556)

Hugh Weston, English churchman and academic (died 1556)

Georg Wickram, German poet and novelist (died before 1562)

Wu Cheng'en, Chinese novelist and poet (died c. 1580)

September 29 – Pierre Le Baud, French historian (born c.1450)

October 4 (buried) – Robert Wydow, English poet, church musician and cleric (born 1446)

Unknown date

Adam of Fulda, German musical writer (born c. 1445)

Al-Suyuti, Egyptian religious scholar, juristic expert, teacher and Islamic theologian (born c. 1445)

Veit Arnpeck, Bavarian historian (born 1440)

Approximate year – Tito Vespasiano Strozzi, Italian Latin-language poet (born c. 1424)

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