Literature year 1506
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Overview of the literary years
Further events
| Literature year 1506 | |
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 The Contarini-Rosselli map is the first printed world map to show the “ New World ”. |
Events
- May 4 : The printer Lucantonio Giunta produces one of the earliest known printed miniature books on parchment in Venice , the Officium Beatae Mariae Virginis secundum consuetudinem romane curie .
- The book printer Hans Dorn produces the book Dath boke of the Hilgen Ewangelien. Lectures. Profecien unde Episteles… . It is the oldest book printed in Braunschweig and still preserved today.
- The Contarini-Rosselli card is drawn by Giovanni Matteo Contarini and engraved by Francesco Rosselli .
Born
- February: George Buchanan , Scottish humanist philosopher and historian († 1582 )
- April 8 : Jachiam Tütschett Bifrun , Swiss Reformed Bible translator († 1572 )
- September 13 : John Leland , English clergyman and librarian of King Henry VIII († 1552 )
- December 8 : Veit Dietrich , German theologian and Lutheran reformer († 1549 )
- Federico Commandino , Italian humanist and translator of ancient mathematical writings († 1575 )
Died
- May 15 : Johannes Burckard , master of ceremonies at the Roman Curia and author of the Liber notarum (* around 1450 )
- Marcantonio Sabellico , Italian historian and librarian (* around 1436 )
See also
Web links
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