1514 in literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1514.
Events
- May 15 – The earliest printed edition of Saxo Grammaticus' 12th-century Scandinavian history Gesta Danorum, edited by Christiern Pedersen from an original found near Lund, is published as Danorum Regum heroumque Historiae by Jodocus Badius in Paris.
- unknown dates
- *Gregorio de Gregorii begins printing Kitab Salat al-Sawa'i, the first known book printed in the Arabic alphabet using movable type, in Venice, falsely assigned to Fano.
- *Clément Marot presents his poem Judgment of Minos to Francis I of France and begins styling himself facteur de la reine to Queen Claude.
New books
Prose
Births
- February 8 – Daniele Barbaro, Italian humanist polymath, writer and translator
- November 29 – Andreas Musculus, German theologian
- unknown date – Al-Akhdari, Arabic poet
Deaths
- October 7 – Bernardo Rucellai, Florentine historian
- November 28 - Hartmann Schedel, German humanist historian and cartographer
- unknown dates
- *Peter Crockaert, Flemish philosopher
- *Nicolaus Ragvaldi, Swedish monk and translator