1500 in literature

This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1500. Events December 31 – Figurae bibliae by Antonius Rampegollis is printed in Venice by Georgius Arrivabenus. This is generally accepted as the last of the end of incunables. unknown date – John Skelton, tutor to Prince Henry (second son of King Henry VII of England, is referred to as "unum Britannicarum literarum lumen ac decus" in De Laudibus Britanniae, a Latin ode by Desiderius Erasmus, . New books Prose This is the Boke of Cokery (first known printed cookbook in English) Hieronymus Brunschwygk – Liber de arte distillandi de simplicibus (Simple book on the art of distillation) Desiderius Erasmus – Adagia (Paris) Johannes Trithemius – Steganographia (approximate year)