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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1512.

Events[edit]

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- Urbatagirk (Armenian: Ուրբաթագիրք, "The Book of Friday"), the first printed book in the Armenian language, is printed in Venice by Hakob Meghapart.^[1]^[2]
- The concept of the masque is brought to Britain by King Henry VIII of England.^[3]

Desiderius Erasmus – Copia: Foundations of the Abundant Style (De Utraque Verborum ac Rerum Copia)
Henry Medwall – Fulgens and Lucrece
Huldrych Zwingli – De Gestis inter Gallos et Helvetios relatio
Il-yeon – The Samguk Yusa (Korean)

Hieronymus Angerianus – Erotopaegnion
Stephen Hawes – The Comfort of Lovers^[4]
Thomas Murner^[5]
- Schelmenzunft (Guild of Rogues)
- Narrenbeschwörung (Muster of Fools)

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Thomas Sébillet, French writer on poetry (died 1589)
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- Thomas Beccon, English Protestant reformer and writer (died 1567)^[4]
- Cristóvão Falcão, Portuguese poet (died c. 1557)

^ "The Book of Fridays". World Digital Library. 1512. Retrieved 2013-06-01.
^ "Hagop Meghapart Project" (in Armenian). National Library of Armenia. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-16.
^ Stanley Hochman (1984). McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of World Drama: An International Reference Work in 5 Volumes. VNR AG. p. 242. ISBN 978-0-07-079169-5.
^ ^a ^b "Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603". Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database. Academic Text Service (ATS), Stanford University Library. Archived from the original on 2011-06-08. Retrieved 2009-09-08.
^ Thomas, Calvin (1909). A History of German Literature. New York: D. Appleton & Company. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
^ Cox, Michael, ed. (2004). The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature. Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-860634-6.