15th century in literature

List of years in literature (table)

This article presents lists of the literary events and publications in the 15th century.

See also: 15th century in poetry, 14th century in literature, 16th century in literature, list of years in literature.

Events

Page of the Gutenberg Bible
First incunable with printed illustrations, Ulrich Boner's Der Edelstein printed by Albrecht Pfister at Bamberg in 1461
The Pilgrims diverting each other with tales; woodcut from Caxton's 1486 edition of Canterbury Tales

New works and first printings of older works

New drama

Births

Deaths

In literature

See also

References

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  3. Berlin State Library MS Hamilton 207.
  4. "Biblioteca Malatestiana" (in Italian). Istituzione Biblioteca Malatestiana. Retrieved 2014-01-17.
  5. Csapodi, Csaba; Csapodiné Gárdonyi, Klára (1976). Bibliotheca Corviniana. Budapest.
  6. Robinson, Anton Meredith Lewin (1979). From monolith to microfilm: the story of the recorded word. Cape Town: South African Library. p. 25. ISBN 0-86968-020-X.
  7. Vitæ Pontificum Platinæ historici liber de vita Christi ac omnium pontificum qui hactenus ducenti fuere et XX (published 1479). The event is depicted in Melozzo da Forlì's fresco for the library Sixtus IV Appointing Platina as Prefect of the Vatican Library (1477). Setton, Kenneth M. (1960). "From Medieval to Modern Library". Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 104: 371–390.
  8. 1 2 Williams, Hywel (2005). Cassell's Chronology of World History. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson. pp. 185–187. ISBN 0-304-35730-8.
  9. Mendel, Menachem (2007). "The Earliest Printed Book in Hebrew". Retrieved 2011-12-09.
  10. Penguin Pocket On This Day. Penguin Reference Library. 2006. ISBN 0-14-102715-0.
  11. Palmer, Alan; Veronica (1992). The Chronology of British History. London: Century Ltd. pp. 130–133. ISBN 0-7126-5616-2.
  12. Commentarius in symbolum apostolorum, a 4th century exposition of the Apostles' Creed attributed to St. Jerome but actually by Tyrannius Rufinus, perhaps printed by Theoderic Rood, and apparently misdated 1468. "Printing in universities: the Sorbonne Press and Oxford" (PDF). Manchester: John Rylands University Library. Archived from the original on 2012-03-09. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  13. Gillam, Stanley (1988). The Divinity School and Duke Humfrey's Library at Oxford. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p. 28. ISBN 0-19-951558-1.
  14. 1 2 3 "Illustrated Books". University of Manchester Library. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  15. Kleinhenz, Christopher (2004). Medieval Italy: An Encyclopedia 1. Routledge. p. 360. ISBN 0-415-93930-5.
  16. Ivins, William M. "The Herbal of 'Pseudo-Apuleius'" (PDF). New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2014-12-02.
  17. Martin, Joanna (2008). Kingship and Love in Scottish poetry, 1424-1540. Aldershot: Ashgate. p. 111. ISBN 0-7546-6273-X.
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